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SECTN 2: KNOWG GAYS AND LBIANS, RELIG CONFLICTS, BELIEFS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
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The word ‘pri’ is an tegral cultural ncept wh the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Intersex (LGBTQI) muny, reprentg solidary, llectivy, and inty as well as ristance to discrimatn and vlence.
The missn of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Intersex, Asexual Rource Center (LGBTQIA Rource Center) is to provi an open, safe, clive space and muny that is mted to a ntued procs of unrstandg and challengg all forms of opprsn primarily focg on unrreprented orientatns and exprsns of one’s sex, genr and sexualy.
In April, news broke of a wispread anti-gay purge Chechnya; September, gay men and transgenr women were round up Azerbaijan; and October reports emerged of a registry of gay men and lbians piled by thori Tajikistan.
Missn Cultivatg San Mateo County as a welg and safe environment where s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer muny members n thrive. * lgbt values *
Rsia is not directly rponsible for this proliferatn of laws outlawg the promotn of homosexualy, or for the renewed zeal for g existg moraly laws agast LGBT people, such as Egypt. In April, news broke that secury forc Chechnya had been systematilly roundg up gay men, torturg them, forcg them to reveal the nam of others, and fally releasg them beaten and bised to their fai a shamg rual that enuraged so-lled “honor-killgs, ”.
“If there were such people [gays] Chechnya, law enforcement agenci wouldn’t need to have anythg to do wh them bee their relativ would send them somewhere om which there is no returng. In Azerbaijan, notwhstandg that homosexual nduct was crimalized 2000, thori round up at least 83 of men begng mid-September, and, like their Chechen unterparts, tortured them, cludg g electroshocks, and forced them to reveal the nam of others.
Missn The missn of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Intersex, Asexual Rource Center (LGBTQIA Rource Center) is to provi an open, safe, clive space and muny that is mted to a ntued procs of unrstandg and challengg all forms of opprsn primarily focg on unrreprented orientatns and exprsns of one’s sex, genr and sexualy. The LGBTQIA Rource Center is a dynamic, rponsive and llaborative anizatn that serv UC Davis * lgbt values *
While homosexualy has been -crimalized there sce 1998, LGBT groups have scribed to a nsistent pattern which law enforcement targets people perceived as gay or lbian for tentn, ill-treatment, and extortn, threateng to out them to their fai, employers and wir muny. ” And when that rhetoric lays the groundwork for ostracizg LGBT people, tak ltle to tip the balance agast their basic secury—raids, round-ups, and purg are the vlent nsequence of polil homophobia. This memorandum reaffirms and supplements the prcipl tablished the Printial Memorandum of December 6, 2011 (Internatnal Iniativ to Advance the Human Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Persons).
In April, news broke of a wispread anti-gay purge Chechnya; September, gay men and transgenr women were round up Azerbaijan; and October reports emerged of a registry of gay men and lbians piled by thori Tajikistan. * lgbt values *
That memorandum, for the first time, directed executive partments and agenci (agenci) engaged abroad to ensure that Uned Stat diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr persons everywhere.