Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ+) scientists are an visible mory that still fac harassment and discrimatn. Fosterg safe, signated LGBTQ+ environments is a way for the muny to nnect wh each other and raise awarens. In honor of Pri Month (June 2021), Dr. Keislg (postdoctoral fellow at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia Universy), Dr. Le Bras (scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Instutn) and Dr. Ludka (postdoctoral rearcher at the Scripps Instutn of Oceanography) share wh Nature Communitns their experienc brgg together the LGBTQ+ muny at geoscience nferenc, and offer advice for how other discipl n do the same.
Contents:
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
- 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
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But, of urse, New York’s place the battle for acceptance of the LGBTQ+ muny go back much further, as the Stonewall Uprisg, one of the first major ton of the gay rights movement, began June 1969 New York Cy’s Greenwich Village.
'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
Search the largt LGBTQ+ healthre directory for an affirmg provir near you who unrstands lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer health. * lgbt safe communities *
Unlike the stat at the top of our list, many of those fallg to the bottom have actively hostile laws targetg members of the queer muny, and they often also have yet to pass laws banng thgs like anti-gay discrimatn or nversn therapy. While Tennsee don’t still crimalize sodomy like Mississippi do, has few laws that bar anti-gay discrimatn and actively bars municipali the state om puttg lol ordanc place to do so.
The state lacks anti-discrimatn laws protectg queer dividuals most areas except for lleg and universi, and perms anti-gay discrimatn adoptn and foster placement. Like many others at the bottom of this list, Louisiana do not have laws barrg anti-gay discrimatn hog, employment, or tn, and the state allows relig exemptns to protect those wh anti-gay views. Louisiana state lawmakers sent addnal anti-LGBTQ+ legislatn to their ernor’s sk durg the first week of Pri Month 2023: a pyt of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, a ban on genr-affirmg re for mors, and guil for pronoun age schools.
However, the state perms anti-gay discrimatn adoptn and foster placement and has laws agast sodomy and non-disclosure of HIV stat. People who are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr (LGBT) are members of every muny. My bt iend was out onle and was gay, but now she’s a trans woman.