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The UN Independent Expert on SOGI, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, has issued a statement following his visit to the UK and Ireland in May 2023.
Abusive rhetoric by politicians, the media and social commentators has trickled down to produce increasingly abusive and hateful speech against LGBT persons in the United Kingdom (UK), the UN independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity warned today.
The expert expressed grave concern about delays in long-promised legislation to ban practices of “conversion” of sexual orientation and gender identity. “The vicissitudes of this and other necessary public policies appear to be connected to political discourse concerning gender-diverse persons and refugees and asylum seekers, two areas in which recent State actions are cause for concern,” Madrigal-Borloz said.
Read More- https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/05/uk-keep-calm-and-respect-diversity-says-un-expert
- https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/sexualorientation/statements/eom-statement-UK-IE-SOGI-2023-05-10.pdf
Added: 11 May, 2023