Gay Japan News publishes interviews with 50 LBT people regarding
violence based on sexual orientation, sexual identity, and gender expressions
from the points of view of lesbians, bi-sexual women, and transgenders
THE LBTs, or lesbians, bisexuals, and transgnders,
experience violence on a daily basis in various situations because of their
sexual orientation, sexual identity, and gender expressions. Of the 50 people
who have been interviewed, 31 people (62%) received psychological violence, 14
(28%) people suffered physical violence, and 28 people (56%) experienced sexual
violence. The majority of these victims have come to think of committing
suicide. Experts tend to avert providing assistance because of they fear
prejudice and lack of understanding. As a result, even when the victims are
connected to experts, this does not mean they can receive considerate and
effective support.
Gay Japan News, together with International Gay and Lesbian
Human Rights Commission, an NGO, and groups from Malaysia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines,
and Pakistan conducted interviews with 50 LBT people ranging between 22 and 58
years old about their experience of being violence victims in Tohoku, Kanto,
Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku, and Kyushu areas. The result has been complied in a booklet.
The booklet also includes suggestions for policies to
protect people from violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation, sexual
identity, and gender expressions. I hope that you will be interested in knowing
that violence against LBT exists, and understand the status-quo and background,
which this survey has revealed.
The document can be downloaded from here. (You need to get a
password. The given survey is in Japanese. The website has a limited English
section.)
Contact:
gayjapannews.com
info@gayjapannews.com
Translated by Naoko Hirose
Original article: http://wan.or.jp/book/?p=8252
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