Tag: sexual orientation
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United States: State Laws Threaten LGBT Equality
The rash of new “religious exemption” laws passed by state legislatures around the United States represent a thinly-veiled assault against the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. In the absence of robust nondiscrimination protections, these laws function as a license to discriminate rather than a good faith attempt to protect religious liberty and should be repealed.
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Ghana: Discrimination, Violence Against LGBT People
Ghanaians who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) suffer widespread discrimination and abuse both in public and in family settings, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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Scientists may know why younger brothers are more likely to be gay
The more older brothers a boy has, the more likely he is to be gay when he grows up – an effect called the “fraternal birth order effect”.
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Victor Madrigal-Borloz Appointed as New UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
Today, Victor Madrigal-Borloz was appointed the new United Nations Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (IE SOGI). The Human Rights Council formally confirmed his position as the IE SOGI in a plenary.
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China: End Conversion Therapy in Medical Settings
The Chinese government should take immediate steps to stop public hospitals and private clinics from offering conversion therapy, Human Rights Watch said in a new report today.
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UN Member States Maintain Non-Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation in Olympic Truce Resolution
Today, all 193 United Nations Member States adopted the Olympic Truce Resolution maintaining language protecting against discrimination based on sexual orientation.