SOSC 2351 Lecture 8: Sexual Orientation, gender identity, and human rights

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2351
• Professor: Tanja Juric

Document Summary

Addresses discrimination aimed at people of minority sexuality and/or gender identity: contains all forms of groups who would not be included in original forms. Sexual orientation; sexual desires, feelings, practice &id. Intersex do not git societies binary definition of male /female, it is specifically connected with inter sex. Targeted for violence due to sexuality/gender id: violations overlook/minimized due to minority status, these violations are often over looked or minimized because they"re not recognized by the norms of society. Committed by states: and often minimized because it involved states because a lot of states don"t have laws against violence against sexuality, laws re: employment, healthcare, and housing. Links with other human rights concerns: sexuality is often linked with other human rights concerns, eg. housing concerns, equity rights. 35 page document about human rights in the area of sexual and gender identity. Published as outcome of international meeting of human rights groups in yogyakarta,