Hate crimes meeting puts emphasis on 'homophobia,' 'transphobia'

[Natasha]

Hate crimes meeting puts emphasis on 'homophobia,' 'transphobia'

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=156956
6/28/2008

"NEW YORK - Member States of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) were caught off guard in a meeting in Helsinki last week. They were expecting to discuss crimes motivated by racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and religious intolerance. Instead the OSCE staff presented them with a draft of a soon-to-be-published document that includes repeated references to "homophobia" and "transphobia."