lgbt discrimination

The LGBT Activist Group is a group of ordinary people who are committed to highlighting human rights abuses of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) people in Ireland and around the world. We meet once a month on a Wednesday evening. We are always happy to see new people get involved. Please see below for more details or contact the group at lgbtireland@amnesty.ie.

In The News

Amnesty International today urged authorities in Russia’s second largest city not to enact a homophobic bill that will discriminate against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community. 

Background

Discrimination is an assault on the very notion of human rights. Discrimination is the systematic denial of certain peoples' or groups' full human rights because of who they are or what they believe. It is all too easy to deny a person’s human rights if you consider them as “less than human”.

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