SASOD continues international lobby for equal rights for LGBTI persons

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From left to right are UNAIDS Country Coordinator Dr Martin Odiit; SASOD’s Advocacy and Communication Officer Schemel Patrick and SASOD’s Managing Director Joel Simpson
From left to right are UNAIDS Country Coordinator Dr Martin Odiit; SASOD’s Advocacy and Communication Officer Schemel Patrick and SASOD’s Managing Director Joel Simpson

The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) continued to lobby for the rights of Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people to an adequate standard of living at the recent Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), in Geneva, Switzerland.

SASOD presented its shadow report on the morning of September 28, 2015, while the state delegation, comprising Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman, Technical Officer in the Department of Governance Teresa Gaime and First Secretary of the Embassy of Guyana in Brussels, Belgium Bevon McDonald appeared before the committee during the afternoon of that day and the morning of September 29.

The state delegation presented and was questioned on the report that was submitted by the