People around the world face vlence and equaly—and sometim torture, even executn—bee of who they love, how they look, or who they are. Sexual orientatn and genr inty are tegral aspects of our selv and should never lead to discrimatn or abe. Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu. We document and expose ab based on sexual orientatn and genr inty worldwi, cludg torture, killg and executns, arrts unr unjt laws, unequal treatment, censorship, medil ab, discrimatn health and jobs and hog, domtic vlence, ab agast children, and nial of fay rights and regnn. We advote for laws and polici that will protect everyone’s digny. We work for a world where all people n enjoy their rights fully.
Contents:
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
- GAY RIGHTS
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
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“The ban on LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) people servg our ary until the year 2000 was an appallg failure of the Brish state – s behd the law of this land, ” said | Indian-orig 7-year-old schoolgirl ws UK PM's Pots of Light award“As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment while bravely servg this untry. "Today, on behalf of the Brish state, I apologise, and I hope all those affected will be able to feel part of the proud veteran muny that has done so much to keep our untry safe, ” he pennt review, chaired by Lord Terence Etherton and -missned by the UK’s Mistry of Defence (MoD) and the Office for Veterans Affairs, examed the experienc of personnel between 1967-2000 who were impacted by the ban on homosexualy the armed ernment has prevly accepted that the treatment of LGBT armed forc personnel and veterans prr to the year 2000 was pletely unacceptable and highly | UK rolls out first passports name of Kg Charl III“I am pleased that this review has shone a much-need light on a shameful and unacceptable historil chapter our armed forc history, ” said UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace. I am pleased we now have the opportuny to right those historic wrongs so that LGBT veterans n once aga take pri their service, ” he spe of Lord Etherton's review foced on three ma areas, wh the primary one beg the effect the historic policy may have had on those impacted by the ban, cludg the nsequenc for their future also looked at the accsibily of veterans’ servic for LGBT people and how to ensure that LGBT veterans are regnised and fully accepted as members of the armed | London's landmark buildg dotted wh strip clubs, gay venu to turn to mosque“The apology today is an important part of addrsg the historic hurt that many LGBT veterans feel, " said Johnny Mercer, Mister for Veterans’ Affairs.
However, throughout 150 years of homosexual social movements (roughly om the 1870s to today), lears and anizers stggled to addrs the very different ncerns and inty issu of gay men, women intifyg as lbians, and others intifyg as genr variant or nonbary.
Biblil terpretatn ma illegal for a woman to wear pants or a man to adopt female drs, and sensatnalized public trials warned agast “viants” but also ma such martyrs and hero popular: Joan of Arc is one example, and the chillg origs of the word “faggot” clu a stick of wood ed public burngs of gay men.
LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
This creasg awarens of an existg and vulnerable populatn, upled wh Senator Joseph McCarthy’s vtigatn of homosexuals holdg ernment jobs durg the early 1950s outraged wrers and feral employe whose own liv were shown to be send-class unr the law, cludg Frank Kameny, Barbara Gtgs, Allen Gsberg, and Harry Hay. Fstrated wh the male learship of most gay liberatn groups, lbians fluenced by the femist movement of the 1970s formed their own llectiv, rerd labels, mic ftivals, newspapers, bookstor, and publishg ho, and lled for lbian rights mastream femist groups like the Natnal Organizatn for Women.
GAY RIGHTS
The creasg expansn of a global LGBT rights movement suffered a setback durg the 1980s, as the gay male muny was cimated by the Aids epimic, mands for passn and medil fundg led to renewed alns between men and women as well as angry street theatre by groups like Aids Coaln to Unleash Power (ACT UP) and Queer Natn.
Wh greater media attentn to gay and lbian civil rights the 1990s, trans and tersex voic began to ga space through works such as Kate Boernste’s “Genr Outlaw” (1994) and “My Genr Workbook” (1998), Ann Fsto-Sterlg’s “Myths of Genr” (1992) and Llie Feberg’s “Transgenr Warrrs” (1998), enhancg shifts women’s and genr studi to bee more clive of transgenr and nonbary inti.
Published By: Prha MallickLast Updated: July 19, 2023, 22:04 ISTLondon, Uned Kgdom (UK)UK Prime Mister Rishi Sunak (Image: Rters)The apology was prompted by the fdgs of a ernment-missned pennt review to LGBT veterans who served between 1967 and 2000UK Prime Mister Rishi Sunak on Wednday ma a formal apology for the “horrific" historic treatment of LGBT people who served the ary when homosexualy was banned. "The prime mister said he hoped those affected would now “feel proud parts of the veteran muny that has done so much to keep our untry safe" apology was prompted by the fdgs of a ernment-missned pennt review to LGBT veterans who served between 1967 and report tailed “shockg evince of a culture of homophobia, and of bullyg, blackmail and sexual asslts, abive vtigatns to sexual orientatn and sexual preference, disgraceful medil examatns, cludg nversn therapy" thor Terence Etherton remend that Sunak liver an apology and that an “appropriate fancial award" should be ma to veterans affected by the pre-2000 Brish Army Officer Cathere Dixon, now vice-chair at LGBT chary Stonewall, lled the apology “an important step to achievg jtice for those LGBTQ+ people who served HM Armed Forc and, like me, experienced shame, huiatn and a ed ary reer bee of our sexualy. The Ugandan law is regard as one of the harsht anti-LGBTQ laws the propos life imprisonment for anyone nvicted of homosexualy, and the ath penalty for so-lled aggravated s, which clu havg gay sex wh someone below the age of 18 or where someone be fected wh a life-long illns such as the other si of the ntent, MPs Ghana earlier this month unanimoly voted favour of amendments to the untry's anti-gay legislatn, phg closer to beg enacted to law.