LGBTI Rights

Human Rights Don't Discriminate

LGBTI rights are human rights

A person's sexual orientation or gender identity can lead to abuse in the form of discrimination, violence, imprisonment, torture, or even execution, and these abuses are all illegal under international human rights law. Amnesty International works to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals by shining a light on rights abuses, calling for policy change, and working to protect LGBTI human rights defenders. Amnesty International considers anyone imprisoned solely because of homosexuality to be prisoners of conscience who should be immediately and unconditionally released.

URGENT: TAKE ACTION NOW BY CALLING ON CHECHNYA TO STOP ABDUCTING, KILLING AND TORTURING GAY MEN!

Are human rights your Pride? Get involved!

• Join us on Facebook or Twitter to stay up to date on all the latest news and actions.
• Contact our LGBTI Coordinators George Harvey and Alexander Xavier to explore how you can get involved.
• Take Amnesty International's international human rights message and actions to Pride.
• Write a letter or take a solidarity action (see 'Get Involved' section at the bottom of this webpage)

In the headlines

• Danish and German children scarred by invasive surgery to “normalise” their sex

• One year after the murders of Xulhaz Mannan and Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy

• Transgender rights legislation: today Canada recognized that my rights matter too

• Amnesty International welcomes Canadian government move to protect transgender rights

• Greece: Historic recognition of same-sex relationships

• Indonesia - Repeal abhorrent bylaw that imposes flogging for consensual sex

• 5 reasons why Prides matter

Reports

• First, Do No Harm: Ensuring the rights of children with variations of sex characteristics in Denmark and Germany
• 'I am not a monster:' State-entrenched discrimination and homophobia in Tunisia
• Rule by Law: Discriminatory Legislation and Legitimized Abuses in Uganda
• Speaking Out: Advocacy Experiences and Tools of LGBTI Activists in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Making Love is a Crime: Criminalization of consensual same-sex behaviour in sub-Saharan Africa
• The State Decides Who I Am: Lack of legal gender recognition for transgender people in Europe