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Contents:

• THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
• GAY RIGHTS

THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE

Here is a look at some of the bt jobs that relate to or directly support lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer issu. 8% of gay, lbian, or bisexual youth report havg nsired suici the prev year, pared to 13. There are gay pri events all over the world, om San Francis’s inic summer celebratn to Sydney's legendary Mardi Gras.

In March 2022, for stance, Florida passed legislatn that bans discsn of sexual inty and genr, often referred to as the "Don't Say Gay" law. Most ci have LGBTQ muny centers that serve as meetg pots for the gay muny. If you are a news junkie who's well versed the gay muny, you might want to nsir workg as a journalist.

GAY RIGHTS

While you n work any beat, many news outlets ter specifilly to the gay muny. Huffgton Post Gay Voic, The Advote, Autostraddle, and Pk News are the heavy hters.

Human Rights Campaign Foundatn’s Corporate Equaly Inx is the natnal benchmarkg tool on rporate polici, practic and benefs pertent to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer employe. The stggle of LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) people for equal rights has moved to center stage. Gay and lbian people are featured movi and on televisn – not as novelty characters, but as full participants society.

Ary – openly discrimat agast gays and lbians. Mothers and fathers lose child ctody simply bee they are gay or lbian, and gay people are nied the right to marry. One state even tried to fence lbians and gay men out of the procs ed to pass laws.

In 1992 Colorado enacted Amendment 2, which repealed existg state laws and barred future laws protectg lbians, gay men and bisexuals om discrimatn. We mt nclu that Amendment 2 classifi homosexuals not to further a proper legislative end but to make them unequal to everyone else. The morn gay rights movement began dramatilly June 1969 New York Cy’s Greenwich Village.

Durg a typil “raid, ” police tried to arrt people for their mere prence at a gay bar, but the patrons of the Stonewall Inn fought back – and the gay rights movement was lnched. Usg many of the grass-roots and ligatn strategi employed by other 20th century activists, gay rights advot have achieved signifint progrs:. Sodomy laws, typilly ed to jtify discrimatn agast gay people, once existed natnwi; they are now on the books only 18 stat and Puerto Ri.