Gender reassignment surgery is being forced on gay, lesbian and transsexual citizens to conform to societal norms in Iran. Iran is one of the countries where homosexuality in punishable by death. Living as an openly gay man or lesbian is not possible and gay citizens are being coerced into having gender reassignment surgery to cure them of their homosexuality. They are even offered loans to pay for the surgery, as the Islamic Republic is confusing gender identity with sexuality. Family members threaten to murder their gay relatives […]

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There are 78 countries where homosexual acts are illegal. Punishments range from fines to prison sentences, hard labor, forced psychiatric treatment, banishment, whippings, and death by public stoning. ILGA [International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association] 2014 Report

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LGBT Jamaicans are subjected to physical and sexual violence with many living in a perpetual state of fear. They are taunted, threatened, fired from their jobs, thrown out of their homes, or worse: beaten, stoned, raped, or killed. “LGBT people in Jamaica face intolerable levels of violence and cannot rely on the police,” said Graeme Reid, LGBT rights director at Human Rights Watch. “The authorities from the prime minister on down need to call a halt to the violence and discrimination, […]

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