about the project

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Warning:

This website will talk about crime rate and the common violated human rights that are always neglected to
LGBTQIA+
community

Around the globe, people experience violence and discrimination because of their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. LGBTQ2I people experience discrimination and harassment in housing, the workplace and the classroom. LGBTQ2I people are also often victims of hate-motivated violence, including: 1

  • physical attacks
  • arbitrary arrest
  • torture
  • sexual assault
  • murder

this is a protest website

Data collection and analysis

Countries like Brazil that has a high number of violence and good statistical data we can have a clear picture of what's happening in similar countries.

  • 3,566 violent deaths of LGBT+ since 2010 6
  • Every 34h a LGBTQIA+ is killed 2
  • 1,726 registered crimes by homophobia every year 2
  • Same-sex marriage to be banned, far right approved a bill that proposes ending same-sex marriage, even though it has been legally recognized since 2011 in Brazil. 4

Resist to exist,
exist to react.

Around the world is not different

Conversion therapies, 2023 7

Therapies attempting to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity included. They can entail counseling, drugging, electric shocks, castrations, or brain surgery.

Conversion therapies map

Source: Equaldex (2023)

Canada

  • 2,314 hate crime by Sexual orientation 8
  • 398 hate crime by Sex and gender 8

World

  • 327 trans and gender-diverse people reported murdered in the past year 9
  • 65% Black, Brown, or part of another racialised group
  • 48% sex workers
  • 36% migrants killed in Europe
  • 27% murdered in their own residence

Sources:

1 - https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/issues_development-enjeux_developpement/human_rights-droits_homme/rights_lgbti-droits_lgbti.aspx?lang=eng

2 - https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/radioagencia-nacional/direitos-humanos/audio/2023-01/brasil-segue-como-pais-com-maior-numero-de-pessoas-lgbt-assassinadas

3 - https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2022/01/23/brazil-continues-to-be-the-country-with-the-largest-number-of-trans-people-killed

4 - https://efe.com/en/latest-news/2023-10-10/brazil-rights-far-right-moves-to-ban-same-sex-marriage/

5 - https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/lgbtq/docs/rsd_rr2021_lgb-people-in-western-canada-eng.pdf

6 - https://grupogaydabahia.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/mortes-violentas-de-lgbt-2021-versao-final.pdf

7 - https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/conversion-therapy-equaldex

8 - https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510006601&cubeTimeFrame.startYear=2012&cubeTimeFrame.endYear=2022&referencePeriods=20120101%2C20220101

9 - https://transrespect.org/en/tmm-update-tdor-2022/