LGBTQ Children

Protecting the Rights of the LGBTQ Child

The second article of the Un Convention on the Rights of the Child ensures the right not to be discriminated against – in any way. This includes the correct to non exist discriminated against for 1's sexual orientation or gender preference. Children identifying as LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning), growing up in households with LGBTQ parents, or even perceived to be, are subject to many forms of discrimination in most countries around the globe.

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To ensure that these children are able to fully realize their rights, positive social norms must be encouraged through education, law, and policies encouraging diverseness and acceptance. Throughout the terminal decades, while many nations have recently been strengthening laws to gainsay LGBTQ discrimination, in over fourscore countries effectually the world citizens are still subject by law to severe criminal punishment for homosexuality. No international treaty explicitly addresses this right.

LGBTQ Children

Closely related to homo rights, and strongly attached 1's identity, sexual rights of children and youth are often non addressed, as discussions on this topic are considered taboo and inappropriate past many. However, the failure to accost this outcome leads to further discrimination of children. This is mainly due to lack of didactics.

LGBTQ children and youth are much more likely to be bullied, harassed, isolated, or subjected to violence. In many communities, they are outcast and prevented from participating in nigh aspects of gild. LGBTQ children and youth are more probable to commit suicide than their heterosexual peers. Wellness risks tend to rise as students lack access to advisable education and health services.

lgbt2National laws in many countries around the globe make homosexuality illegal, and others outlaw the "promotion of sexuality," preventing children from learning nigh the different gender identities and sexual orientations with which an individual may place. Some nations may outlaw homosexuality to the extent that 1 can be executed for homosexual acts. Other nations, or even private communities and families, may perform medical or psychological procedures, or even "corrective rape" to "treat" homosexuality in LGBTQ children, grossly violating their rights.

LGBTQ Families

William MurphyChildren growing upward in families with LGBTQ parents are often denied the aforementioned rights every bit children growing up in single-parent families or families with heterosexual parents. Due to lack of recognition by some governments, these children are often not able to access the aforementioned social security measures as children growing upward in "typical" families. Regarding homosexual couples, many nations allow guardianship of a child to merely 1 parent, which can be harmful to children in cases of parental interest in health and pedagogy.

Children growing upwards with LGBTQ parents must be entitled to the same social security measures, and must be protected from discrimination and violence that may arise from their parents' identities.

Educating to Preclude Discrimination

Education is the most effective manner to prevent the bigotry of LGBTQ children and families. Freedom of thought, opinion, and expression is threatened when
a child is non taught about LGBTQ bug and rights, and when an LGBTQ kid is non able to limited his or her identity. Educating children in an open, informed mode, no matter their sexual orientation, on the variety of gender identities and orientations, leads to credence and prevents discrimination.

Nations must not prevent schools and teachers from talking about and discussing sexuality, and violations of their right to not-discrimination must be prevented. Nations accept a duty to write laws that promote LBGT rights and punish those who attack or discriminate against LGBTQ children, youth and adults.

Written past: Katie Krakow
Review by: Alice Sellers
Review by: Olivier Soret

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http://ifm-sei.org/files/upwardly/rr-english_web.pdf

http://world wide web.unicef.org/videoaudio/PDFs/Current_Issues_Paper-_Sexual_Identification_Gender_Identity.pdf

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