Natnal Center for Lbian Rights advanc lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr equaly through impact ligatn, public policy, and public tn.
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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. * gay and lesbian rights organizations *
Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu. Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGBTIA). The ILGBTIA was tablished 1978 at a nference for the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly.
The anizatn’s origal name was the Internatnal Gay Associatn (IGA) until 1986 when was then changed to s current name to clu more groups. Creatg homophobia reports that map out untri that crimalize same-sex relatnships between nsentg adults. Amnty officially nsirs pal punishment as “the ultimate, irreversible nial of human rights, ” but also monly tackl human rights ab regardg lbian and gay rights.
The Natnal LGBTQ Task Force is dited to achievg eedom and jtice for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer people, and their fai through proactive, targeted, change-ducg iativ. * gay and lesbian rights organizations *
Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer Intersex Youth and Stunt Organisatn (IGLYO). The anizatn was origally named the Gay Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, but has sce dropped the name favor of s acronym to reflect their work more accurately.
It was origally lled the Task Force on Gay Liberatn and has adopted many other monikers throughout s existence. 5 “Homosexualy, Lbianism — Gay Liberatn Movement, Homophile Movement. The Chigo chapter was also rponsible for creatg the Lexgton Declaratn, which lled on then-print Bill Clton to lift the ban agast homosexuals openly servg the Uned Stat ary.
The group was ducted to the Chigo Gay and Lbian Hall of Fame 2007. The anizatn was known as the Parents and Friends of Lbians and Gays until 2014 when abandoned the name favor of jt s acronym.
* gay and lesbian rights organizations *
Their objective was to meet this need, providg legal assistance s relatg to gay rights. Published the “Ltle Black Book, ” which advised gay men to be aware of their rights if they were taed or arrted for their activi.
The Natnal LGBTQ Task Force is dited to achievg eedom and jtice for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer people, and their fai through proactive, targeted, change-ducg iativ. of 1919 member anisatns om 169 untri mpaigng for lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and tersex rights.
I thk the laws [crimalizg nsensual gay sex] create a system of homophobia. — Andrew Williams (psdonym), a 28-year-old gay man om Sat Vcent, January 11, 2023. If people are havg an argument, that’s [their] jtifitn for homophobia.
LGBT Foundatn is a natnal chary liverg advice, support and rmatn servic to lbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) muni. * gay and lesbian rights organizations *
— Samuel Sayers (psdonym), a 25-year-old gay man om Sat Vcent, October 25, 2022. 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 . 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.
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. * gay and lesbian rights organizations *
In ls than a , five Caribbean untri have crimalized gay sex, brgg the Wtern Hemisphere closer to beg pletely ee of the discrimatory laws. Decrimalizatn may also facilate the ernment’s abily to further addrs homophobic and transphobic discrimatn var sectors, such as work and tn.
Interviewe clud gay men, lbian women, bisexual men and women, and one transgenr woman.
“Homosexualy” is not a crime the Caribbean, but laws crimalize same-sex nduct.