The human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, 2-spir and tersex persons

Contents:

• RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS
• THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, 2-SPIR AND TERSEX PERSONS
• GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT

RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS

Combattg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty (SOGI) has lks to rourc cludg UN rolutns on SOGI, reports on SOGI issu and activi battg discrimatn based on 2011, the UN Human Rights Council passed s first rolutn regnizg LGBT rights, followg which the OHCHR issued a report documentg vlatns of the rights of LGBT people, cludg hate crim, crimalizatn of homosexual activy and 2016, an pennt expert on sexual orientatn and genr inty has also been mandated by the uncil to:asss the implementatn of existg ternatnal human rights stments aimed at overg vlence and discrimatn agast persons on the basis of their SOGIintify and addrs the root of SOGI-based vlence and discrimatnCanada is also member of the UN LGBTI Core Group, an rmal, cross-regnal group of UN member stat tablished 2008. Its ma goal is to work wh the UN amework to ensure universal rpect for the human rights and fundamental eedoms of LGBTI exam LGBTI and health-related advot for creased awarens on homophobia and transphobia the tnal World Health Organizatn draws lks between sexual health, human rights and the 2016, the World Bank appoted s first adviser on sexual orientatn and genr inty ternatnal anizatns also support programmg the area of LGBTQ2I rights, cludg the:Global Equaly FundGlobal Philanthropy ProjectArc FoundatnRegnal anizatnsCanada is a foundg and active member of the Organizatn of the Amerin Stat (OAS) LGBTI Core Group.

The followg anizatns also work on LGBTQ2I human rights issu:Amnty InternatnalARC InternatnalEgaleÉgisEquasFondatn ÉmergenceHuman Digny TstHuman Rights WatchILGA WorldKaleidospe TstOutRight Actn InternatnalRabow RailroadThe Royal Commonwealth SocietyNews2023-05-30 - Statement by the Equal Rights Coaln on the Anti-Homosexualy Act Uganda2023-05-29 - Statement on Uganda’s Anti-Homosexualy Act2022-11-24 - Statement by the Equal Rights Coaln on the ban on the discsn and sharg of rmatn about LGBTIQ+ people and their human rights the Rsian Feratn2022-09-08 - Equal Rights Coaln – Global LGBTI Conference Declaratn2022-08-28 - Diplomats for Equaly Jot Statement – 2022 Capal Pri Ftival Report a problem on this page Thank you for your help! LGBT and LGBTQ+ have several addnal variatns, cludg LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, and 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two-spir, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, tersex, and asexual, wh the + reprentg pansexual, agenr, genr queer, bigenr, genr variant, and pangenr). Acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn's annual report State-Sponsored Homophobia, same-sex nduct was crimalized 67 of the Uned Natns' 193 member stat 2020 and was facto illegal two more.

Another of the world's most gay-iendly untri, Swen has legalized both marriage and adoptn for same-sex upl, stalled anti-discrimatn protectns for both genr inty and sexual orientatn, end nstutnal protectns agast discrimatn, and crimalized vlence agast LGBTQ+ people.

THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, 2-SPIR AND TERSEX PERSONS

Individuals arrted for homosexual nduct are often subjected to addnal mistreatment, om torture and forced anal exams by shady law enforcement officials to oversized sentenc or extend pre-trial rceratn that n last for years. E., for lbians, gays [homosexual mal], bisexuals, transgenr persons, and queer persons); seeks to elimate sodomy laws; and lls for an end to discrimatn agast LGBTQ persons employment, cred, hog, public acmodatns, and other areas of life. ) Gay rights prr to the 20th century Relig admonns agast sexual relatns between dividuals of the same sex (particularly men) long stigmatized such behavur, but most legal s Europe were silent on the subject of homosexualy and bisexualy.

GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Dpe Paragraph 175 and the failure of the WhK to w s repeal, homosexual and bisexual men and women experienced a certa amount of eedom Germany, particularly durg the Weimar perd, between the end of World War I and the Nazi seizure of power. In the Uned Stat this greater visibily brought some backlash, particularly om the ernment and the police: the ernment often fired gay civil servants, the ary attempted to purge s ranks of gay soldiers (a policy enacted durg World War II), and police vice squads equently raid gay bars and arrted their patrons.

In the Uned Stat the first major male anizatn, found 1950–51 by Harry Hay Los Angel, was the Mattache Society (s name reputedly rived om a medieval French society of masked players, the Société Mattache, to reprent the public “maskg” of homosexualy), while the Dghters of Bilis (named after the Sapphic love poems of Pierre Louÿs, Chansons Bilis), found 1955 by Phyllis Lyon and Del Mart San Francis, was a leadg group for women. In Bra 1957 a missn chaired by Sir John Wolfenn issued a groundbreakg report (see Wolfenn Report) remendg that private homosexual liaisons between nsentg adults be removed om the doma of crimal law; a later the remendatn was implemented by Parliament the Sexual Offenc Act. In the 1970s and ’80s, gay polil anizatns proliferated, particularly the Uned Stat and Europe, and spread to other parts of the globe, though their relative size, strength, and succs—and toleratn by thori—varied signifintly.

Now headquartered Geneva and renamed the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA World), plays a signifint role ordatg ternatnal efforts to promote human rights and fight discrimatn agast LGBTQ and tersex persons.

This support, along wh mpaigns by gay activists urgg gay men and women to “e out of the closet” (ed, the late 1980s, Natnal Comg Out Day was tablished, and is now celebrated on October 11 most untri), enuraged gay men and women to enter the polil arena as ndidat.

At the lol and natnal levels, the number of openly gay policians creased dramatilly durg the 1990s and 2000s, and 2009 Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir beme prime mister of Iceland, which ma her the world’s first openly gay head of ernment. In Ai, Asia, and Lat Ameri, openly gay policians have had only limed succs wng office; notable electns to natnal legislatur clud Patria Jiménez Flor Mexi (1997), Mike Waters South Ai (1999), and Clodovil Hernans Brazil (2006).

Other issu of primary importance for the gay rights movement sce the 1970s clud batg the HIV/AIDS epimic and promotg disease preventn and fundg for rearch; lobbyg ernment for nondiscrimatory polici employment, hog, and other aspects of civil society; endg the ban on ary service for gay and lbian dividuals; expandg hate crim legislatn to clu protectns for gays, cludg transgenr dividuals; and securg marriage rights for same-sex upl (see same-sex marriage).

Ary’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy (1993–2011), which had permted gay and lbian dividuals to serve the ary if they did not disclose their sexual orientatn or engage homosexual activy; the repeal effectively end the ban on homosexuals the ary.