Course on "The Human Rights of LGBT+ Persons" to run in spring 2025 session 1

Nov. 6, 2024
Course on "Human Rights of LGBT+ People"

            

 

HRTS 495a/595a – Human Rights Across Contexts
The Human Rights of LGBT+ Persons 

Fully online course -- 7 weeks, Spring Session 1 (Jan-Mar 2025)

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT+) communities around the world have made important advances in securing their human rights, but these remain under constant assault and attack. There is still so much work for human rights defenders to do in:

  • preventing interpersonal and state-sponsored hate-motivated violence; 
  • deterring discrimination in employment, education, and healthcare;
  • securing legal recognition for gender identity and expression;
  • ensuring the safety of LGBT youths, families, and relationships; 
  • destigmatizing sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex status; 
  • remedying many other violations of LGBT dignity and wellbeing.

Join this course offered by UArizona’s Program in Human Rights Practice to study the ongoing threats to and future opportunities for international human rights as a mechanism for protecting LGBT people worldwide. HRTS 495a/595a has no pre-requisites and is open to graduate and undergraduate students from AZ Online and Main Campus. Undergraduates require approval of the instructor to enroll. For more info, contact the instructor at: RaymondSmith@arizona.edu