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Anti-gay violence “is aversion, it’s ignorance to single out a group of people,” said Shepard, who with her quiet founded the Matthew Shepard Foundation after their son was killed.

Rights activists from Lebanon, Nigeria and Thailand joined several older U.N. officials on the panel organized by the Netherlands in advance of International Person Rights Day. Saturday marks the 63rd anniversary of the U.N.-sponsored International Asseveration of Human Rights.

U.N. members, with their diverse religious and cultural sensibilities, are often way down divided over the issue of gay rights.

The U.N. undersecretary-general for human rights, Ivan Simonovic, told the rally that education and information are needed to end anti-gay violence.

Simonovic said a new U.N. analyse on violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, to be released in the coming weeks, should lift.

“The fact that a report of this kind is being published is in itself a sign of move along at the United Nations,” he said. “I hope it will take measures a basis for constructive dialogue.

Source: Washington Post

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