Human rights in focus: the LGBT community / Damon Karson.

By:

Karson, Damon

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Human rights in focus (Reference Point Press)Publication details: San Diego, CA : ReferencePoint Press, [2018]Description: 80 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

1682822311
9781682822319

Other title:

Human rights in focus: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender community
LGBT community

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Human rights in focusDDC classification:

306.76 KAR/O

LOC classification:

HQ73.3.U6 K37 2018

Contents:

A global overview of LGBT rights -- Criminalization -- Discrimination -- Violence and harassment -- Efforts to protect the human rights of the LGBT community.

Summary: "Human rights advocates contend that the LGBT community has yet to achieve full equality and acceptance in the United States and elsewhere. In [past] ... years in the United States, state legislators have introduced more than 250 bills that limit LGBT rights and twenty of these have become law. In other parts of the world, it remains shameful to identify as LGBT; in some countries, it is even punishable by death. These and other human rights concerns are examined"--Provided by publisher.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Ortaokul Kütüphanesi / Middle School Library	İngilizce Roman Dışı / English Non Fiction (MS)	306.76 KAR/O (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	T 331583

Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-75) and index.

A global overview of LGBT rights -- Criminalization -- Discrimination -- Violence and harassment -- Efforts to protect the human rights of the LGBT community.

"Human rights advocates contend that the LGBT community has yet to achieve full equality and acceptance in the United States and elsewhere. In [past] ... years in the United States, state legislators have introduced more than 250 bills that limit LGBT rights and twenty of these have become law. In other parts of the world, it remains shameful to identify as LGBT; in some countries, it is even punishable by death. These and other human rights concerns are examined"--Provided by publisher.

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