On #InternationalLesbianDay, we stand in solidarity with women in the 44 countries in which private, consensual sexual activity between women is illegal.
The fight for equality goes on until you are free to be you.
Lesbians often face multiple discrimination, including sexism, misogyny and homophobia.
According to Human Dignity Trust:
44 jurisdictions criminalise private, consensual sexual activity between women using laws against ‘lesbianism’, ‘sexual relations with a person of the same sex’ and ‘gross indecency’. Even in jurisdictions that do not explicitly criminalise women, lesbians and bisexual women have been subjected to arrest or threat of arrest.
Stonewall’s Out of the Margins project focuses on five main issues where LBT+ communities continue to face severe marginalisation: