“The gay rights movement the Uned Stat has seen huge progrs the last century, and pecially the last two s. Laws prohibg homosexual activy have been stck down; lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) dividuals are now allowed to serve openly the ary
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THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
People around the world face vlence and equaly—and sometim torture, even executn—bee of who they love, how they look, or who they are. Sexual orientatn and genr inty are tegral aspects of our selv and should never lead to discrimatn or abe. Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu. We document and expose ab based on sexual orientatn and genr inty worldwi, cludg torture, killg and executns, arrts unr unjt laws, unequal treatment, censorship, medil ab, discrimatn health and jobs and hog, domtic vlence, ab agast children, and nial of fay rights and regnn. We advote for laws and polici that will protect everyone’s digny. We work for a world where all people n enjoy their rights fully. * lgbt empowerment speech *
This month, Pri flags are flyg — as some of my iends our last adm- — the Obama-Bin admistratn who are openly gay — they are flyg more than — over 130 U. When a same-sex uple n be married the morng but nied a lease the afternoon for beg gay, somethg is still wrong. Look at the young people: straight and gay, don’t matter.
In his inic novel Gvanni’s Room, gay thor Jam Baldw mak a powerful statement about love.
Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer-intified (LGBTQ) youth are a populatn wh a unique set of service needs. Existg rearch on effective * lgbt empowerment speech *
Karl Herich Ulrichs is known as one of the first gay men to publicly announce his sexual inty.
Durg his lifetime, Ulrichs wrote numero says discsg homosexualy and assertg that non-heterosexual orientatns are natural and blogil. Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, a former Icelandic Prime Mister and the first openly gay head of state, uttered the words durg a speech at a 2014 Pri ftival.
Arsham Parsi, an Iranian refugee livg Canada exile, has ma his missn to help LGBTQ people livg Iran: a natn where acts of homosexualy are punishable by floggg or even ath. “If you help elect more gay people, that giv a green light to all who feel disenanchised a green light to move forward.