Global Homophobia: The Roots of Hatred

Synopsis

This hard-hitting documentary reveals the abuse suffered by the gay community all over the world. France, despite having legalized gay marriage in 2013, has seen a rise in homophobic violence in recent years. In Tunisia, gay people can be sentenced to three years in prison, simply for their sexual orientation. When arrested by the police, they are subject to an “anal examination”, a humiliating procedure of no scientific value. Uganda is one of the 27 sub-Saharan countries in which homosexuality is repressed, with active state-encouragement of homophobia, and where homosexuality is punishable by lifetime imprisonment. In the United States, more progressive laws have not translated into progressive attitudes. 700,000 Americans, in a desperate attempt to change their sexual orientation, have gone to see therapists who claim to be able to “transform any homosexual into a heterosexual.”

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Michaëlle Gagnet
Editing	Editor	Arnaud Delomel Luc Golfin
	Assistant Editor	David Bercher
Production	Producer	Bernard de La Villardière
Department	Role	Name

Join the discussion