Pope, Anglin, Prbyterian lears nounce anti-gay laws on flight om South Sudan

Contents:

• POPE FRANCIS PH BACK AGAST ANTI-GAY LAWS VISS WH AIN LEARS
• MACH NHIANY: THE FIRST SOUTH SUDANE OPEN GAY
• SOUTH SUDAN - GAY LIFE NOT PROUD
• AI THE NEWS: HARSH ANTI-GAY LAW PASS UGANDA, SOUTH SUDAN ENTERS PEACE TALKS, AND AI 2014
• POPE, ANGLIN, PRBYTERIAN LEARS NOUNCE ANTI-GAY LAWS ON FLIGHT OM SOUTH SUDAN

POPE FRANCIS PH BACK AGAST ANTI-GAY LAWS VISS WH AIN LEARS

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MACH NHIANY: THE FIRST SOUTH SUDANE OPEN GAY

In January 2019, Angola scrapped s lonial-era penal , which characterized homosexualy as “vic agast nature, ” and adopted a new penal that do not crimalize same-sex nduct. Human Rights Watch has documented homophobic vlence and threats faced by gay men and trans women Antigua and Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda has unrgone LGBTI sensizatn trag to better protect the rights of LGBTI people, facilated by Caribbean 2016, followg s UN Universal Perdic Review, the mister of social transformatn announced that she was willg to troduce to bet a remendatn to strike down the buggery laws, but as of 2019, they rema place Antigua and November 2019, the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversy and Equaly announced planned to lnch a legal challenge agast the crimalizatn of private, nsensual same-sex sexual the full Eastern Caribbean Report ». On April 5, 2019, a transgenr woman, Lil Martirosyan, beme the first openly LGBT Armenian to addrs parliament, but her speech was followed by ath Febary 2019, Max Varzhapetyan, a 24-year-old gay activist, was asslted and beaten Yerevan.

The crimal do not regnize homophobia as an aggravatg crimal circumstance, and a ernment bill on equaly do not clu sexual orientatn and genr inty as grounds for protectn om gay men fear for their physil secury the ary, and some seek exemptn om servg the army.

SOUTH SUDAN - GAY LIFE NOT PROUD

In January 2019, Artak (Adam) Arakelyan, 19, a queer activist, was subjected to abe and discrimatn at a ary draft board, where officers varly ed homophobic slurs to scribe him, mocked him, and threatened to out him to his father. Although no law has specifilly crimalized same-sex acts between adults over the age of 21 sce the repeal of the 1955 Brish-imposed Penal Co 1976, the thori have reportedly prosecuted acts such as anizg a “gay party” or cross-drsg unr vague penal provisns agast “cency” and “immoraly.

AI THE NEWS: HARSH ANTI-GAY LAW PASS UGANDA, SOUTH SUDAN ENTERS PEACE TALKS, AND AI 2014

Although no law has specifilly crimalized same-sex acts between adults over the age of 21 sce the repeal of the 1955 Brish-imposed Penal Co 1976, the thori have reportedly prosecuted acts such as anizg a “gay party” or cross-drsg unr vague penal provisns agast “cency” and “immoraly. Bolsonaro, whose supporters were reportedly behd a number of s of threats and attacks agast LGBT people durg the 2018 printial mpaign, said April 2019 that Brazil mt not bee a “gay tourism paradise.

While Cha crimalized homosexual nduct 1997, lacks laws protectg people om discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn or genr inty, and same-sex partnership is not legal. Egypt ntu to subject people acced of homosexual nduct to forced anal examatns, which are cel and gradg and n rise to the level of March 12, 2020, durg s third Universal Perdic Review (UPR), Egypt rejected remendatns by several stat to end arrts and discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty. Egypt censored gay-themed scen om the film Bohemian Rhapsody, starrg Egyptian-Amerin actor Rami October 2018, the UN special rapportr on the right to aquate hog reported that LGBT people were beg evicted, nied hog and harassed bee of their sexual orientatn and genr inty.

POPE, ANGLIN, PRBYTERIAN LEARS NOUNCE ANTI-GAY LAWS ON FLIGHT OM SOUTH SUDAN

Dpe this law, lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) activists succsfully held the first ever “Eswati Pri” June 2018, wh hundreds marchg the streets of Mbabane support of LGBT equaly. In spe of this law, lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) activists succsfully held the first ever “Eswati Pri” event June 2018, wh hundreds marchg the streets of Mbabane support of LGBT equaly.

Print Adama Barrow’s ernment has assured Human Rights Watch that do not tend to prosecute same-sex upl for nsensual sexual acts, which sharply ntrasts wh former print Yahya Jammeh's hate-filled rhetoric toward lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people. However, the ernment has not repealed laws that crimalize same-sex nduct, cludg an October 2014 law that impos sentenc of up to life prison for “aggravated homosexualy” offens. ” Two days later, homophobic groups led by ultra-nservative bsperson Levan Vasadze held a rally, announcg the formatn of vigilante patrols agast Tbilisi Pri and gay people.

Police lnched an vtigatn to Vasadze's claims but there was no publicly known oute at time of events associated wh Tbilisi Pri took place, and on July 8, 2019, around 40 activists and LGBT supporters held a pri march outsi the Interr November 2019, ultra-natnalist groups and their supporters anized protts agast the screeng of a Swedish-Geian gay love-themed film, “And Then We Danced, ” Tbilisi and Batumi, harassg and at tim attackg moviegoers. Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people ntue to suffer high levels of 2017, the Haian Senate passed two anti-LGBT bills, which were unr nsiratn by the Chamber of Deputi as of November 2018. The bill lists homosexualy, alongsi child pornography, ct, and mercial sexual exploatn of children, as a reason to ny a cizen a other bill lls for a ban on gay marriage, as well as any public support or advocy for LGBT rights.