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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
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 …
How To Get Away With Murder: The “Gay Panic” Defense, Omar T. Russo
How To Get Away With Murder: The “Gay Panic” Defense, Omar T. Russo
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
Immigrating While Trans: The Disproportionate Impact Of The Prostitution Ground Of Inadmissibility And Other Provisions Of The Immigration And Nationality Act On Transgender Women, Luis Medina
The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice
Abstract forthcoming.
The Matthew Shepard And James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act: A Criminal Perspective, Meredith Boram
The Matthew Shepard And James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act: A Criminal Perspective, Meredith Boram
University of Baltimore Law Review
[H]ate crimes ... leave deep scars not only on the victims, but on our larger community. They weaken the sense that we are one people with common values and a common future. They tear us apart when we should be moving closer together. They are acts of violence against America itself.. . As part of our preparation for the new century, it is time for us to mount an all-out assault on hate crimes, to punish them swiftly and severely, and to do more to prevent them from happening in the first place. We must begin with a deeper understanding …
Passions We Like… And Those We Don't: Anti-Gay Hate Crime Laws And The Discursive Construction Of Sex, Gender, And The Body, Yvonne Zylan
Passions We Like… And Those We Don't: Anti-Gay Hate Crime Laws And The Discursive Construction Of Sex, Gender, And The Body, Yvonne Zylan
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
This Article proceeds as follows. In Part II, the author catalogs the history of anti-gay hate crime laws in the United States, describing the rapid spread of state-level laws extending race- and religion-based hate crime laws to LGB people. The Article also provides an overview of federal legislation addressing anti-gay hate crime. In Part III, it examines the policy environment within which anti-gay hate crime laws have been, and continue to be, considered. Specifically, the jurisprudential frameworks that shape, define, and constrain discourses of equality, rights, and social identity are analyzed. The argument is made that the policy environment of …
Sexual Minorities, Criminal Justice, And The Death Penalty, Michael B. Shortnacy
Sexual Minorities, Criminal Justice, And The Death Penalty, Michael B. Shortnacy
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Article addresses the biases confronting sexual minorities in the legal system. The author calls upon the legal community including bar associations, judicial councils and conferences, and law schools to recognize that bias against sexual minorities exists and they should devote sufficient resources to allow for comprehensive study of this problem and for the education of the bar and the public. Furthermore, the Article points out that this bias against sexual minorities among key players in the legal system may actually be a factor in the imposition of the death penalty. The author points out the inattention this bias against …