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:
- CONSERVATIVE NEIGHBOR TOSS AD RAT ON PROPERTY OF GAY UPLE’S RTRANT AMID FD
- RICHARD GRENELL NOW HIGHT-RANKG OPENLY GAY OFFICIAL US ERNMENT HISTORY
- IS KENYA ABOUT TO FOLLOW UGANDA WH STRICT ANTI-GAY LEGISLATN?
CONSERVATIVE NEIGHBOR TOSS AD RAT ON PROPERTY OF GAY UPLE’S RTRANT AMID FD
Conservative neighbors were ught on secury mera tossg a ad rat onto the property of a gay uple’s ral Virgia rtrant amid an latn of a years-long spat. The ad verm was found near the trash bs behd the rtrant, which fli a gay pri flag, last Augt. Gay uple William Waybourn and Craig Spldg operate the Front Porch Market and Grill The Plas, Virgia.
RICHARD GRENELL NOW HIGHT-RANKG OPENLY GAY OFFICIAL US ERNMENT HISTORY
They first hoisted a pri flag on the rtrant pat 2016 the wake of shootg at an Orlando gay nightclub that killed 49 people. Waybourn has been an LGBTQ rights activist for s, risg to promence as print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi proper re for AIDS patients.
IS KENYA ABOUT TO FOLLOW UGANDA WH STRICT ANTI-GAY LEGISLATN?
He served as managg director of now-natnal Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, and has owned newspapers for the gay muny New York, Washgton, Atlanta and Hoton. Mike Washer ni the cint, sayg he has gay iends and fay members. 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.