Women's Rights & Gender Justice

Around the world, the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, questioning, and two-spirited (2SLGBTQQIA+) people are violated daily. People are beaten, imprisoned, or killed by their own governments simply because of who they are.

There are still more than 70 countries with sodomy laws; punishment can include flogging, imprisonment, and in about a dozen jurisdictions, even the death penalty. LGBTI people, or who are perceived as such, are also routinely the victims of harassment, discrimination, and violence. Many of those who speak up for 2SLGBTQQIA+ rights—regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity—are themselves persecuted with impunity.

Amnesty believes that all people, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, have the right to be equal under the law and the right to exercise their full range of human rights, without exception.