After years of progrs on gay rights, how did the US bee so anti-LGBTQ+? | US news | The Guardian

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• AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
• BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
• AMERI IS CHANGG HOW VIEWS ACCEPTG GAY AND LBIAN PEOPLE, NEW POLL REVEALS

AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?

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Cameroon has had an upsurge mob attacks agast LGBT people, after which police have arrted the victims on homosexualy charg. Rsia targeted some LGBT groups unr the “gay propaganda” law before turng more recently to abive “foreign agent” laws. A urt forcibly closed Sphere—the legal enty unr which the Rsia LGBT Network that has helped gay men fleeg torture Chechnya.

A UN human rights treaty body nmned the crimalizatn of same-sex nduct Sri Lanka a long-awaed affirmatn that homophobic legislatn targetg women vlat not only the rights of LGBT people, but also women’s rights. A Japane urt add momentum to the untry’s marriage equaly movement, sayg that “Legal benefs stemmg om marriag should equally benef both homosexuals and heterosexuals.

BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS

In the US, Florida and Alabama enacted “don’t say gay or trans” laws to lim the discsn of LGBT-related topics schools; at least a dozen more stat are nsirg siar legislatn. And Hungary passed a law echog Rsia’s “gay propaganda” law that equat homosexualy wh pedophilia as jtifitn for limg sex tn.

GENEVA (16 May 2022) – On the ocsn of the Internatnal Day agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, a group of UN and regnal human rights experts urged ernments to ensure that lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and genr-diverse (LGBT) persons fleeg persecutn are protected agast vlence and treated wh digny. Broad Support For Same-Sex Relatnships: A May 2022 Gallup poll found that 71% of Amerins believe gay and lbian relatns are “morally acceptable, ” vers 25% who say they’re “morally wrong.

“Don’t Say Gay” Laws Unpopular: A March 2022 ABC/Ipsos poll found 62% of Amerins oppose legislatn like Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn law—known as “Don’t Say Gay”—that rtricts classroom teachgs on genr inty and sexual orientatn. Adults who intify as gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr or “somethg other than heterosexual, ” acrdg to a Gallup poll released Febary and nducted 2022.

AMERI IS CHANGG HOW VIEWS ACCEPTG GAY AND LBIAN PEOPLE, NEW POLL REVEALS

Some events Florida have been nceled rponse to ncerns over recently passed anti-LGBTQ legislatn—which rtricts genr-affirmg re, drag performanc and expand the tnal rtrictns the “Don’t Say Gay” law, among other measur—and LGBTQ anizatns have also issued travel advisori for the state. “We are gog backwards wh all the anti-gay & -trans legislatn that is beg passed.

In 2019, the Atlantic ran an opn piece tled “The stggle for gay rights is over”. The mise of the homophobic Defense of Marriage Act 2013 was followed by the end of the feral ban on marriage equaly 2015.

Wispread acceptance of same-sex marriage rights, gay people servg the ary and the need for protectns for LGBTQ+ people followed. As recently as 2020, the urt, then wh two Tmp appote, led that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protected gay, lbian and transgenr workers. In 1985, 89% of parents said they would be sad if they disvered their child was gay or a lbian.

A rash of laws ncerng the teachg of human sexualy school curricula, banng trans stunt athlet and strippg parents of the right to help their genr-variant children obta appropriate re have popped up numero red stat this same-sex marriage is now part of the fabric of Ameri, nservativ have chosen to explo Amerins’ unfaiary wh trans people and piggyback on parental anger over the perceived overreach of Covid-era school closur, nflatg wh an sid sense of “wokens”, the hop of fdg an electorally viable sluiceway for anti-LGBTQ+ most famo of the anti-LGBTQ+ laws is the piece of Florida legislatn banng stctn on sexual orientatn or genr inty schools between krgarten and third gra, the so-lled “don’t say gay” law. Supporters of Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill gather outsi Walt Disney World this month.

The ernor and his supporters have labeled as a “groomer” anyone who believ children n learn LGBTQ+ people exist, argug that simply by talkg about gay relatnships to a child, you are sexualizg that child. ”To be gay, their view, is to be herently sexualized, a threat to nocence a way that straight Amerins are vehemence has ught even veteran LGBTQ+ advot by surprise. He was followed by Arizona’s ernor, Doug Ducey, who, after barrg mors om genr-affirmatn treatment, wouldn’t even state for the rerd that trans people were Florida lawmaker Michele Rayner-Goolsby, left, hugs her wife, Bian Goolsby, durg a march at cy hall St Petersburg agast the ‘don’t say gay’ bill.