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性少數包括女性同性戀、男性同性戀、雙性戀以及跨性別。在民主國家，他們的權利日漸得到承認。少數的國家允許同性婚姻。但在保守的基督教與穆斯林教國家，他們仍然受到迫害。2006年，以挪威為首的54個國家，不包括中國，在聯合國的人權理事會發表一份聯合聲明，指出基於性別傾向與性別認同的人權侵犯事實，證據充足，包括剝奪生命、喪失免於暴力與酷刑的自由等等，呼籲理事會注意這個問題。另見 Homosexual acts.
This term encompasses lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and the transgendered, also collectively known as “LGBT.” In democratic countries their rights have increasingly been recognized, and a few jurisdictions permit same-sex marriages. However, in conservative Christian and Muslim areas the LGBT communities continue to be persecuted. In 2006 fifty-four countries, led by Norway but not including China, issued a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council citing “extensive evidence of human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity, including deprivation of the rights to life, freedom from violence and torture,” and urged the Council “to pay due attention” to the problem. See also Homosexual acts.Resource: Brian Whitaker, Unspeakable Love: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East (2006).
資料來源：東吳大學張佛泉人權研究中心編纂：《人權字典》（臺北市：教育部，2007年6月，第一版一刷），頁178。
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