Global Perspectives on the LGBT Community and Non-Discrimination

In at least seventy-one countries in the world there are national laws that criminalize same-sex relationships between consenting adults. In at least nine countries around the globe national laws target and criminalize transgender and gender non-conforming persons. In some jurisdictions the penalty for identifying as a part of the LGBT community is death. The debate in jurisdictions where being an LGBT person is a crime is typically that same-sex sexual relationships are unnatural. In jurisdictions where anti-gay laws persist the rights of LGBT persons are not considered as human rights and the rationale for criminalizing same-sex sexual activity is that it is immoral and sinful. Global Perspectives on the LGBT Community and Non-Discrimination offers perspectives on the rights of sexual minorities and discrimination. In several countries consensual sexual activity in private amongst adults of the same gender is still criminalized. This book seeks to examine the social cultural religious and political issues that influence anti-gay laws in juxtaposition with the need to protect the rights of the LGBT community. Covering topics such as LGBT child adoption rights minority stress and freedom from discrimination this premier reference source is a dynamic resource for sociologists anthropologists government officials policymakers lawmakers human rights advocates non-profit organizations libraries students and faculty of higher education researchers and academicians.