Cyps's first gay pri march will highlight lack of rights | Rters

Contents:

• CYPS GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN JULY 2023
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• GAY RIGHTS: UPDATE TO HOMOSEXUAL RELATNS LAWS IN NORTH CYPS.
• CYPS'S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH WILL HIGHLIGHT LACK OF RIGHTS
• CYPS IS LEAST GAY-IENDLY EU UNTRY, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
• GAY BEACH CYPS

CYPS GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN JULY 2023

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

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GAY RIGHTS: UPDATE TO HOMOSEXUAL RELATNS LAWS IN NORTH CYPS.

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(New York) – 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 crimalizatn of gay sex giv tac state sanctn to the discrimatn and vlence that LGBT people experience their daily liv and pels many to look abroad to live eely and fulfill their dreams, ” said Cristian González Cabrera, LGBT rights rearcher at Human Rights Watch.

CYPS'S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH WILL HIGHLIGHT LACK OF RIGHTS

Sat Vcent and the Grenad is one of six untri the Wtern Hemisphere that still crimaliz gay sex. The laws sgle out nsensual gay sex the “sexual offenc” sectn of the crimal that is otherwise rerved for crim like rape, ct, and sexual asslt. While there have been no recent reported nvictns on the basis of the crimal provisns for nsensual gay sex, the laws stigmatize LGBT people and create an obstacle to full equaly.

CYPS IS LEAST GAY-IENDLY EU UNTRY, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

The other untri the regn that still crimalize gay sex are Domi, Grenada, Guyana, Jamai, and Sat Lucia. As a 25-year-old gay man om Sat Vcent told Human Rights Watch, “People feel they n harass bee of the laws.

If people are havg an argument, that’s [their] jtifitn for homophobia.

GAY BEACH CYPS

Some said 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 Sat Vcent and the Grenad.

Every LGBT person terviewed said they wished to leave the untry and envisned their future abroad due, part, to the homophobic or transphobic vlence and discrimatn the untry. In December 2022, Rsia expand s existg “gay propaganda” law to exert ntrol over public discsns and narrativ surroundg non-heterosexual relatnships and inti.

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. While rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people. Vcent who are livg abroad filed a se to challenge lol laws crimalizg gay sex that activists say should be stck down.

”Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help. One gay man relled how his classmat beat him and broke his arm.

Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir suici.

Many also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry. ”Six English-speakg natns the Caribbean still crimalize gay sex, cludg Domi, Jamai, Guyana, Grenada and St. Gonsalv prevly noted there’s been a history of discrimatn agast gay people.

That kd of irratnal homophobia is entirely unacceptable.

”González wh Human Rights Watch noted that 2019, the ernment held a workshop for public employe on the importance of rpectg gay rights, a rare move for a nservative Caribbean natn. 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.

Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry. SummaryPolls suggt right-wg parti will w Spa electnConservativ may form aln wh far-rightLGBTQ+ activists fear a roll back of their rightsMADRID, July 17 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - The rights of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people have taken centre stage ahead of Spa's July 23 natnal electn.