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Perlindungan Hukum Terhadap Kelompok Minoritas Gender Sebagai Implementasi Pemenuhan Hak Asasi Manusia (Perbandingan Kasus Lgbt Di Indonesia, India Dan Brunei Darussalam), Nindra Wahyu Hapsari Jul 2021

Perlindungan Hukum Terhadap Kelompok Minoritas Gender Sebagai Implementasi Pemenuhan Hak Asasi Manusia (Perbandingan Kasus Lgbt Di Indonesia, India Dan Brunei Darussalam), Nindra Wahyu Hapsari

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

Every country has an obligation to fulfill the Human Rights of all citizens. Human rights are legal rights that everyone has as human beings and are universal. Issues regarding human rights are growing from time to time, one of which is the emergence of gender minority groups in this case are Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT). Gender issues should be a private domain that is included in civil rights guaranteed by human rights and protected by law. LGBT people in various countries get different treatment both from the government of the country, and from the people. Some state governments in …


Rainbows For Rights: The Role Of Lgbt Activism In Gay Rights Promotion, Victor Asal, Amanda Murdie 8495795, Udi Sommer Feb 2021

Rainbows For Rights: The Role Of Lgbt Activism In Gay Rights Promotion, Victor Asal, Amanda Murdie 8495795, Udi Sommer

Societies Without Borders

Are advocacy efforts successful in improving the de jure rights of sexual minorities? In this paper, we argue that the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights NGO movement has been a powerful force in the struggle against sexual discrimination. However, the work of LGBT organizations is much harder in areas of the world where pre-existing public attitudes are not supportive of the rights in question. By focusing on the issue of sexual minority rights, we are able to see how underlying public attitude divergence on a human rights issue can influence advocacy success. We test the implications of our …


Article 6.21, Tatiana Stolpovskaya Jan 2021

Article 6.21, Tatiana Stolpovskaya

Theses and Dissertations

Article 6.21 is a short documentary film that aims to examine the state of censorship around queerness in Russia today and its effects on personal lives in the queer community.

Twenty years after Russia decriminalized homosexuality, on June 30th in 2013, President Vladimir Putin signed Article 6.21 "for the Purpose of Protecting Children from Information Advocating for a Denial of Traditional Family Values", also known as the "Gay Propaganda Law". Its broad and ambiguous wording allows the government significant leeway in deciding what kind of public queerness is punishable.

In 2020 Russia passed multiple constitutional amendments that affect many areas …