Human Rights Watch: Anti-gay laws promote vlence, discrimatn St. Vcent

Contents:

• WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
• THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
• GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE

Advot have nceled a regnal gatherg of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) activists Indonia’s pal, Jakarta, rponse to harassment and ath threats om Mlim nservativ. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTA supposed requt for a webse for a same-sex weddg played a mor role a major clash between ee speech and gay rights at the Supreme Supreme Court led last week that a Colorado graphic signer has the right to refe to create webs for same-sex Jiang for The New York TimAfter the Supreme Court led last week that a Colorado graphic signer has the right to refe to create webs for same-sex marriag, crics of the cisn raised qutns about a form clud urt papers the se that appeared to show that a gay uple had sought the servic of the signer, Lorie man who supposedly submted the form said he was unaware of s existence until a reporter for The New Republic lled him.

THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS

He is, moreover, straight, married to a woman and a supporter of gay rights. More about Adam LiptakA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 12 of the New York edn wh the headle: Crics Are Qutng a Seemgly Fake Document a Recent Gay Rights Case.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

Muny, as gay marriage is illegal Indonia. Most Indonians held fairly relaxed views about homosexualy, which was never officially recent years, nservative Islam has gaed ground the untry, and now some fear s fluence is growg, even as s ranks rema a mory Parliament. “But gay and lbian Indonians, who, of urse, are upl and they n’t be married, they are pletely exposed.

”Police have prevly arrted dozens of gay men for vlatg an anti-pornography law, but now, all gay upl who live together are subject to possible ph for the overhl was backed by Vice Print Ma’f Am, an Islamic cleric and the former chair of the Indonian Ulema Council, the untry’s top body for Islamic scholars, acrdg to two people who spoke on the ndn of anonymy bee they were not thorized to disclose the tails of private nversatns. Ma’f had prevly lled for “stern regulatns” on the sexual activi of gay a reversal, lawmakers on Tuday restated a provisn makg illegal to attack “the honor or digny” of both Indonia’s print and vice print, a le that was stck down by the Constutnal Court 2006. Rumors are swirlg that tensns between Jamai and the Uned Stat are risg after the former refed to grant accredatn to the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat – whose inty has not been ma public – sce same-sex marriage is not legal the Caribbean natn.

Equalx reports that addn to same-sex marriage beg illegal, homosexualy among men remas outlawed Jamai and n be punished wh up to seven years prison.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT

Homosexualy among women is not explicly illegal, but sodomy between any two humans is punishable wh up to 10 years prison.

GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT

Although homosexualy is legal most parts of Indonia, is wily believed that the unary state of the Republic of Indonia is anti-lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT), wh ernment officials makg the four-letter acronym a toxic symbol. In another cint, the police Indonia’s pal cy of Jakarta raid the Atlantis gym and sna arrtg about 140 mostly gay or bisexual members. But the Atlantis was more than a “gay club, ” was also a public health outreach centre—a well-known hub for HIV tn, ttg, and unsellg for mal who have sex wh mal.

” The legislatn would pel gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people to put up wh treatment at the relig-based treatment centr that would be opened across the State. The draft laws impact the LGBT muny specifilly, as gay marriage is not legal Indonia. Also, dividuals nvicted of a public act of gay sex uld be sentenced to up to 18 months prison which uld extend up to ne years if evince of abe or vio of the act is produced.

Disappotgly, most of the polil parti support the proposed legislatn prohibg homosexualy and recent years have seen a rise of hard-le, policized Islam which has moved om the edge to the centre of polics. Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100, 000 people says is unr nstant threat. Vcent, anal sex is punishable by up to 10 years prison, while “gross cency” wh another person of the same sex is punishable by up to five years, acrdg to lonial-era laws that are mon the socially nservative Caribbean rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people.