Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Individual:
Running Head: LGBT
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Individual:
A Deviated social identity
Name: Amrita Malhi
Student Number: 207820368
Professor: Noemia C. Cuoto
Communities and Public Law 2200
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Individual:
An Unaccepted Facet of all of the World’s Societies
Society is shaped through the furtherance of two genders, male and female, and most countries rely on the heterosexual tradition for defining society. There are many countries that to this day still disregard any other points of view that may nullify their habits, in the midst of the concept of outside-the-box action would be homosexuality, or as the Charter of Rights and Freedoms defines them The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Intersex (LGBT) individuals. “All persons are equal in dignity and rights” (Elliot, 2007). Mainly because of the nonattendance on the importance of dissimilarity around the world, this essay will be discussing the issue of homosexuality and equality in correlation with the Charter or Rights and Freedoms in depth and analyze the values that encircle it from a permissible perspective. The Yogyakarta principles will be followed by a discussion on the policies and their reforms over time. The argument of this essay is
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Principles
The principles of Yogyakarta are tailored towards the reinforcement of the human rights of persons that have been able to form an outside of the norm type of sexuality that is their own identity. It is a clear, straightforward classification organization of the obligation that countries have to respect, protect these individuals so that their human rights are protected “regardless of their sexual orientation” (O’Flaherty and Fisher, 2008). All over the world, homosexuals have become targets to constant privileges’ violation because of their sexual orientation. These violations have many different repercussions, however, from the “denial” of their human rights to the killing
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Individual:
A Deviated social identity
Name: Amrita Malhi
Student Number: 207820368
Professor: Noemia C. Cuoto
Communities and Public Law 2200
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Individual:
An Unaccepted Facet of all of the World’s Societies
Society is shaped through the furtherance of two genders, male and female, and most countries rely on the heterosexual tradition for defining society. There are many countries that to this day still disregard any other points of view that may nullify their habits, in the midst of the concept of outside-the-box action would be homosexuality, or as the Charter of Rights and Freedoms defines them The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Intersex (LGBT) individuals. “All persons are equal in dignity and rights” (Elliot, 2007). Mainly because of the nonattendance on the importance of dissimilarity around the world, this essay will be discussing the issue of homosexuality and equality in correlation with the Charter or Rights and Freedoms in depth and analyze the values that encircle it from a permissible perspective. The Yogyakarta principles will be followed by a discussion on the policies and their reforms over time. The argument of this essay is
…
Principles
The principles of Yogyakarta are tailored towards the reinforcement of the human rights of persons that have been able to form an outside of the norm type of sexuality that is their own identity. It is a clear, straightforward classification organization of the obligation that countries have to respect, protect these individuals so that their human rights are protected “regardless of their sexual orientation” (O’Flaherty and Fisher, 2008). All over the world, homosexuals have become targets to constant privileges’ violation because of their sexual orientation. These violations have many different repercussions, however, from the “denial” of their human rights to the killing
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