“Gay Rights are Human Rights”: the Framg of New Interpretatns of Internatnal Human Rights Norms | SprgerLk

Contents:

• GLOBAL REGNN OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
• PARTNERS ARCHIV: INTERNATNAL GAY AND LBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSN (IGLHRC)
• “GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS”: THE FRAMG OF NEW INTERPRETATNS OF INTERNATNAL HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS
• HRC29: JOT STATEMENT BY THE INTERNATNAL GAY AND LBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSN, THE INTERNATNAL LBIAN AND GAY ASSOCIATN AND THE ASSOCIATN FOR PROGRSIVE COMMUNITNS
• INTERNATNAL GAY AND LBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSN IS FOUND SUMMARY

GLOBAL REGNN OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE

of 1919 member anisatns om 169 untri mpaigng for lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and tersex rights. Homophobic, biphobic and transphobic attus rema eply embedd many cultur around the world. In a human rights ntext, lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people face both mon and distct challeng.

Intersex people (those born wh atypil sex characteristics) suffer some of the same kds of human rights vlatns as lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr, people. Protect dividuals om homophobic and transphobic vlence.

Penalizg homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crim.

PARTNERS ARCHIV: INTERNATNAL GAY AND LBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSN (IGLHRC)

1 Some people, specifilly lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) dividuals, are many plac and circumstanc nied their claim to the full set of human rights. Some untri, such as Iran and Sdi Arabia, have laws llg for the executn of “practicg homosexuals.

21–24 In many Mlim untri, both civil law and shari’a (the l erng the practice of Islam) crimalize homosexual activy. For example, the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn (IGLHRC) has existed for the past 16 years to secure the full enjoyment of the human rights of LGBT people and muni subject to discrimatn or abe on the basis of sexual orientatn or exprsn, genr inty or exprsn, and/or HIV stat. 42 Likewise, for the past 28 years the Internatnal Lbian and Gay Associatn (ILGA) has been fightg for equal rights for LGBT people.

”44 The UN Human Rights Commtee, which monors pliance wh the Internatnal Covenant on Civil and Polil Rights, found that laws punishg adult nsensual homosexual acts vlate the Covenant’s guarante of nondiscrimatn and privacy and held that discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn is prohibed unr Articl 2 and 26 of the Covenant. 46This year, LGBT advot were not allowed to jo discsns at the UN Enomic and Social Council (ECOSOC) when the Council dismissed the applitns of the ILGA and the Danish Associatn of Gays and Lbians for observer stat.

“GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS”: THE FRAMG OF NEW INTERPRETATNS OF INTERNATNAL HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS

The btal murr of lbian activist FannyAnn Eddy the office of the Sierra Leone Lbian and Gay Associatn occurred only a few months after she gave an impassned speech to the UN Commissn on Human Rights 2004. ” She next talked about the nstant fear experienced by LGBT people, “… fear of the police and officials wh the power to arrt and ta simply bee of our sexual orientatn … fear that our fai will disown … [that we will be] forced out of [our] fay hom … wh nowhere else to go, and th bee homels, have no food, and rort to sex work orr to survive … fear wh our muni, where we face nstant harassment and vlence om neighbors and others [while the] … homophobic attacks go unpunished by thori.

”Then Eddy spoke about the nnectn between the nial of LGBT existence and the risk of HIV transmissn: “Acrdg to a recent rearch study published December 2003 by the Sierra Leone Lbian and Gay Associatn llaboratn wh Health Way Sierra Leone, 90% of men who have sex wh men also have sex wh women, eher their wiv or girliends. Kg stated at the 2000 annual nference of the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force, “Freedom om discrimatn based on sexual orientatn is surely a fundamental human right any great mocracy, as much as eedom om racial, relig, genr, or ethnic discrimatn. Mental Disorr, Subsistence Strategi, and Victimizatn among Gay, Lbian, and Bisexual Homels and Runaway Adolcents.

HRC29: JOT STATEMENT BY THE INTERNATNAL GAY AND LBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSN, THE INTERNATNAL LBIAN AND GAY ASSOCIATN AND THE ASSOCIATN FOR PROGRSIVE COMMUNITNS

The Impact of Homophobia, Poverty, and Racism on the Mental Health of Gay and Bisexual Lato Men: Fdgs om 3 US Ci. Cigarette Smokg among Lbians, Gays, and Bisexuals: How Ser a Problem?

The Epimlogy of Problem Drkg Gay Men and Lbians: A Cril Review. Sexual Risk, Substance Use, And Psychologil Distrs In HIV-Posive Gay And Bisexual Men Who Also Inject Dgs.

INTERNATNAL GAY AND LBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSN IS FOUND SUMMARY

2001 Jun 5; A paper submted by the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn to Sir Nigel Rodley, Special Rapportr. Sdi Arabia: Men ‘Behavg Like Women’ Face Floggg: Sentenc Imposed for Alleged Homosexual Conduct Vlate Basic Rights.