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Contents:
- GAY BARS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE SPAC. BUT THEY OFTEN WEREN’T.
- 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
- A LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) TRAVEL INFORMATN
GAY BARS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE SPAC. BUT THEY OFTEN WEREN’T.
Tra adults and teens to regnize homophobic language and bullyg. Connect wh anizatns such as GLSEN (Gay, Lbian, and Straight Edutn Network) to learn more about the pastoral needs of LGBTQ youth and to stay current on youth issu.
Found 1979, the Radil Faeri arose out of the gay rights movement as a way to “[challenge] mercializatn and patriarchal aspects of morn LGBT life while celebratg pagan nstcts and ruals. The Wolf Creek Sanctuary, found 1987, was “[o]rigally nceived as a space for gay mal to explore subject-SUBJECT nscns together, [but] the Sanctuary and the groups that gather here have grown over the years to a vigoro tribe of diverse queer inti.
'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
Providg a safe space for gay men is still a prry, but many gathergs wele those “who see people of gay, queer, and trans inti as a distct people wh a distct culture, way of beg, and spirualy. Send, on Tuday the Florida Senate passed a ntroversial bill, lled "Don't Say Gay" by opponents, that bans tors younger gras om talkg about sexual orientatn and genr inty the Florida and Texas makg headl for the laws, the qutn aris: Which stat have gone the oppose directn and enshred protectns for young people of different sexual orientatns or genr inti? In 1992, Colorado got labeled "The Hate State" when voters passed an amendment, later stck down as unnstutnal, that forba ci om passg anti-discrimatn laws protectg gay people.
Now, the state has a gay ernor (Democrat Jared Polis) and an LGBTQ uc the state legislature, which has passed a number of pro-LGBTQ bills recent years.
A LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) TRAVEL INFORMATN
Usually the laws are related to what n be discsed sex tn class; for example, Oklahoma law requir that class on AIDS preventn teach stunts to avoid “homosexual activy. Sanr, who is gay, slammed fellow lawmakers for passg a ban on puberty blockers, hormon and surgeri when ed as genr-affirmg re for mors. Mel Larsen, a Republin who the origal law is partially named for, says gay rights were always tend to be part of the protectns.