U.N. Human Rights Council to Vote on LGBT Resolution

"Marianne Møllmann, director of programs for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, told the Blade on Thursday the resolution is important because LGBT people are 'systematically targeted and abused' around the world.
'We do need the Human Rights Council to fulfill its responsibility to deal with the violations that people face because of their sexual orientation and gender identity,' she said.
Andrés Ignacio Duarte Rivera, a Chilean transgender rights advocate, told the Blade earlier this week from Geneva where the expected vote will take place that he welcomes his country’s role in building support for the resolution.
He specifically singled out Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Marta Maurás, the South American country’s permanent U.N. representative in Genera, for their support of LGBT rights.
'Chile for the first time is leading a SOGI (sexual orientation and gender identity) resolution,' Rivera told the Blade. "
Published on September 26, 2014 | OutRight Action International an LGBT human rights organization
