
Check out: http://hrw.org/doc/?t=lgbt
A lot of sadly disturbing things there, I really had no idea how terrible Egypt (http://hrw.org/reports/2004/egypt0304/) and Jamaica (http://hrw.org/reports/2004/jamaica1104/3.htm) are about GLBTers...
It almost makes me want to go into Human Rights work but then I recall the power of guns and overpowering groups of bigots.
Not to steer the discussion...
But I would always put religion first on any list as to why this stuff happens. Although, yes, religious people *with* guns, even scarier.
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