PORT-AU-PRINCE, Hai (AP) — A gay rights group Hai said Monday is fightg to head off a proposed law that would ban same-sex marriage as well as any public monstratns favor of LGBTQ people the Caribbean untry. A bill passed by the Haian Senate last week provis for up to three years prison and a fe of about $8,000 for eher party to a marriage not between a man and a woman. The bill also would prohib any public support or advocy for LGBTQ rights. Haian law already specifilly f marriage as between a man and a woman. Charlot Jdy of the gay rights anizatn Kouraj said the legislatn would vlate Hai's nstutn and his group will try to persua members of the Chamber of Deputi to reject . "We have the right to prott and we have the right to be who we are and we have the right to be ee," Jdy said an terview. Jdy said his group has been llectg signatur on a petn that hop to prent to sympathetic lawmakers the chamber. A vote has not yet been schled. LGBTQ people have long faced discrimatn Hai. In September, a cultural ftival celebratg the muny Port--Prce was nceled the after anizers received threats and a lol ernment official said he would prohib the event he said vlat the untry's moral valu.
Contents:
- LEGALIZATN OF ABORTN, GAY RIGHTS HAS HAI CHURCH UP ARMS, CRICIZG PRINT
- HAI'S FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS
- HAI MAY BAN GAY MARRIAGE, PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS
- LEGALIZATN OF ABORTN, GAY RIGHTS HAS HAI CHURCH UP ARMS, CRICIZG PRINT
LEGALIZATN OF ABORTN, GAY RIGHTS HAS HAI CHURCH UP ARMS, CRICIZG PRINT
LGBT Rights Hai: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * haiti gay rights *
Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people ntue to suffer high levels of discrimatn Hai, and there is no prehensive civil law forbiddg .
One adds homosexualy as a reason for nyg a Certifit Bonne Vie et Mœurs, a certifite of good standg required by many employers and universi as proof that a person has not mted a felony. It also bans any public support or advocy for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr rights. In November 2019, Charlot Jdy, a gay man who found Hai's LGBTQ advocy group Kouraj, was found ad at his home.
The tensn is emergg a natn that has never spelled out LGBT rights and same-sex unns have never been regnized and homosexualy has never been exprsly dified as illegal. "The people don't need immoraly, the people don't need homosexualy, " Dr.
HAI'S FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS
Two proposed anti-LGBT laws are pendg Parliament; gay Haians are equent targets of attacks and harassment, and police are often unsympathetic to victims of anti-gay vlence * haiti gay rights *
The new penal tacly allows homosexualy, as ntas no provisns punishg same-sex relatns. In fact, there have seen unsuccsful legislative iativ to fe and imprison married gay and lbian upl over the past few years.
This Haian mother of three boys says she is agast the print's new penal articl regardg homosexualy. Public OpnPublic opn polls particular regns of Hai have found that homophobic beliefs persist.
HAI MAY BAN GAY MARRIAGE, PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS
HistoryHomosexual activy Hai? Homosexual activy Hai is legal. In 2019, Charlot Jdy, the Print of Kouraj, an anizatn advotg for the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, was found ad his home.
LEGALIZATN OF ABORTN, GAY RIGHTS HAS HAI CHURCH UP ARMS, CRICIZG PRINT
The other tablish homosexualy as a one of the possible reasons for nial of a Certifit Bonne Vie et Mœurs (a certifite of good standg required as proof that a person has not mted a felony). People march durg a prott agast gay rights Port--Prce, Hai, Sunday, July 26, 2020. ” In Creole and English, visors are asked to reject “the legalizatn of child prostutn, ct, btialy and homosexualy Hai.
Protters marchg agast gay rights Port--Prce, Hai, Sunday, July 26, 2020 say the now regniz same-sex unns and tacly allows homosexualy. Followg a Mass the seasi village of Jacmel mid-July, the Associatn of Salian Cooperators of Hai led parishners a peaceful march through the town’s streets chantg anti-Jovenel, anti-abortn, anti-homosexualy and anti-same sex marriage is the Prottant pastors, who have quietly been leadg a growg movement Hai sce the Jan.
A monstrator kneels as he chants anti-gay slogans durg a prott agast gay rights Port--Prce, Hai, Sunday, July 26, 2020. Protters and church members march and pray durg a prott agast gay rights Port--Prce on July 26, 2020.