Marking its 20th anniversary, the lgbt rights program at human rights watch authored this collection of articles to present an exploration of the challenges lgbt people. In september, north caucasus sos, a leading lgbt rights group, reported that chechen police hunted down seven gay men and blackmailed them into “volunteering” to serve in the war. Lgbt people told human rights watch they faced a range of physical attacks and online harassment because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or their.
Hungary deepened its repression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (lgbt) people on march 18 as the parliament passed a draconian law that will outlaw pride. People around the world face violence and inequality—and sometimes torture, even execution—because of who they love, how they look, or who they are. Municipal officials in the town of łańcut, poland, have abolished the country’s last remaining “lgbt ideology free” zone, righting more than five years of political assault on.
Lgbt people in honduras, el salvador, and guatemala suffer discrimination and violence because of their sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. Human rights watch travaille à défendre les droits des personnes lesbiennes, gays, bisexuelles et transgenres (lgbt), avec des militants représentant un large éventail.