This abstract is from the back cover of the book.
In Brazil, the headless body of a local politician is found, mutilated and decapitated, in a garbage heap following his public announcement of his bisexuality;
The editor of a gay and lesbian magazine is sentenced to five months in prison and a fine for publishing a comment questioning why so many men want to correspond with lesbians-the court ruled the comment offends public feelings of decency and sexual morals;
Two gay male activist and AIDS educators are harassed, arrested and beaten up on trumped-up charges by authorities in Mexico;
In Colombia, reports persist of the targeting and killing of gay men and transvestites by death squads operating without fear of prosecution by the local authorities, if not in actual concert with them;
In Iran, authorities publicaly reiterate that death is a possible punishment for persons found guilty of homosexual acts.
Gays, Lesbians, and bisexuals in parts of the world live in constant fear of government persecution—afraid that their private acts of love and public acts of courage will be punished by governments in secret torture chambers, at clandestine safe houses, and on midnight raids. Many live in constant fear that lives lived on both sides of closet doors will be snuffed out behind the closed doors of government oppression.
In this report, Amnesty International breaks the silence that has surrounded the persecution of people because if their homosexuality—silence that has allowed governments to kill, torture, and detain arbitrarily—and suggest steps towards a different future.
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