Gay Rights Worldwide

Last Updated on Sunday, 22 March 2009 04:09

To raise awareness on the extent of State Sponsored Homophobia in the world, ILGA have created a few items (in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish) you may want to use around you:

- ILGA is proud to present the 2008 version of its Pictorial map on LGBTI rights in the world on occasion of the federation’s 30th anniversary.

• In English
• In Spanish
• In Portuguese
• In French

 

- State-Sponsored Homophobia A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults. The research, by Daniel Ottosson, Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden was updated in May 2008.

• In English
• In Spanish 
• In Portuguese
• In French

 

Did you know that: ONLY FOUR COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD PROTECTS GAYS CONSTITUTIONALLY. 
ECUADOR protects gays and lesbians under a new constitution from August '98 (Chap. 2 Art 23).
FIJI and SOUTH AFRICA also ban discrimination via their constitution.
CANADA extends protection under a Supreme Court ruling (Section 15 of the Charter Rights and Freedoms, an annex to the 1982 Constitution Act). (Rex Wockner).
Situation of gays and lesbians and their partners in respect to asylum

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