UN discusses LGBT discriminationFrom the US to Japan, LGBT rights advocates urge the world to tune into the UN Human Rights Council's panel discussion on LGBT discrimination on Wednesday05 March 2012 | By Anna Leach
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/un-discusses-lgbt-discrimination050312The first openly gay man to be elected in Japan, a Nigerian exile and human rights defender in London, a Chilean gay rights activist, an Australian local politician, an organiser of Athens Pride and Poland's first gay elected official have all added their names to a letter congratulating the UN for holding a panel this Wednesday, 7 March, to discuss discrimination and violence against LGBT people.