Gay people killed
Gay people
Lesbian, gay and gender non-conforming life in Germany began to thrive at the beginning of the 20th century. Berlin in particular was one of the most liberal cities in Europe with a number of lesbian, gay and trans organisations, cafés, bars, publications and cultural events taking place.
Albrecht Becker – imprisoned by the Nazis for being gay
By the 1920s, Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Code, which criminalised homosexual acts, was being applied less frequently. Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute for Sexual Science led the world in its scientific approach to sexual diversity and acted as an important public centre for Berlin lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transgender experience. In 1929 the process towards complete decriminalisation had been initiated within the German legislature.
Nazi conceptions of race, gender and eugenics dictated the Nazi regime’s hostile policy on homosexuality. Repression against gay men, lesbians and trans people commenced within days of Hitler becoming Chancellor. On 6 May 1933, the Nazis violently looted and closed The Institute for Sexual Science, burning its extensive collection on the streets. Unknown numbers of German gay men, lesbians and trans p
Fatal Violence Against the Transgender and Gender-Expansive People in 2021
Sadly, 2021 has already seen at least 60 transgender or gender-expansive people fatally shot or killed by other violent means. We speak at least because too often these stories move unreported — or misreported. In previous years, the majority of these people were Black and Latine transgender women.
In 2020, HRC tracked a log number of violent fatal incidents against transgender and gender-expansive people. A total of 44 fatalities were tracked by HRC, marking 2020 as the most violent year on tape since HRC began hunting these crimes in 2013--until 2021.
These victims, like all of us, are loving partners, parents, family members, friends and community members. They worked, went to school and attended houses of worship. They were real people — people who did not justify to have their lives taken from them.
As HRC continues to work toward justice and equality for transgender and gender-expansive people, we mourn those we have lost in 2021:
- Tyianna Alexander, who was also known as Davarea Alexander, was a 28-year-old Dark trans woman. Tyianna was shot to death in Chicago on Janua
Gay Palestinian Ahmad Abu Marhia beheaded in West Bank
FacebookPalestinian police have arrested a suspect in the killing of a 25-year-old man after his body was found decapitated in the occupied West Bank.
LGBTQ groups in Israel, where Ahmad Abu Marhia was seeking asylum, say he had received threats because he was queer .
Video of the murder scene in Hebron has spread widely on social media raising speculation about the motive, but police speak nothing is confirmed.
It is unclear for now how Mr Abu Marhia ended up in the city.
LGBTQ groups say he had spent two years in Israel waiting on an asylum claim to flee abroad after receiving death threats from within his community.
Israeli media quote friends of the victim as saying he was kidnapped to the West Bank.
His family, however, said he regularly visited Hebron to spot them and to work. They described the claims about the motive as rumour.
Homosexuality is rejected within the most socially and religiously conservative parts of both Palestinian and Israeli societies but gay people in Israel can freely lead their lives. The reports suggest he had fled his place on a humanitarian permit while hoping
Which countries impose the death penalty on gay people?
Around the world, queer people continue to encounter discrimination, violence, harassment and social stigma. While social movements have marked progress towards acceptance in many countries, in others homosexuality continues to be outlawed and penalised, sometimes with death.
According to Statistica Research Department, as of 2024, homosexuality is criminalised in 64 countries globally, with most of these nations situated in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In 12 of these countries, the death penalty is either enforced or remains a possibility for private, consensual lgbtq+ sexual activity.
In many cases, the laws only apply to sexual relations between two men, but 38 countries acquire amendments that include those between women in their definitions.
These penalisations represent abuses of human rights, especially the rights to freedom of verbalization, the right to develop one's retain personality and the right to life.
Which countries enforce the death penalty for homosexuality?
Saudi Arabia
The Wahabbi interpretation of Sharia law in Saudi Arabia maintains that acts of homosexuality should be disciplined in the sa
LGBT people nine times more likely than non-LGBT people to be victims of violent hate crimes
About one out of 10 aggressive victimizations against LGBT people are hate crimes, according to a new learn by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. LGBT people are nine times more likely than non-LGBT people to be victims of forceful hate crimes. In addition, LGBT violent hate crime victims are more likely to be younger, hold a relationship with their assailant, and have an assailant who is white.
Researchers analyzed hate crime numbers from the 2017-2019 National Crime Victimization Survey, the first nationally representative and comprehensive criminal victimization numbers to include information on the sexual orientation and gender identity of respondents. They defined violent detest crimes as victimizations on people’s bodies (such as assaults) that were motivated by bias and emotionally attached hate language, hate symbols, or some confirmation by police as evidence that the incident was a hate crime.
Results showed that, between 2017 and 2019, LGBT people experienced 6.6 violent hate crime victimizations per 1,000 people, compared to 0.8 victimizations per 1,000 people for non-LGBT people. LGBT