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:
- CHRISTIAN COLLEGE FIR GAY SOCCER COACH OVER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
- GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT
- GENEVA COLLEGE ALLEGEDLY FIR GAY SOCCER ACH AFTER INSTAGRAM POSTS ABOUT CLIVENS
- CHRISTIAN COLLEGE FIR GAY SOCCER COACH OVER INSTAGRAM STORI
- SUPREME COURT L WORKERS N'T BE FIRED FOR BEG GAY OR TRANSGENR
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE FIR GAY SOCCER COACH OVER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
Geneva College, a Christian llege Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, has reportedly fired a gay soccer ach for Instagram posts she ma. * fired because gay *
Geneva College, a Christian llege Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, has reportedly fired a gay soccer ach for Instagram posts she ma, the Beaver County Tim reported Thursday. Kelsey Morrison, who is gay, took over the llege’s soccer program 2021, acrdg to the outlet. She says she was aware of the school’s stance on homosexual and LGBT issu.
“She intifi as gay but remas celibate keepg wh the school’s , which forbids sex outsi of heterosexual marriage…she posted ‘Queer people offer prec gifts to the church: Don’t miss out’ and ‘J is radilly clive. “As a gay Christian, I believe that my relatnal path forward is pursug sglens, ” she said.
WASHINGTON – A feral appeals urt has led that a Catholic high school Indianapolis was ee to fire a gay guidance unselor bee she performed at least some relig duti, the latt legal setback for LGBTQ+ rights when they nflict wh Fzgerald had worked for 14 years as a guidance unselor at Ronlli High School when school officials disvered she was married to another woman. Gay ach fired om nservative Christian llege Pa. (KDKA) — A gay ach was fired om a nservative Christian llege Beaver County.
GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT
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Gay Soccer Coach Fired by Christian College over Instagram StoriA gay soccer ach was fired om her job at a Christian llege Pennsylvania after she posted stori to her private Instagram acunt sayg queer folk are “prec gifts” to the church and that “J is radilly clive. 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. — 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.
GENEVA COLLEGE ALLEGEDLY FIR GAY SOCCER ACH AFTER INSTAGRAM POSTS ABOUT CLIVENS
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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.
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE FIR GAY SOCCER COACH OVER INSTAGRAM STORI
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. 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. Six untri the English-speakg Caribbean—Domi, Grenada, Guyana, Jamai, and Sat Lucia, addn to Sat Vcent and the Grenad—ntue to crimalize gay sex.
SUPREME COURT L WORKERS N'T BE FIRED FOR BEG GAY OR TRANSGENR
In 2018, after a group of people publicly attacked two genr non-nformg dividuals prumed to be gay Calliaqua town, Gonsalv stated: “Jt let them be. You have no right to do … [and] irratnal homophobia is entirely unacceptable. In 2019, two gay men livg abroad filed a se challengg the “buggery” and “gross cency” provisns of the Crimal Co.
’ ‘Me beg gay. Randolph Man, a 22-year-old gay man om Sat Vcent, said he feels unsafe on a daily basis due to homophobia his village:. I don’t feel safe [ the village] bee I’m aaid of homophobic attacks.