They point out that they are victims of harassment, torture, arbitrary detentions and murders around the world, and on many occasions with total impunity.
Raymundo León / The Sudcaliforniano
La Paz, Baja California Sur.- Within the framework of the International Day against Homophobia, authorities and representatives of the sexual diversity community offered a press conference at Morelos High School, in which they stated that homosexuality continues to be a crime or a crime in more than 70 states in the world and is punishable by the death penalty in more than a dozen of them.
“Homosexual, bisexual, transgender or intersex people are daily victims of harassment, torture, arbitrary detentions and even murders around the world and on many occasions with total impunity,” said the sexual diversity community in Baja California Sur.
“In some countries, homosexuality and transsexuality are still considered mental illnesses. The commemoration of this day is an expression of respect, an expression of request to society to accept diversity and recognize the rights of people, regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity,” they expressed.
They also called on society and the authorities to eradicate prejudices and prejudices towards people in the community, “which violate so much and prevent us from substantive and effective access to fundamental rights, in addition to the fact that there are still legislative challenges in the recognition of our rights.”
Likewise, Alison Garnier, delegate in La Paz of the Rainbow Movement for Mexico, pointed out that at the beginning of one of the most violent years against the sexual diversity community with five murders of trans women, “we ask for laws that guarantee and protect all people”.
He expressed that within the framework of the International Day to combat LGBT-phobia “we make a rigorous call to raise awareness about discrimination, violence, hate speech, hate crimes, and in that sense we want to speak out for a Low Southern California and a more equal and fair world for all people.”
She said that the call to society is to listen to the needs that the LGBT + community has, because they are a sector of the population that is violated every day, with decades of struggle, to seek respect for their rights.
During the press conference, they reported that on June 22 the Pride March will take place, from Morelos Park to the kiosk on the boardwalk, where they have prepared an artistic program, among other activities.
The United Nations (UN) proclaimed May 17, International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, in commemoration of the day on which homosexuality was removed from the International Classification of Mental Illnesses by the General Assembly of the World Organization of Health in 1990.
Source: elsudcaliforniano
