The ACLU works to ensure that lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people n live openly whout discrimatn and enjoy equal rights, personal tonomy, and eedom of exprsn and associatn.
Contents:
- 5 SHOCKGLY OUTDATED PROBLEMS GAY PEOPLE STILL FACE TODAY
- GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
- GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
5 SHOCKGLY OUTDATED PROBLEMS GAY PEOPLE STILL FACE TODAY
When Alex me out as gay, the 15-year-old's parents issued a stark ultimatum: unrgo nversn therapy or clear out of the fay home the northern English cy of Wakefield. * gay social problems *
*Government lays ban for five years*Prsure on Sunak to act*LGBTQ+ activists fear loophol*Campaigners divid over trans rightsBy Lucy MiddletonLONDON, July 20 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - When Alex me out as gay, the 15-year-old’s parents issued a stark ultimatum: unrgo nversn therapy or clear out of the fay home the northern English cy of chose optn one and unrwent multiple ssns wh elrs om the fay’s Jehovah’s Wns ngregatn, seekg a ‘cure’ for homosexualy. A ernment survey showed that more than half of Brons who had tried nversn therapy were offered through a relig group, almost 12% were signposted by a health re Ozanne, a gay evangelil her 50s who chairs the UK’s Ban Conversn Therapy Coaln, sought treatment her 20s and 30s, after fallg love wh a procs led to hospal admissn for a nervo breakdown. Lol NewsMIAMI – The diplomatic ti between the Uned Stat and Jamai uld soon be jeopardy.There are reports that Jamai is refg to accred the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat.“Our culture is not really acceptg of ,” said Renae Stevens, who was visg the Jamain nsulate Miami Wednday.Attorney Wayne Goldg is an advisor to Jamai’s ernment.“The whole ia of legislatn to legalize same-sex marriag, I thk they still have a long way to go,” he said.
Sure, no one really knows what they're dog their first time, but while straight people n at least take some hts om that one time they rented Origal S while their parents were out of town, gay people pretty much have to make up as they go. " Well, thk about -- if you're a sexually active gay teenage boy but haven't e out to your parents, you have to figure out a way to talk to your doctor about any sex-related health ncerns whout havg a parent the room. The pot here isn't that gay people are a bunch of judgmental asshol; the pot is that a lot of the strs and anxiety om the opprsn we all suffer gets directed ward the form of bullyg our most vulnerable muny members.
GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
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. * gay social problems *
Given all the discrimatn agast homosexuals, mak sense for the muny to assemble like a Roman Legn and lock together their rabow-fed shields agast the attackg bigots. For example, while straight culture has been phg to adopt a more flexible fn of bety that extends beyond the "clilly ad" sectn of the BMI, gay male culture has not: The public image of the gay man is still a perfectly sculpted slab of mcle-ke, which of urse leads to an overabundance of eatg disorrs, dg addictn, and steroid abe.
GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
Gay rights movement, civil rights movement that advot equal rights for LGBTQ persons—that is, for lbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenr persons, and queer persons—and lls for an end to discrimatn agast LGBTQ persons employment, cred, hog, public acmodatns, and other areas of life. * gay social problems *
But we're terrified to brg those thgs up bee they pot to mental unwellns -- and anti-gay-rights activists will sh themselv wh excement at the chance to e this as evince that we're all msed up the head.
Opponents of homosexualy characterize gay men as fabulo plague rats, which is a stereotype the gay muny has had to battle tirelsly sce AIDS h the scene, forcg the muny to all but ignore the batsh epimic of STDs among young gay men for fear of agreeg wh the bigots. This leads to an at bt lackadaisil e of protectn, and sce the gay muny self stigmatiz HIV/AIDS, thgs are even harr for HIV posive young men: They're beg shunned om every directn.
Rearch has shown that the followg are some of the most mon health ncerns faced by gay and bisexual men. * gay social problems *
The fight for gay rights the Uned Stat has e a long way sce the Stonewall Uprisg of 1969, when gay and trans patrons of the Stonewall Inn New York Cy fought back agast police tryg to arrt night marked the begng of the gay rights movement the US, a s-long fight that jt a few years ago rulted the momento 2015 Supreme Court cisn legalizg gay marriage the lg on June 26, 2015, didn’t end the stggle for equaly and protectn. Across the untry, LGBTQ Amerins still face legalized discrimatn unr the law when to hog, jobs, parentg, and even June, ’s important to celebrate how far the US has e regnizg gay rights — and to be proud of that fact — but only if we also remember how far we still have to go to ensure that the equal rights and digny of LGBTQ Amerins are regnized unr the are some of the battl for equaly that are still beg fought across the untry.
Gay Conversn TherapyIn a vast majory of stat, kids n still be sent to so-lled “gay nversn therapy, ” a harmful practice that the Amerin Psychologil Associatn has nmned.
At the heart of the issue is the right of all Amerins to public acmodatns—that is, safe accs to goods, servic, facili, and privileg the public ’s a b wonky, but the battle beg fought over bathrooms is about whether trans and gay dividuals have a right to e all of the facili the rt of Amerins e a way that acmodat their needs. There, young gay, lbian, bi, and trans kids are more likely to face vlence, end up danger or participate crime, and enunter trma that n affect their entire liv. Alas, the future, make sure you ask about payment polici up ont to protect to Roxane Gay at Gay is an endowed profsor of media, culture and femist studi at Rutgers, the thor of the forthg “Opns” and a ntributg Opn wrer.