Knowg Gays and Lbians, Relig Conflicts, Beliefs about Homosexualy | Pew Rearch Center

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• SECTN 2: KNOWG GAYS AND LBIANS, RELIG CONFLICTS, BELIEFS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY

SECTN 2: KNOWG GAYS AND LBIANS, RELIG CONFLICTS, BELIEFS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY

The word ‘pri’ is an tegral cultural ncept wh the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Intersex (LGBTQI) muny, reprentg solidary, llectivy, and inty as well as ristance to discrimatn and vlence. The missn of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Intersex, Asexual Rource Center (LGBTQIA Rource Center) is to provi an open, safe, clive space and muny that is mted to a ntued procs of unrstandg and challengg all forms of opprsn primarily focg on unrreprented orientatns and exprsns of one’s sex, genr and sexualy.

In April, news broke of a wispread anti-gay purge Chechnya; September, gay men and transgenr women were round up Azerbaijan; and October reports emerged of a registry of gay men and lbians piled by thori Tajikistan. Rsia is not directly rponsible for this proliferatn of laws outlawg the promotn of homosexualy, or for the renewed zeal for g existg moraly laws agast LGBT people, such as Egypt.

In April, news broke that secury forc Chechnya had been systematilly roundg up gay men, torturg them, forcg them to reveal the nam of others, and fally releasg them beaten and bised to their fai a shamg rual that enuraged so-lled “honor-killgs, ”.

“If there were such people [gays] Chechnya, law enforcement agenci wouldn’t need to have anythg to do wh them bee their relativ would send them somewhere om which there is no returng. In Azerbaijan, notwhstandg that homosexual nduct was crimalized 2000, thori round up at least 83 of men begng mid-September, and, like their Chechen unterparts, tortured them, cludg g electroshocks, and forced them to reveal the nam of others. While homosexualy has been -crimalized there sce 1998, LGBT groups have scribed to a nsistent pattern which law enforcement targets people perceived as gay or lbian for tentn, ill-treatment, and extortn, threateng to out them to their fai, employers and wir muny.

” And when that rhetoric lays the groundwork for ostracizg LGBT people, tak ltle to tip the balance agast their basic secury—raids, round-ups, and purg are the vlent nsequence of polil homophobia. This memorandum reaffirms and supplements the prcipl tablished the Printial Memorandum of December 6, 2011 (Internatnal Iniativ to Advance the Human Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Persons). That memorandum, for the first time, directed executive partments and agenci (agenci) engaged abroad to ensure that Uned Stat diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr persons everywhere.

Around the globe, cludg here at home, brave lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and tersex (LGBTQI+) activists are fightg for equal protectn unr the law, eedom om vlence, and regnn of their fundamental human rights. Agenci engaged abroad are directed to strengthen existg efforts to bat the crimalizatn by foreign ernments of LGBTQI+ stat or nduct and expand efforts to bat discrimatn, homophobia, transphobia, and tolerance on the basis of LGBTQI+ stat or nduct. ”In addn to the trans actor playg a female role, “Barbie” is also guilty of “phg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr character stori, ” acrdg to Moviegui, a Christian movie review se found by Ted and Lili Baehr.

Even after gettg dged by nservative nsumers and gay rights activists, Bud Light pledged to keep supportg queer fights disguise a bigger tth: Corporatns, far om dictatg cultural mor om some palist Mount Olymp, reflect and -opt the social trends around 2018, as the Black Liv Matter movement gathered force, Nike created a ntroversial ad mpaign wh Col Kaepernick, the Black football player who famoly knelt durg the natnal anthem to prott police racism and btaly toward Black civilians. It meant that if a right-wg mob me for queer programmg on the platform, the pany uld pot to that cisn as fends hostg podsts that my lleagu ma, stuff like “The Two Prc, ” a fantasy show for kids about two prc who fall love, and “Gay Pri & Prejudice, ” a morn take on the Jane Aten classic. Though the vast majory of Amerins say they know gays or lbians, jt over a quarter (28%) say they know “a lot” of people who are gay or lbian, while 43% say they know some and 17% say they only know one or two gays or lbians.

While large majori of almost all mographic and partisan groups say they know someone who is gay or lbian, there are differenc both the number of gay and lbian acquatanc people have and whether people say they have close fay members or iends who are gay. Millennials are among the most likely of any mographic or partisan group to say they know a lot of people who are gay or lbian: Nearly four--ten (38%) say so, pared wh fewer Gen Xers (28%), Boomers (22%) and Silents (15%). There are also divis by muny type: People who live urban areas (32%) are more likely to know a lot of people who are gay and lbian than those who live suburban (27%) or ral (20%) muni.

About three-quarters (73%) of those who know a lot of gays and lbians – and two-thirds (66%) of those who have gay or lbian close iends or fay members – say they support same-sex marriage.

There is far ls support for same-sex marriage among those wh few or no gay or lbian acquatanc, as well as among those who do not have close iends or fay members who are gay or lbian.

Conflict between relig beliefs and homosexualy is felt particularly strongly by whe evangelil Prottants, about seven--ten (72%) of whom say there is a nflict, cludg 64% who say there is “a lot” of nflict.