LGBT rights by country or territory

modern era, Canada is often praised for its inclusivity and acceptance. However, the country has not always been this way. In the late 1950s to early 1960s, Canada faced a period of extreme homophobia: the Gay Purge. This was one of the “longest and the most harmful campaigns of discrimination conducted by the federal government against the LGBT community”. The motive of this campaign was to “identify and purge LGBT Federal Public Servants on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity,

you didn’t know about cuba, and now we’re back with part two! Check out seven more fascinating facts about the country below. Number Seven: Cubans Have Their Own Version of Monopoly It's called “la deuda eternal” (“eternal debt”). Rumor has it Fidel Castro banned Monopoly on Cuban territory, and got every game on the island destroyed. A version of the game was introduced into the country to satisfy the government's own policies and ideologies. Players assume the role of third world nations, whose

state terrorism known to man, killing millions of men, women, and even children during a dark period known as the Holocaust. According to the United States Department of State (USDOS, 2017) Iran, Sudan, and Syria are currently recognized as the only countries that contribute to state-sponsored terrorism. Simply put, state sponsored terrorism is when a state willingly chooses to sponsor a known terrorist groups within its borders. A state may do this in order to further their political agenda. Taylor

marriage denies the obvious purpose between a man and a women which is procreation (Richardson-Self, 2012). Denying same sex couples the legal right to get married, could mean that they are being denied their basic human rights to enjoy human benefits (Richardson-Self, 2012). However, the opposing view is that if gay marriage was granted the legal rights of marriage, it will threaten the stability of the traditional meaning of family. A lot of society view gay and lesbians as being immoral due to

was a country of the male wardrobe. Today's movements for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community are leveraging the existence of more globalized and open systems. Besides, the promotion of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population have been acknowledged through smart partnerships within conventional, political and economic scene, while the males and heterosexuals are still pervasive. Beyond the simple justice to give this element of equal rights to lesbians

TRANSGENDER IN SPORTS The existence of those human beings who do not confirm to their gender has been documented throught human history .The term transgender is deeply rooted in Indian history, it has been an umbrella term. The problems that transgender are facing are more of a psychological rather than a social problem. They are still not accepted and recognized in the society. Transgender is a term for those people who do not fall either under male category or under female category. Transgender

Ben Affleck once said, “Why would you want to get in the way of people who love each other, marrying each other? Anybody who wants to be able to get married to anybody else should be able to.” What is marriage? Marriage as we see, is the bond and union of two partners who greatly love each other. Typically, our first exposure to a marriage would be our parent’s marriage, because they are normally that first couple we meet, but people’s families vary depending on their own personal life. Love is what

Egypt’. The essay, will provide a sense of ‘Sexuality Rights’ and consider the current human rights claims in relation to sexuality rights within human rights structures and processes. The purpose of this essay is to illustrate the troublesome but predictable disjunctures which continue to constrain the evolution of coherent and progressive policy positions in this area. Given that there is a powerful opposition to sexuality rights and sexuality rights works globally, more coherence is keenly needed.

Human rights are the rights one has simply by virtue of being human. They are the “highest moral rights, they regulate the fundamental structures and practices of political life, and in ordinary circumstances they take priority over other moral, legal, and political claims” (Universal Human Rights in Theory & Practice, 2003). A right must be recognized by other people to exist, and must be secured through human action. It is an entitlement premised on a widely held set of beliefs about the nature

Dreams The American dream, for most people, is exactly that – A dream. It’s make believe, fiction. It’s what we think American should be like, not what it actually is. The American dream will always be out of reach for common people. The majority of people I interviewed said something along the lines of, “the American dream is to be given a chance to do something or be something you want to be.” This opinion seems to be too optimistic. Everyone wants more than what they have. It’s not enough to