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- 5 SHOCKGLY OUTDATED PROBLEMS GAY PEOPLE STILL FACE TODAY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5 SHOCKGLY OUTDATED PROBLEMS GAY PEOPLE STILL FACE TODAY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.
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 *
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.
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 *
" 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.
Rearch has shown that the followg are some of the most mon health ncerns faced by gay and bisexual men. * gay social problems *
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. 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.