Global lgbt

Criminalisation:

• Criminalises LGBT people
• Criminalises sexual activity between males
• Criminalises sexual outing between females
• Imposes the death penalty

Maximum punishment:

Death penalty

Criminalisation:

• Criminalises LGBT people
• Criminalises sexual activity between males

Maximum punishment:

Life imprisonment

Criminalisation:

• Criminalises LGBT people
• Criminalises sexual activity between males
• Criminalises sexual outing between females
• Criminalises the gender utterance of trans people
• Imposes the death penalty

Maximum punishment:

Death by stoning

Criminalisation:

• Criminalises LGBT people
• Criminalises sexual activity between males
• Criminalises sexual activity between females
• Criminalises the gender expression of transitioned people
• Maintains discriminatory age of consent

Maximum punishment:

Eight years imprisonment and lashes

Criminalisation:

• Criminalises
  

  Background

  LGBT and intersex people tackle discrimination and human rights abuse in every land of the world, ranging from loss of jobs and housing to utmost violence and even murder. Approximately 80 countries still criminalize LGBT relationships in some way, and many other types of laws deny even the most basic rights and dignity to LGBT and intersex people. While legal rights are an important measure of how any state treats its LGBT and intersex citizens, it is only one measure of broader social acceptance and of realities faced by LGBTI men and women.

  For the first time in U.S. history, the Obama Administration has leveraged our diplomatic and development assets and our embassies worldwide to address widespread abuse and abuse directed at LGBT and intersex persons.  In a signature relocate to include sexual orientation and gender identity issues in its global policies, the Administration issued, in December , a Presidential Memorandum to Advance the Human Rights of LGBT Persons. This executive command outlines White House priorities for all federal agencies with inter

  ILGA World maps are among the most distributed visual representations of how LGBTIQ people are affected by laws and policies around the world.

  The scope of our long-standing rights mapping has expanded thanks to the ILGA World Database. With that platform, ILGA maps have get interactive and constantly updated, to improve cover sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a other gender or the same gender or more than one gender. More, gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth. More and verbalization, and sex characteristicsa term that refers to physical features relating to sex - including genitalia and other sexual and reproductive anatomy, chromosomes, hormones, and secondary physical features emerging from puberty. More (SOGIESCabbreviation standing for sexual orientation and gender persona & expression, and sex characteristics. More)
  
  

  The UN Human Rights Council once again reminds all States of their obligations to respect, safeguard, and fulfil the rights of LGBT and gender diverse people

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  This May 17, the world came together to celebrate the influence of communities: relive those moments with this video report!

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  She now joins the likes of joining global leaders like United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous, and UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima s decision-makers pledging to create gender equality a active reality in their spheres of influence

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  of more than 2, member organisations from countries campaigning for the human rights of womxn loving womxn, gay, bisexual, trans, and intersex people. Since

  Since , we have been committed to equal human rights for rainbow communities and their liberation from all forms of discrimination.

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  We support LGBTI civil society worldwide through advocacy and research projects, and give grassroots movements a voice within international organisations.