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:
- STAND UP FOR EQUAL RIGHTS & FAIR TREATMENT FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BI, TRANS & INTERSEX PEOPLE EVERYWHERE…
- UN ISSU FIRST REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF GAY AND LBIAN PEOPLE
STAND UP FOR EQUAL RIGHTS & FAIR TREATMENT FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BI, TRANS & INTERSEX PEOPLE EVERYWHERE…
Stand up for equal rights & fair treatment for lbian, gay, bi, trans & tersex people everywhere. * un lgbt rights *
Spotlight: first-ever Bollywood mic vio for gay rights. Learn more about the human rights challeng facg lbian, gay, bi, trans and tersex (LGBTI) people everywhere and the actns that n be taken to tackle vlence and discrimatn and protect the rights of LGBT people everywhere. Hate and stigma affect lns of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) people around the world.
Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
UN ISSU FIRST REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF GAY AND LBIAN PEOPLE
An pennt UN human rights expert on Tuday warned that the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and genr diverse (LGBT) people are beg “liberately unrmed by some state ernments the Uned Stat”, urgg more actn on the part of the Bin admistratn to protect them. | * un lgbt rights *
FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BI, TRANS & INTERSEX PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. STAND UP FOR EQUAL RIGHTS & FAIR TREATMENT FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BI, TRANS & INTERSEX PEOPLE EVERYWHERE…. “I am eply alarmed by a wispread, profoundly negative ripti created by liberate actns to roll back the human rights of LGBT people at state level, ” he said, notg that the clu eply discrimatory measur seekg to rebuild stigma agast lbian and gay persons, limg prehensive sexual and genr tn for all, and accs to genr-affirmg treatment, sports and sgle-sex facili for trans and genr diverse persons.
St Kts and Nevis crimaliz gay sex. Kts and Nevis High Court that laws crimalizg gay sex are unnstutnal. “This landmark lg is an important step forward ensurg equaly and digny for the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny St.
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In his latt report to the Council, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the Inpennt Expert on protectn agast vlence and discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty (SOGI), prents an overview of the health-related harms flicted on lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and other genr diverse persons, and tersex persons (LGBTI). Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu. Decrimalizg homosexualy will save liv: UNAIDS.
“La crimalización l sexo gay ota una aprobación tatal táca a la discrimación y la vlencia que las personas LGBT experimentan en su vida tidiana y obliga a muchas ellas a pensar en emigrar para vivir libremente y cumplir s sueños”, explicó Cristian González Cabrera, vtigador rechos las personas LGBT Human Rights Watch. San Vicente y las Granadas uno los seis país l hemisfer occintal don todavía se crimaliza el sexo gay.
The first ever UN report on the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people tails how people are killed or endure hate-motivated vlence, torture, tentn, crimalizatn and discrimatn bee of their real or perceived sexual orientatn or genr inty. | * un lgbt rights *
Estas ley stan al sexo gay nsensuado en la sección sobre “los sexual” l código penal que, por lo más, tá rervada a los o vlación, cto y agrión sexual. Los otros país la región que todavía tipifin el sexo gay o lo son Domi, Granada, Guyana, Jamai y Santa Lucía.
Un hombre gay 25 años San Vicente dijo a Human Rights Watch: “La gente siente que pue asarnos bido a que existen tas ley. Si las personas tán discutiendo, a [su] jtifición para la homofobia. Algunas personas dijeron que el rechazo faiar a menudo se expraba en térmos moralistas que replin la retóri homofóbi predida por algunas iglias, que son una piedra angular la vida social y molan las actus social en San Vicente y las Granadas.
Todas las personas LGBT entrevistadas diron que seaban irse l país e imagaban su futuro en el extranjero bido, en parte, a la vlencia y discrimación homofóbi o transfóbi. LGBTI stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex.
WASHINGTON D.C. (30 Augt 2022) – A UN expert says the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and genr diverse (LGBT) people are beg liberately unrmed by some state ernments the Uned Stat and has urged the Bin admistratn to strengthen measur to protect them. * un lgbt rights *
Around the world, lbian, gay, trans, bisexual, and tersex persons are still subjected to hate and discrimatn for beg who they are. It was created bee of the ncern of the ternatnal muny of the harrowg levels of vlence and discrimatn to which lbian, gay, trans, and bisexual persons are subjected to every day around the globe. Only a few s ago, pathologizatn, that is nsirg that beg gay or lbian or trans was the norm, rather than the exceptn.
KM: In 2018 Colorado, Jared Polis beme the first-ever openly gay elected ernor the U. There are some trailblazers, and ’s important we celebrate the first time that a lbian woman gets elected, a trans-man or woman, a gay person, or tersex reprentatn – we celebrate those stanc bee they mark first imprsns. UN issu first report on human rights of gay and lbian people.
The first ever Uned Natns report on the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people tails how around the world people are killed or endure hate-motivated vlence, torture, tentn, crimalizatn and discrimatn jobs, health re and tn bee of their real or perceived sexual orientatn or genr inty. Homophobic and transphobic vlence has been rerd every regn of the world, the report fds, and rang om murr, kidnappgs, asslts and rap to psychologil threats and arbrary privatns of liberty.
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“Vlence agast LGBT persons tends to be pecially vic pared to other bias-motivated crim, ” the report not, cg data ditg that homophobic hate crim often clu “a high gree of celty and btaly.
In the report, Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissner for Human Rights, lls on untri to repeal laws that crimalize homosexualy, abolish the ath penalty for offenc volvg nsensual sexual relatns, harmonize the age of nsent for heterosexual and homosexual nduct, and enact prehensive anti-discrimatn laws. Public rmatn mpaigns should be troduced, pecially schools, to unter homophobia, and police and law enforcement officials should also receive trag to ensure LGBT people are treated appropriately and fairly. Charl Radcliffe, the chief of OHCHR’s global issu sectn, told UN Rad that “one of the thgs we found is if the law sentially reflects homophobic sentiment, then legimiz homophobia society at large.