From attacks on drag shows and a nightclub to viral moments of queer joy, this year was tly a mixed bag of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer news.
Contents:
- AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
- MENTAL HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) YOUTH
AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
People around the world face vlence and equaly—and sometim torture, even executn—bee of who they love, how they look, or who they are. Sexual orientatn and genr inty are tegral aspects of our selv and should never lead to discrimatn or abe. Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu. We document and expose ab based on sexual orientatn and genr inty worldwi, cludg torture, killg and executns, arrts unr unjt laws, unequal treatment, censorship, medil ab, discrimatn health and jobs and hog, domtic vlence, ab agast children, and nial of fay rights and regnn. We advote for laws and polici that will protect everyone’s digny. We work for a world where all people n enjoy their rights fully. * article about lgbt issues *
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MENTAL HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) YOUTH
Advot worry that bat hijacked by the extrem of both parti over trans youth and athlet are beg ed for a broar asslt on settled law protectg gay, lbian and bisexual people. * article about lgbt issues *
Bee of the fluence of others.Isaac Schorr put siarly Natnal Review: “To suggt that social suggtibily uld be playg a role the skyrocketg numbers of young girls’ exprsg their sire to bee mal, for example, is not of urse to say that gay and transgenr people would not exist whout the topics’ beg discsed the public square.
It’s only to say that people, and pecially young people, are sceptible to beg fluenced on all manner of issu, pecially when the arguments they’re hearg e om people posns of thory — such as teachers — and are prented as tth.”This fear is based on an unrstandg of genr and sexualy as alarmgly agile, easily undone by a gay teacher or a trans TikTok fluencer.
This is the first time Amerin history that gay and trans people have been able to live as themselv any real way, wh jobs and marriag and dogs and ts and visibily. The Ugandan Parliament passed the Sexual Offens Bill, further crimalizg same-sex sexual has remaed stnchly homophobic both terms of legislatn and the general sentiment of ernment officials. Acrdg to the Frankl & Marshall Global Barometer of Gay Rights, which measur how well untri protect the rights of LGBTQ+ people, Uganda sr 11%, meang the natn persecut people based on their sexual orientatn or genr inty.
A slew of bills are rollg back recently won eedoms for gay people. Is Ameri ready to fight for LGBTQ+ rights all over aga? * article about lgbt issues *
Consensual, same-sex relatns are illegal Uganda as a rult of lonial-age laws that still exist the untry, but that has not stopped polins om attemptg to further crimalize homosexualy.
In 2009, a member of parliament troduced a bill seekg to punish homosexualy as a pal offense, leadg to be known as the “Kill the Gays Bill. ” While the Anti-Homosexualy Act was eventually stck down 2014, vlence agast LGBTQ+ people Uganda surged due to the outspoken, homophobic remarks promoted by ernment, the Ugandan Parliament has once aga passed a bill that seeks to further crimalize homosexualy. — Sexual Mori Uganda | SMUG (@SMUG2004) May 5, 2021LGBTQ+ rights anizatns like Sexual Mori Uganda have highlighted the homophobic language and lled on the ternatnal muny to speak out agast the bill.
While many human rights advot believe that Print Yoweri Meveni will not assent to the bill, they are also worried that the nature of homophobia prented by ernment officials will lead to an crease vlence and discrimatn agast LGBTQ+ people, as the se of the 2014 Anti-Homosexualy Act.
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In addn to the public health crisis, vlence agast LGBTQ+ people has surged rponse to a culture of homophobia, part enuraged by Print Jair Bolsonaro. In addn to statg he would be “pable of lovg a homosexual son, ” Bolsonaro has ed rogatory terms meant to cricize LGBTQ+ people and cricized the Brazilian Supreme Court for crimalizg homophobia.
A vlent crime agast an openly gay man the cy of Florianópolis earlier this month has prompted wir discsn of the paradox between the promotn of LGBTQ+ rights and discrimatn agast queer people. Thoands of LGBTQ+ people across the world are unable to celebrate Pri bee of vlence, discrimatn, and harrassment, particularly one of the 69 untri that ntue to crimalize homosexualy. People Isn’t a Cursy or a Crisis — It’s NormalThe crease the number of visible gay and trans people is sometim treated as a cursy or a e for ncern by crics, but ’s not a surprise.
The ReportThe Unlikely Threat to LGBTQ+ RightsAdvot worry that bat hijacked by the extrem of both parti over trans youth and athlet are beg ed for a broar asslt on settled law protectg gay, lbian and bisexual MilliganJuly 14, 2023The LattHow to Fd an LGBTQ-Friendly CollegeLGBTQ+ stunts should check to see if a school has out faculty and clive hog and bathrooms. A rash of laws ncerng the teachg of human sexualy school curricula, banng trans stunt athlet and strippg parents of the right to help their genr-variant children obta appropriate re have popped up numero red stat this same-sex marriage is now part of the fabric of Ameri, nservativ have chosen to explo Amerins’ unfaiary wh trans people and piggyback on parental anger over the perceived overreach of Covid-era school closur, nflatg wh an sid sense of “wokens”, the hop of fdg an electorally viable sluiceway for anti-LGBTQ+ most famo of the anti-LGBTQ+ laws is the piece of Florida legislatn banng stctn on sexual orientatn or genr inty schools between krgarten and third gra, the so-lled “don’t say gay” law. The ernor and his supporters have labeled as a “groomer” anyone who believ children n learn LGBTQ+ people exist, argug that simply by talkg about gay relatnships to a child, you are sexualizg that child.