Activism

According to ReportOut:

We see the human rights abuses faced by sexual and gender minorities in all nation states. The facts are:

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• 70+ nation states criminalize private, consensual same-sex sexual behavior;

• 40+ nation states criminalize private, consensual sexual activity between women using laws against 'lesbianism' and 'gross indecency';

• 11 nation states have the death penalty or at least the possibility of it, for private consensual same-sex behavior;

• 15 nation states criminalise the gender identity and/or expression of transgender people;

• interphobia is faced by people who are intersex, who face medically unnecessary surgeries, widespread violence and discrimination;

• people face different forms of violence (physical and symbolic), the use of so-called 'corrective rape' and conversion therapies, the forced medicalisation of bodies, torture and police and state violence;

• sexual and gender minorities often live in severe poverty, have poor and inadequate housing, they face a lack of political participation, are unable to be safe in their family and personal lives, are unable to have a family and they face gender-based discrimination.

There are many dangerous places in the world for LGBTQ+ people including Russia, the Middle East, and most countries on the continent of Africa. Despite the threat of arrest, incarceration or worse, LGBTQ+ people are using the Pride flag to make themselves visible and to fight for basic human rights.