This article explores civil society organizations’ (CSOs) views on the contemporary situation of LGBT+ people in Bangladesh. It is a lacuna requiring attention because of the country’s poor and deteriorating equality and human rights record. Here we analyse the level of attention to prevailing human rights violations and apply critical frame analysis to the corpus of CSOs’ submissions to the United Nations third cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR), 2013–2018. These reveal how a series of key pathologies—including, violence, intimidation and discrimination—affect the lives of LGBT+ people. The wider significance of this study lies in highlighting that, while not a replacement for justiciable rights, the discursive processes offered by the UPR are of key significance in seeking to advance LGBT+ rights in countries like Bangladesh where oppression combines with extremism and political elites’ refusal to embrace equality in relation to gender identity and sexual orientation.

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孟加拉国的民间社会组织和 LGBT+ 权利：批判性分析

本文探讨了民间社会组织 (CSO) 对孟加拉国 LGBT+ 人群当代状况的看法。由于该国贫穷和不断恶化的平等和人权记录，这是一个需要注意的缺陷。在这里，我们分析了对普遍侵犯人权行为的关注程度，并将关键框架分析应用于公民社会组织提交给联合国第三轮普遍定期审议 (UPR)，2013-2018 年的材料库。这些揭示了一系列关键病理——包括暴力、恐吓和歧视——如何影响 LGBT+ 人群的生活。这项研究的更广泛意义在于强调，虽然不能替代可审理的权利，