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LGBT people in the Dominican Republic have sometimes been the targets of violence. From 2006 to 2009, official sources reported the murder of at least 14 transgender sex workers. [ 13 ] Bias-motivated crimes have also been reported against LGBT people from the middle and upper classes, including TV producer Micky Breton and Claudio Nasco. [ 14 ]
LGBTQ people in the Dominican Republic face multiple challenges. Although homosexuality between adults in private is decriminalized, LGBTQ Dominicans still endure discrimination and violence due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Stigma and violence In a 2014 poll, almost three quarters, 73%, of people in the Dominican Republic alone have said that members of the LGBTQ ...
Same-sex marriage is illegal. [11] Transgender rights and protections are not recognized. Dominican Republic: Sexual acts among consenting adults of the same sex became legal in 1822. [11] Same-sex marriage is illegal. [27] Transgender rights and protections are not recognized. Grenada: Sexual acts among same-sex individuals is illegal. [28]
Last year, the Dominican Republic deported more than 174,000 people it says are Haitians, and in the first half of the year, it has expelled at least 67,000 more. Activists have long criticized the administration of President Luis Abinader for what they say are ongoing human rights violations of Haitians and those of Haitian descent born in the ...
Illegal since 1976 Penalty: 1 year imprisonment. [68] [104] (repeal proposed) [105] Bans some anti-gay discrimination Mali: Illegal since 2024 Penalty: 7 years imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 francs. [106] [68] Constitutional ban since 2023 [107] [108] Mauritania: Illegal since 1983 Penalty: Capital punishment for men, (not enforced); prison ...
Dominican Republic by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights accused the Dominican government of infringing upon international law and its own domestic legislation in relation to refusing nationality and education to children born to Haitian families in the state on the basis that they were born to foreigners ‘in transit’. [9]
Kidnapped for Christ is a documentary film that details the experiences of several teenagers who were removed from their homes and sent to a behavior modification and ex-gay school in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic. The film was directed by Kate Logan. Tom DeSanto, Lance Bass and Mike Manning are the executive producers. [1] [2] [3]
The New Life Children's Refuge case was an incident of alleged kidnapping and the ensuing legal cases which occurred in the aftermath of the January 12th 2010 Haiti earthquake. On January 29, 2010, a group of ten American Baptist missionaries from Idaho attempted to cross the Haiti-Dominican Republic border with 33 Haitian