Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Sat Vcent and the Grenad face bias-motivated vlence and discrimatn their daily life, Human Rights Watch said a report released today. The legislature should repeal the untry’s lonial-era laws that crimalize nsensual same-sex nduct and pass prehensive civil legislatn prohibg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty. The 58-page report, “‘They Can Harass Us Bee of the Laws’: Vlence and Discrimatn agast LGBT People Sat Vcent and the Grenad,” expos the physil and verbal asslts, fay vlence, homelsns, workplace harassment, bullyg, and sexual vlence that sexual and genr mori face unr the shadow of discrimatory laws. Those rponsible for mistreatment clu people close to LGBT people – fay members, neighbors, workers, classmat, and teachers – as well as strangers and police officers.
Contents:
- DISCRIMATN OF GAYS AND LBIANS: A SOCIAL JTICE PERSPECTIVE
- HOW DO DISCRIMATN AFFECT GAY AND LBIAN PEOPLE?
- HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
- A MORAL JTIFITN FOR GAY AND LBIAN CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATN
DISCRIMATN OF GAYS AND LBIANS: A SOCIAL JTICE PERSPECTIVE
The existence of discrimatn agast Ameri's gay and lbian cizens is wily supported the rearch lerature of many discipl. This article provis a specific analysis of this discrimatn and monstrat the stark ntrast between the discrimatn of gays and lbians Ameri … * discrimination against gays and lesbians *
The existence of discrimatn agast Ameri's gay and lbian cizens is wily supported the rearch lerature of many discipl. This article provis a specific analysis of this discrimatn and monstrat the stark ntrast between the discrimatn of gays and lbians Amerin society and the social jtice ncepts of equaly and fairns.
In the ncludg sectn, specific implitns for future policy velopment are prented that are signed to ensure that gays and lbians are not further discrimated agast.
HOW DO DISCRIMATN AFFECT GAY AND LBIAN PEOPLE?
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— Andrew Williams (psdonym), a 28-year-old gay man om Sat Vcent, January 11, 2023. — Samuel Sayers (psdonym), a 25-year-old gay man om Sat Vcent, October 25, 2022.
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
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This progrs has been slow and cremental, spearhead by civil society efforts the regn to abolish laws that crimalize gay sex. The laws rerce societal prejudic, effectively givg tac legal sanctn for stigma, discrimatn, and vlence agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people. The laws are vaguely word, have broad latu, and sgle out nsensual gay sex the “sexual offens” sectn of the crimal that is otherwise rerved for crim like rape, ct, and sexual asslt.
In July 2019, two gay men om Sat Vcent and the Grenad livg abroad filed a se challengg the nstutnaly of the discrimatory provisns the crimal .
A MORAL JTIFITN FOR GAY AND LBIAN CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATN
A report om Human Rights Watch lls on the ernment of St. Vcent to overturn lonial-era anti-gay laws that have led to a recent wave of vlence and genr discrimatn on the small Caribbean island. * discrimination against gays and lesbians *
Along wh Domi, Guyana, Grenada, Jamai, Sat Lucia—the other five untri the Caribbean that crimalize gay sex—Sat Vcent and the Grenad ntu to be an outlier a hemisphere that has chewed the crimalizatn of nsensual gay sex. Every LGBT person terviewed by Human Rights Watch said they wished to leave the untry immediately or had envisned their future abroad due, part, to the homophobic or transphobic vlence and discrimatn the untry.
Some terviewe noted that fay rejectn was often uched moralistic terms, echog the homophobic rhetoric preached some church, which are a rnerstone of social life and shape social attus.
The human rights ab and the ntued crimalizatn of gay sex Sat Vcent and the Grenad ntravene ternatnal human rights law. In ls than a , five Caribbean untri have crimalized gay sex, brgg the Wtern Hemisphere closer to beg pletely ee of the discrimatory laws.