A brief history of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr social movements

Contents:

• GOOGLE AND AMAZON URGED TO FOLLOW APPLE'S 'ANTI-GAY APP BAN'
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
• MENTAL HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) YOUTH

GOOGLE AND AMAZON URGED TO FOLLOW APPLE'S 'ANTI-GAY APP BAN'

The pany, whose CEO, Tim Cook, is the natn’s most visible gay executive, has ployed s lobbyists to oppose legislatn that lims protectns for trans and gay people or their fai Iowa, Florida, Texas and at least six other stat. The pro-LGBTQ group Equaly Florida said an email that s staff hadn’t noticed any of Apple’s lobbyg agast the new state law that rtricts teachers om talkg about genr and sexualy the classroom, which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law. Supporters of the new law say would ensure that the state’s youngt stunts learn about sexual orientatn and genr inty om their parents and not at school, but opponents say will create a hostile environment for gay and transgenr children or children om LGBTQ fai.

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

See alsoChildren and genr intyFemizg hormone therapyFemizg surgeryGynelogil re for trans menTransgenr health ncernsHealth issu for gay menHealth issu for lbiansMasculizg hormone therapyMasculizg surgery. The term LGBTI refers to a broad tegory of people, cludg those who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or tersex, although we regnize that there are many terms around the world that are ed by people to fe their sexual orientatn or genr inty.

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MENTAL HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) YOUTH

'Dehumanisg app'Livg Hope Mistri' app had been on the iOS App Store for several years, but was flagged as objectnable by Tth Ws Out on source, GoogleImage ptn, Google dit that the app has been stalled om the Play store ls than 1, 000 timThe Chigo-headquartered non-prof mpaigns agast homophobia. It lnched an onle petn agast the app after the group's founr claimed to have been given "the n-around" by Apple's staff when he lled them to pla about the app's existence on s 2014, Apple's chief executive Tim Cook beme the first Fortune 500 pany lear to announce he was homosexual, and earlier this year told CNN that beg gay was "God's greatt gift to me". Where homosexual activy or viance om tablished genr rol/drs was banned by law or tradnal ctom, such nmnatn might be munited through sensatnal public trials, exile, medil warngs, and language om the pulp.