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In some prisons, the only protective custody available to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people is segregated isolation. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people face difficulties in prison such as increased vulnerability to sexual assault, other kinds of violence, and trouble accessing necessary medical care. [1]
A Ghanaian legislator has asked parliament to replace jail terms for gay sex with non-custodial sentences including counselling, saying the anti-LGBT bill currently making its way through the ...
During the 1970s, the N.G.P.C. inspired other incarcerated people in the U.S. to create their own LGBT+ organizations. [3] For example, in the Southern Ohio Correction Facility at Lucasville, Ohio , a Free Discussion Group was founded to nurture greater understanding and unity between the facility's LGBT+ community as well as other residents of ...
LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender) youth are disproportionately more likely than the general population to come into contact with the criminal justice system. According to the National Center for Transgender Equality, 16 percent of transgender adults have been in prison and/or jail, compared to 2.7 percent of all adults. [81]
Gay people also face extrajudicial killings by state and non-state actors in some states and regions of the world. Locations where this is known to occur include Iraq, Libya, Syria, the Chechnya region of Russia, and the United States. Imposition of the death penalty for homosexuality may be classified as judicial murder of gay people.
The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in the United States are among the most advanced in the world, [1] [2] with public opinion and jurisprudence changing significantly since the late 1980s. [3] [4] [5]
Protesters gathered outside the DoubleTree Hilton hotel in Arlington Sunday morning to protest the church, which has called for LGBTQ people to be arrested, tried and executed for being gay.
According to the Department of Justice in 2022, 66% of trans people experience sexual assault at some point in their lives. 15% of trans people report being sexually assaulted by police or prison staff (32% for African-American trans people), while another 10% report being sexually assaulted by healthcare professionals. [155]