The stggle to end discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr persons is a global challenge, and one that is central to the Uned Stat’ mment to promotg human rights.” -Uned Stated Print Barrack Obama (2011)
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HOMOSEXUALY--ISLAM-CRIL-REFLECTN-ON-GAY-LBIAN-AND-TRANSGENR-MLIMS
This page provis accurate rmatn for those who want to better unrstand sexual orientatn and the impact of prejudice and discrimatn on those who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual. Public opn studi over the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s routely showed that, among large segments of the public, lbian, gay, and bisexual people were the target of strongly held negative attus. The associatn of HIV/AIDS wh gay and bisexual men and the accurate belief that some people held that all gay and bisexual men were fected served to further stigmatize lbian, gay, and bisexual people.
Dpe the persistence of stereotyp that portray lbian, gay, and bisexual people as disturbed, several s of rearch and clil experience have led all mastream medil and mental health anizatns this untry to nclu that the orientatns reprent normal forms of human experience.