Global Perspectives on the LGBT Community and Non-Discrimination

  • 6h 1m
  • Augustine Edobor Arimoro
  • IGI Global
  • 2022

In at least seventy-one countries in the world, there are national laws that criminalize same-sex relationships between consenting adults. In at least nine countries around the globe, national laws target and criminalize transgender and gender non-conforming persons. In some jurisdictions, the penalty for identifying as a part of the LGBT community is death. The debate in jurisdictions where being an LGBT person is a crime is typically that same-sex sexual relationships are “unnatural.” In jurisdictions where anti-gay laws persist, the rights of LGBT persons are not considered as human rights, and the rationale for criminalizing same-sex sexual activity is that it is “immoral” and “sinful.”

Global Perspectives on the LGBT Community and Non-Discrimination offers perspectives on the rights of sexual minorities and discrimination. In several countries, consensual sexual activity in private amongst adults of the same gender is still criminalized. This book seeks to examine the social, cultural, religious, and political issues that influence anti-gay laws in juxtaposition with the need to protect the rights of the LGBT community. Covering topics such as LGBT child adoption rights, minority stress, and freedom from discrimination, this premier reference source is a dynamic resource for sociologists, anthropologists, government officials, policymakers, lawmakers, human rights advocates, non-profit organizations, libraries, students and faculty of higher education, researchers, and academicians.

About the Author

Augustine Edobor Arimoro is a Lecturer in Law at the Roehampton Law School, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Roehampton London. He is the Module Leader for Criminal Law and he teaches on the undergraduate and postgraduate law degree programmes. Before joining the University of Roehampton, Dr Arimoro was a Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. He is an active researcher and the author of Public-Private Partnerships in Emerging Economies published in October 2020. Dr Arimoro has over 30 academic-related publications to his credit including books, journal articles and book chapters.

In this Book

  • Access to Healthcare Services by Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) People in Harare Urban, Zimbabwe
  • The Clash between Human Rights and Morality—A Critical Role for the Judiciary towards Decriminalization of Same-Sex Relationships
  • Advancing Arguments for Freedom from Discrimination—The Case for Sexual Minorities
  • Living within, Subverting, or Rewriting the Script—How Queer Individuals in India Negotiate Minority Stress within Their Families
  • A Critical Interrogation of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act 2013 against the Backdrop of the Human Rights Provisions of the Nigerian Constitution
  • No Dress Rehearsal—This is Our Life
  • Rainbow Families Need More Sun—LGBTQ Child Adoption Rights in the 21St Century
  • Sub-Saharan Africa and the Politics of Same-Sex Relationships—Human Rights vs. Criminal Law
  • Recognition of the Rights of the Sexual Minorities in Nigeria—Interrogating the Laws towards Developing a Paradigm Shift
  • Christian Theology and the LGBT Community—Why the Church Should Lead by Example
  • Compilation of References
  • Related References
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