UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Part of the Information Series on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Discriminatory attitudes, laws and practices, combined with inadequate legal protections, expose lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and intersex people of all ages and in all regions of the world to egregious violations of their human rights. The legal obligations of States to safeguard the human rights of LGBT and intersex people are well established in international human rights law.
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