18 Anti-Gay Groups and Their Propaganda | Southern Poverty Law Center

Contents:

• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• GAY ACTIVISTS ALLIANCE
• REPORT: SWATCH GROUP SU COUNTRY THAT ALLEGEDLY SEIZED ITS GAY PRI WATCH
• GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
• 18 ANTI-GAY GROUPS AND THEIR PROPAGANDA

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

Johnson was a key figure of the 1960s gay rights movement the US and, as legend has , threw the brick that igned the famo Stonewall rts, which were the talyst for the movement and have spired many Pri march ever 1992, Johnson’s body was found the Hudson River. “Sylvia’s role gay history was that she was one of the first people to highlight that our movement need to be more clive of people who did not f the mastream, ” Carrie Davis, Chief Programs and Policy Officer at New York Cy’s LGBT Communy Center, told NBC News. In a untry where police officer entrap members of the LGBTQ muny through text msag and beat those they perceive to be gay, Nkom bravely fights for rights on behalf of the LGBTQ Nkom intifi as heterosexual, she has dited her work to fightg for Cameroon’s LGBTQ muny and found the Associatn for the Defence of Homosexualy 2003.

But 2005, the queer activist was forced to flee his untry, where homosexual activy remas, Parsi liv exile Canada, where he has found the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refuge, which supports and provis guidance to LGBTQ asylum seekers om the Middle East. About a year after he was first drafted, Sam retired om the NFL cg mental health stggle highlighted the discrimatn and homophobia still rampant the sports world, but Sam has gone on to share his story and ntu to champn change. Jonathan Van Ns, Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Bobby Berk, and Karamo Brown om Queer Courty of NetflixThe all-star st of Netflix’s new Queer Eye seri — a reboot of Bravo’s early 2000s seri Queer Eye for the Straight Guy — may be all fun when to makeovers, but they’re ser about makg a difference the “Fab Five” — Tan France, Jonathan Van Ns, Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, and Antoni Porowski — speak openly on Queer Eye about their personal stggl and experienc wh homophobia and discrimatn.

ILGA World – the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn – is a worldwi feratn of more than 1, 600 anisatns om over 150 untri and terrori mpaigng for lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and tersex human rights. Their missn is to relieve poverty for lbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) refuge livg Turkey by providg the basic necsi of life; and to relieve poverty by sponsorg, providg fancial and rettlement assistance to LGBT refuge Turkey who have fled bee of persecutn for their sexual orientatn or genr intifitn and, as victims of human rights ab; and to unrtake activi ancillary and cintal to the attament of the above charable purpose. Kaleidospe Tst works to uphold the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT+) people untri around the world where they are discrimated agast or margalised due to their sexual orientatn, genr inty and/or genr exprsn.

GAY ACTIVISTS ALLIANCE

As the largt natnal lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer civil rights anizatn, HRC envisns a world where LGBTQ people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and n be open, hont and safe at home, at work and the muny. The Gay, Lbian & Straight Edutors Network is the largt natnal anizatn of parents, tors, stunts and other ncerned cizens workg to end homophobia K-12 schools, and to ensure all stunts are valued and rpected, regardls of sexual orientatn.

Found 1998 by the creators of the Amy Award®-wng short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leadg natnal anizatn providg crisis terventn and suici preventn servic to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer & qutng (LGBTQ) young people unr 25. The Natnal Rource Center on LGBT Agg is the untry’s first and only technil assistance rource center aimed at improvg the qualy of servic and supports offered to lbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgenr olr adults.

REPORT: SWATCH GROUP SU COUNTRY THAT ALLEGEDLY SEIZED ITS GAY PRI WATCH

Found 1973, Lambda Legal is the olst and largt natnal legal anizatn whose missn is to achieve full regnn of the civil rights of lbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgenr people and everyone livg wh HIV through impact ligatn, tn and public policy work. At the send board meetg 1989 Boston, the LGBT Bar, then known as the Natnal Lbian and Gay Law Associatn (NLGLA), had 293 paid members, and iated a mpaign to ask the ABA to clu protectn based on sexual orientatn to s revisn of the Mol Co of Judicial Conduct for Judg. The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) Natnal Help Center, found 1996, is a non-prof, tax-exempt anizatn that provis val peer-support, muny nnectns and rource rmatn to people wh qutns regardg sexual orientatn and/or genr inty.

In the fight for the rights of LGBTQ muni—which are currently at threat by a staggerg crease hate crim, heightened anti-gay sentiment, and proposed anti-LGBTQ legislatn across the untry—there is room for all levels of engagement, experience, and tanm wh a recent special episo of GAYCATION, Ellen Page and Ian Daniel's VICELAND show that explor the var LGBTQ cultur that exist around the world, Broadly is highlightg 50 LGBTQ rights activists across the 50 stat.

GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT

"Whether she is ttifyg at the pol on legislatn regardg transgenr rights, or workg to fd a home for a displaced gay child, Rob is tirels her efforts workg wh other social service agenci, schools, anizatns, and wh muni to ensure that the needs of sexual and genr mory youth are both regnized and petently met. FloridaPatty Shehaehan, who serv as Orlando's first openly gay cy missner, has advoted for a handful of LGBTQ rights mpaigns and legislatns sce beg elected 2000, such as passg non-discrimatn protectns and Domtic Partnership legislatn for the LGBT muny, and signg Orlando Police Chief John Ma's proposed iative, which followed the 2016 shootg at Pulse nightclub, to provi lol bs wh signage that dite whether they are a safe haven for queer dividuals to go to if they need help. HawaiiDirector of Hawaii's LGBT Legacy Foundatn and the Coordator of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Stunt Servic at the Universy of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Camaron Miyamoto has been fightg for expand LGBT rights sce the 1990s when he was advotg for same genr marriage Hawaii.

"IlloisIn rponse to three anti-gay bashgs the Chigo's "Boy's Town" neighborhood 1998, Andy Thayer formed the direct-actn group Gay Liberatn Network to not only advote for domtic LGBTQ rights, but also for those abroad. "New MexiThe day before Tmp's guratn, Jab Canlaria, an openly gay New Mexi state senator, sponsored a bill that prohibs licensed doctors, nurs, psychologists, and other health practners om admisterg nversn therapy to those unr 18.

It go whout sayg that his se went on to make Now: Gav Grimm's Fight for Trans RightsOklahomaPla Sophia Schoner has been a lumnist for Oklahoma Cy's gay newspaper, the cy Police Department's first openly transgenr officer, and an adjunct profsor at a lol muny llege; throughout all, she has been an LGBTQ activist. " That's part why he found The Gran Varon, a vio and photography storytellg project for Latx, Ao-Lato, gay, and queer dividuals to show what means to be out and proud to both their fai and people around the IslandKate Monteiro is one of Rho Island's leadg LGBTQ rights activists.

18 ANTI-GAY GROUPS AND THEIR PROPAGANDA

Vcent, anal sex is punishable by up to 10 years prison, while “gross cency” wh another person of the same sex is punishable by up to five years, acrdg to lonial-era laws that are mon the socially nservative Caribbean rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people. ”Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help.

Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry. Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help. The Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) was formed December 1969 by Jim Owl, Marty Robson, Arthur Evans, Arthur Bell, and others, who beme disaffected by the Gay Liberatn Front (GLF), the first LGBT group formed right after Stonewall.

While the pickets and actns by earlier homophile groups the 1960s, like the Mattache Society’s Sip-In at Juli’, had been peaceful, the post-Stonewall groups, cludg GAA, GLF, and Radilbians, were more nontatnal.