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LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
Two major geopolil events durg the past year—the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the full-sle Rsian ary vasn of Ukrae—have dispted lns of liv. Both have ronated specific ways for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people. * problems faced by lgbt *
The fight for gay rights the Uned Stat has e a long way sce the Stonewall Uprisg of 1969, when gay and trans patrons of the Stonewall Inn New York Cy fought back agast police tryg to arrt night marked the begng of the gay rights movement the US, a s-long fight that jt a few years ago rulted the momento 2015 Supreme Court cisn legalizg gay marriage the lg on June 26, 2015, didn’t end the stggle for equaly and protectn. Across the untry, LGBTQ Amerins still face legalized discrimatn unr the law when to hog, jobs, parentg, and even June, ’s important to celebrate how far the US has e regnizg gay rights — and to be proud of that fact — but only if we also remember how far we still have to go to ensure that the equal rights and digny of LGBTQ Amerins are regnized unr the are some of the battl for equaly that are still beg fought across the untry.
GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
GENEVA (16 May 2022) – On the ocsn of the Internatnal Day agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, a group of UN and regnal human rights experts urged ernments to ensure that lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and genr-diverse (LGBT) persons fleeg persecutn are protected agast vlence and treated wh digny. The experts issued the followg jot statement: * problems faced by lgbt *
ParentgOnly a handful of stat have enshred law the right of gay upl to parent together.
Gay Conversn TherapyIn a vast majory of stat, kids n still be sent to so-lled “gay nversn therapy, ” a harmful practice that the Amerin Psychologil Associatn has nmned. Employment DiscrimatnIn most stat, gay and trans dividuals n be fired om their job on the basis of their sexual orientatn or genr inty.
Dpe great stris ma the past the fight for equaly, many important LGBT legal issu are facg the gay muny. * problems faced by lgbt *
But across Ameri, that is the realy for many gay and trans cizens. At the heart of the issue is the right of all Amerins to public acmodatns—that is, safe accs to goods, servic, facili, and privileg the public ’s a b wonky, but the battle beg fought over bathrooms is about whether trans and gay dividuals have a right to e all of the facili the rt of Amerins e a way that acmodat their needs.
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There, young gay, lbian, bi, and trans kids are more likely to face vlence, end up danger or participate crime, and enunter trma that n affect their entire liv.
Ameri has e a long way protectg the rights of gay, bi, and trans cizens, but there’s still work to do.