Hak LGBT di Botswana: Perbedaan antara revisi

'''Kelompok lesbian, ''gay'', biseksual dan ''transgender'' (LGBT)''' di '''Botswana''' masih menghadapi permasalahan hukum yang tidak dihadapi oleh orang-orang non-[[LGBT]] lainnya. Aktivitas seks sesama jenis legal sejak 11 Juni 2019 setelah keputusan anonim oleh pengadilan tinggi negeri Botswana.<ref name="cnn">{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/11/africa/botswana-lgbtq-ruling-intl/index.html?no-st=1560254302|title=Botswana scraps gay sex laws in big victory for LGBTQ rights in Africa|last=Fox|first=Kara|date=2019-06-11|work=CNN|accessdate=2019-06-11|archive-date=2019-12-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218085333/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/11/africa/botswana-lgbtq-ruling-intl/index.html?no-st=1560254302|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48594162|title=Botswana decriminalises homosexuality|date=2019-06-11|access-date=2019-06-11|language=en-GB|publisher=BBC|archive-date=2019-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613074322/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48594162|dead-url=no}}</ref> Sebelumnya dipidanakan di [[Botswana]] dengan ancaman hukuman hingga tujuh tahun penjara.<ref name="kuhp">[{{Cite web |url=http://www.vertic.org/media/National%20Legislation/Botswana/BW_Penal_Code.pdf |title=Botswana Penal Code, Chapter 08:01] |access-date=2018-01-02 |archive-date=2017-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329014119/http://www.vertic.org/media/National%20Legislation/Botswana/BW_Penal_Code.pdf |dead-url=no }}</ref> Upaya untuk melakukan seks sesama jenis juga dipidanakan dan begitu pula "praktik tidak senonoh" yang dilakukan di ruang publik maupun pribadi.<ref name="kuhp"/> Sebelumnya hukum ini hanya berlaku bagi pria, tetapi pengadilan Botswana menganggap tindakan ini sebagai tindak diskriminatif dan memutuskan bahwa hukum ini juga harus diberlakukan untuk perempuan yang melakukan seks sesama jenis.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.newnownext.com/why-more-and-more-countries-are-making-it-illegal-to-be-a-lesbian-or-bi-woman/02/2017/ |title=Why More And More Countries Are Making It Illegal To Be A Lesbian Or Bi Woman] |access-date=2018-01-02 |archive-date=2018-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072634/http://www.newnownext.com/why-more-and-more-countries-are-making-it-illegal-to-be-a-lesbian-or-bi-woman/02/2017/ |dead-url=no }}</ref> Meskipun sebelumnya [[homoseksualitas]] dilarang, jarang ada orang yang ditangkap dan didakwa menurut laporan dari tahun 2004.<ref name="KINSEY">{{cite news | last=Mookodi | first=Godisang | url=http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/ccies/pdf/ccies-botswana.pdf | title=Botswana | publisher=Continuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality | year=2004 | page=92 | accessdate=12 December 2012 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214061847/http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/ccies/pdf/ccies-botswana.pdf | archivedate=14 February 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, komunitas LGBT semakin muncul di ruang publik dan lebih dapat diterima oleh masyarakat. Pada tanggal 30 Maret 2016, [[Dewan Kota Gaborone]] bahkan secara bulat telah menyetujui mosi yang menyerukan penghapusan pelarangan aktivitas seks sesama jenis di Botswana.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mambaonline.com/2016/04/01/city-gaborone-calls-end-gay-ban-botswana/ |title=City of Gaborone calls for an end to gay ban in Botswana |publisher=MambaOnline |date=1 April 2016 |access-date=2018-01-02 |archive-date=2018-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816160925/http://www.mambaonline.com/2016/04/01/city-gaborone-calls-end-gay-ban-botswana/ |dead-url=no }}</ref> Pengadilan Botswana juga telah mengeluarkan keputusan yang memerintahkan pemerintah Botswana untuk mendaftarkan organisasi LGBT utama Botswana, yaitu "''Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana''" (LeGaBiBo).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jurist.org/paperchase/2016/03/botswana-court-rules-in-favor-of-lgbt-rights-group.php |author=Hogan, Ashley |title=Botswana court rules in favor of LGBT rights group |publisher=JURIST |date=17 March 2016 |access-date=2018-01-02 |archive-date=2018-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133421/http://www.jurist.org/paperchase/2016/03/botswana-court-rules-in-favor-of-lgbt-rights-group.php |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>[{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-botswana-gay-idUSKCN0WI1U4 |title=Botswana's top court rejects government bid to ban gay rights group] |access-date=2018-01-02 |archive-date=2018-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124214705/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-botswana-gay-idUSKCN0WI1U4 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Dalam putusan yang lain, pengadilan Botswana mengakui hak konstitusional seseorang untuk mengubah gender mereka secara hukum.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201710090073.html |title=Botswana: Activists Celebrate Botswana's Transgender Court Victory] |access-date=2018-01-02 |archive-date=2019-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621164818/https://allafrica.com/stories/201710090073.html |dead-url=no }}</ref>

Jajak pendapat Afrobarometer pada tahun 2016 menunjukkan bahwa 43% orang Botswana akan menerima atau tidak merasa terganggu dengan tetangga yang homoseksual.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=https://76crimes.com/2016/03/09/africas-most-and-least-homophobic-countries/ |title=Africa’s most and least homophobic countries] |access-date=2018-01-02 |archive-date=2019-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722230220/https://76crimes.com/2016/03/09/africas-most-and-least-homophobic-countries/ |dead-url=no }}</ref>

* [http://www.legabibo.org LeGaBiBo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625193526/http://www.legabibo.org/ |date=2021-06-25 }}