Why gay rights should be legal

Social media platforms should proactively remove abusive content that violates platform standards on harassment, hate speech, and incitement to violence, which could put people at risk. They didn't give me food or water, so a lot of times I ate from the garbage.

Sexual orientation and gender identity are integral aspects of our selves and should never lead to discrimination or abuse. Security forces in the MENA region use digital targeting tactics to entrap LGBT people, harass them online, and expose their private information and identities without their consent.

The policemen took screenshots of personal messages and also photos from my phone and make it evidence against to me in court. I told him I will complain to the police, and he said go ahead. Human Rights Watch works for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender peoples' rights, and with activists representing a multiplicity of identities and issues.

My experience in Egypt, being arrested was horrible. True equality means more than legal protections; it means ensuring LGBTQ+ people of all ages, races, genders, and socioeconomic backgrounds can live safely, authentically, and with dignity.

I went to the police station to file a complaint because I was accosted in the street by a police officer with verbal harassment. The case soon changed against me. The fight for LGBTQ+ rights is far from over. I was arrested in Saudi Arabia and sentenced to 10 months in prison and a USD fine, along with a decision to deport me back to Yemen where my life was in danger.

I attempted suicide 3 times in 2 years, one of which put me in a coma for 48 hours. Prior to the decision, same-sex marriage was legal in 37 states and Washington DC, but was banned in the remaining 13 states. Why Same Sex Marriages Should Continue To Be Legal Larry R.

Peterson Emeritus Professor NDSU History Department I want to address three reasons why same-sex marriages should continue to be legal in the United States: marriage as a basic human right, the relationship between law and religion, and the istory of marriage as a changin.

These rights have historically been at the center of movements for racial and gender equality, but the fight for LGBTQIA+ rights is now one of the most important civil rights struggles of our time. On June 26,the US Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage is a right protected by the US Constitution in all 50 states.

We work for a world where all people can enjoy their rights fully. I'd find thousands of comments, including swearing, demeaning language, and threats. The series of attacks that lasted for two years affected my mental health to a great extent.

The first two weeks were the worst because no one came to my room [cell] from my embassy or a lawyer. I used to share my daily journals on social media platforms such as Snapchat, Facebook, and Twitter. We document and expose abuses based on sexual orientation and gender identity worldwide, including torture, killing and executions, arrests under unjust laws, unequal treatment, censorship, medical abuses, discrimination in health and jobs and housing, domestic violence, abuses against children, and denial of family rights and recognition.

I stayed with them [the policemen for] like days. I still receive death threats online to this day. I spent 3 or 4 months away from my house, in fear of online threats and the real ones in the streets and where I lived.

Across 96 empirical studies conducted over the past 20 years, research has consistently found that same-sex couples; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals; and their children have benefited from the granting of legal status to the marriages of same-sex couples.

I had to leave Tunisia. 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.

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I was met with online hostility, and I became the target of a smear campaign where I was outed as gay which led to my arrest in Saudi Arabia. I was tortured by police, and they raped me 22 times. Under the law against homosexuality [debauchery], I was sentenced not for being an escort, but just [based on] five photos on the internet.

What happened in Januarysome of the [Tunisian] former parliamentarians published my photos and changed the public opinion against me, and also targeted many other activists through [social media] posts that incited violence and discrimination. I was the victim and became the perpetrator.