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Members of disliked minority groups are often stereotyped as characterizing a danger to the majority's most vulnerable members. For example, Jews in the Middle Ages were accused of murdering Christian babies in ritual sacrifices. Black men in the United States were often lynched after being falsely accused of raping White women.

In a similar fashion, gay people have often been portrayed as a threat to children. Back in 1977, when Anita Bryant campaigned successfully to repeal a Dade County (FL) ordinance prohibiting anti-gay discrimination, she named her organization "Save Our Children," and warned that "a particularly deviant-minded [gay] lecturer could sexually molest children" (Bryant, 1977, p. 114). [Bibliographic references are on a different web page]

In recent years, antigay activists have routinely asserted that homosexual people are kid molesters. This argument was often made in debates about the Boy Scouts of America's policy to exclude lgbtq+ scouts and scoutmasters. More recently, in the wake of Rep. Mark Fo

Harassment and Discrimination

For participants in Central Canada, harassment and discrimination were the most frequently noted serious legal issues (13 of 25, or 52 percent); they were less common for Eastern Canada participants (4 of 17, or 23 percent). However, we initiate , after reviewing the responses to questions about harassment and discrimination more closely, that these issues are either very general – i.e., they are about the experiences of LGB as a group, not as individuals – or they actually constitute criminal violence. One Central Canada participant observed:

[A] lot of the discrimination that is directed at us, whether you’re queer, trans, 2-Spirit and so forth, a lot of it is not as public as it used to be. I feel like a lot of it is not on display, whereas now it’s more subtle and it’s there. It exists, but they possess now found ways to perhaps make it a little bit more tough to identify and to challenge (CC#18).

Another participant highlighted how normative harassment was, stating, “I have – like I say, creature a 2-Spirited Métis girl walking around in this world, it’s every night. You’re going to fetch encoun

Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Abuse Among LGBT People

Executive Summary

This report provides an overview of existing analyze on intimate partner force (IPV) and sexual violence (IPSA) among lesbian, same-sex attracted, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and makes recommendations for future research.

We reviewed 42 studies, from 1989 to the present, that include findings on the prevalence of IPV and IPSA, survivors’ barriers to seeking help, and the quality of available assistance for LGBT people. Most studies reviewed for this report found a lifetime prevalence of IPV among lesbian and bisexual women, gay and bisexual men, and transgender people that is as high as or higher than the U.S. general population. Key findings from this review include the following:

Sexual Minority Women

  • According to the CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS), there is a higher prevalence of lifetime experiences of IPV among attracted to both genders women than heterosexual women (Walters et al, 2013). Bisexual women are 1.8 times more likely to report ever having experienced IPV than heterosexual women (see Table I). Though the reported lifetime prevalence of IPV among lesbians is highe
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    Violent victimization of lesbians, gays and bisexuals in Canada, 2014

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    Highlights

    • According to the 2014 General Social Survey on Canadians’ Guard (Victimization), Canadians aged 18 years and older who identified as lesbian or gay (142E) and double attraction (267E) were much more likely than their heterosexual (69) counterparts to be victims of violent crime.
    • Even after controlling for other factors such as age, marital status, past history of homelessness, and childhood abuse, the odds of being a victim of violent victimization were two times higher among lesbian, gay or fluid Canadians than among their heterosexual counterparts.
    • Compared with heterosexual Canadians, bisexual individuals were almost nine times more likely to be sexually assaulted

      The human rights of lesbian, gay, double attraction, transgender, queer, 2-spirit and intersex persons

      Canada stands up for the protection and promotion of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual person, transgender, queer, 2-spirit and intersex (LGBTQ2I) people globally.

      The human rights of all persons are universal and indivisible. Everyone should enjoy the same fundamental human rights, regardless of their sexual orientation and their gender identity and expression.

      Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that “all human beings are born free and equivalent in dignity and rights.” Article 2 declares, “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration.” All people, including LGBTQ2I individuals, are entitled to appreciate the protection provided by international human rights law, which is based on equality and non-discrimination.

      Nearly 30 countries, including Canada, recognize queer marriage. By contrast, more than 70 countries still criminalize consensual same-sex actions. This includes 6 countries that effectively impose the death penalty on consensual same-sex sexual acts. In 6 other countries, the death penalt