The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission has produced a report saying that homophobia is a key part of strategies designed to stop women organisting for change.
Written Out : How Sexuality Is Used to Attack Women's Organizing [PDF]
"Lesbian-baiting does not just happen to women doing organizing around sexuality," notes IGLHRC program director Susana Fried. "It is part of a well-developed political strategy, and when women are attacked in this way it is a human rights issue because it threatens women's basic freedoms to mobility, liberty and security."
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