Factors associated with Peruvian LGBTI people’s knowledge of organizations that defend their human rights

Abstract

Background: We aimed determine the frequency of Peruvian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) people who don’t know organizations that defend their rights and the factors associated with the probability of knowing them. Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of the virtual survey for LGBTI people in 2017. The outcome was the lack of knowledge of organizations that defend the rights of LGBTI people. The independent variables were sociodemographic, medical history and sexual characteristics. We calculated crude and adjusted prevalence ratios using generalized linear models. Findings: We analyzed 9741 responses. The frequency of lack knowledge organizations that defend the rights of LGBTI people was 66.9%. The age, being afraid to express their sexual orientation and/or gender identity, having a family member know what an LGBTI person is, health insurance, history of anxiety and/or depression and qualifying as regular progress in the recognition of the human rights of LGBTI people were associated with a higher probability of knowing organizations that defend the rights of LGBTI people. Conclusion: A large percent of your population might be experiencing human rights violations and are not aware that there are services, organizations, and supportive groups available to protect them.

Keywords:

• Civil rights
• gender identity
• gender role
• Peru
• sexual and gender minorities