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EXECUTIVE ORR ON ADVANCG EQUALY FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX INDIVIDUALS

Wh ls than two weeks left office, the admistratn of US Print Donald Tmp has falized yet another le rollg back nondiscrimatn protectns for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people seekg the servic of health and welfare programs fund by the US Department of Health and Human Servic. * executive action gay *

Our Natn has ma great stris fulfillg the fundamental promis of eedom and equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and tersex (LGBTQI+) Amerins, owg to the learship of generatns of LGBTQI+ dividuals. Today, Print Bin issued a proclamatn affirmg June 2021 as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Pri Month, markg a time a time of hope, progrs, and promise for LGBTQ+ Amerins across the untry.

Signg and Leadg Implementatn of a Printial Memorandum on Advancg the Human Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex Persons Around the World. ” As prevly highlighted by the Whe Hoe, Departments and Agenci are already makg progrs areas towards the goals outled the Printial Memorandum, cludg: strengthen existg efforts to bat the crimalizatn by foreign ernments of LGBTQ+ people and expand efforts to bat discrimatn, homophobia, transphobia, and tolerance on the basis of LGBTQ+ stat or nduct; protect vulnerable LGBTQ+ refuge and asylum seekers; help ensure the Feral Government has a swift and meangful rponse to ser cints that threaten the human rights of LGBTQ+ persons abroad; and build alns wh like-md natns to unter discrimatn agast LGBTQ+ people around the world. The Bin-Harris Admistratn clus barrier-breakg LGBTQ+ lears, cludg Secretary of Transportatn Pete Buttigieg, who is the first openly gay Cabet Secretary nfirmed by the U.

Print Bin has assembled the most diverse Admistratn our Natn’s history, and is proud to serve alongsi the 14 percent of all appote who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer. In this March 31, 2016, photo, gay-rights supporter Mathew "Skippy" Mld holds a flag durg a gay rights rally outsi the Capol Jefferson Cy, Missouri. Dpe this progrs, more than 200 laws signed to allow discrimatn toward lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer people were troduced at the feral, state, and lol levels 2016.

MEMORANDUM ON ADVANCG THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX PERSONS AROUND THE WORLD

Wh 43 percent of lbian, gay, and bisexual workers and as many as 90 percent of transgenr workers experiencg discrimatn or harassment on the job, employment discrimatn is a ser issue for LGBTQ muni.

C., Mayor’s Office of Gay, Lbian, Bisexual, and Transgenr Affairs rmed the cy’s Department of Insurance, Securi, and Bankg that several surers the regn were g discrimatory exclns their verage.

In the 2012 General Social Survey, 1 10 ernment employe reported beg harassed on the job bee they were perceived to be lbian, gay, or bisexual. 125 And a recent proposed budget for the cy of Los Angel clud fundg for the ONE Natnal Gay & Lbian Archiv, the largt llectn of LGBTQ materials worldwi.

A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH, 2021

130 Lol executiv n direct their chief tn officers to clu LGBTQ stunts their implementatn of the programs, such as supportg Gay-Straight Alliance or Genrs & Sexuali Alliance programs and requirg partner anizatns to create strategic plans that support LGBTQ stunts. In furtherg the equaly of LGBTQ cizens, procurement power n also be ed to bar ntractors and grante om engagg so-lled “nversn therapy” for mors, also sometim lled “reparative therapy, ” “ex-gay therapy, ” and “sexual orientatn change efforts. One of the ways to acplish this is by trackg the number of ntracts award to certified LGBT Bs Enterpris, or LGBTBEs, which are bs that are certified by the Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce to be majory-owned by LGBT people.

173 Acrdg to Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce, tentnally seekg out LGBTQ bs is mon across the public and private sector, and the anizatn partners wh the followg enti to help crease opportuni for LGBTQ-owned bs: more than a third of Fortune 500 pani; many top feral agenci, cludg the Small Bs Admistratn, the U. 178 In 2011, the office partnered wh the Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce and began regnizg LGBTBEs, and expand s outreach to the LGBTQ affiliat. Origally tablished by the mayor as a task force 1985, beme the Seattle Commissn for Lbians and Gays wh 15 volunteer members 1989 and was later absorbed to the Office for Civil Rights.

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In Jersey Cy, New Jersey, the mayor created the Mayor’s Taskforce on Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Equaly and is reprented on the task force by the mayor-appoted LGBT Communy Liaison. For example, 2013, Baltimore’s police missner appoted a special advisory uncil on LGBTQ muny ncerns, partly rponse to the severe beatg of a gay man East Baltimore. A study of Massachetts’s ngregate meal programs, which provi hot meals for olr adults at muny s such as church and senr centers, found that lbian, gay, and bisexual senrs traveled seven tim as far as heterosexual senrs to ngregate meal s.

The number of lbian, gay, and bisexual olr adults is expected to double om 1. It may be eful to have separate support groups for olr lbians, olr gay men, olr bisexual people, and olr transgenr people, pendg on the needs of the muny. 301 In 2009, the District of Columbia has regnized LGBTQ history when granted landmark stat to the home of Frank Kameny, an LGBTQ rights pneer who, after he was fired by the feral ernment for beg gay, brought the first known civil rights claim based on sexual orientatn to the U.

ADVANCG EQUALY FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX INDIVIDUALS

Acrdg to the 2015 Natnal School Climate Survey nducted by GLSEN—the leadg natnal advocy anizatn for LGBTQ stunts, found unr the name Gay, Lbian & Straight Edutn Network—60 percent of LGBTQ stunts gras 6 through 12 reported beg sexually harassed school durg the 2014–2015 school year. School supertennts n reach out to LGBTQ stunt lears who may already be workg on specific reforms through Gay-Straight Allianc or Genrs & Sexuali Allianc, or GSAs, stunt ernments, or other channels.

360 Of those LGBTQ stunts who did report cints of victimizatn to school thori, ls than a third said that school staff effectively addrsed the problem, and more than a quarter were told by staff to change their own behavr—for example, beg admonished to not act “so gay. Rearch has found that lbian, gay, and bisexual youth are ls likely than their heterosexual peers to report g ndoms or birth ntrol.

408 Compared to heterosexual girls, girls who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual are more likely to bee pregnant and young men who have sex wh men acunted for more than 8 10 HIV diagnos 2014. By ntrast, one study of HIV tn clive of lbian, gay, and bisexual inti found that non-heterosexual stunts receivg clive programmg reported fewer negative health out, and another found that California stunts who received siarly clive health class were ls likely to report anti-LGBTQ bullyg and more likely to feel safe at school. A 2010 study found that 70 percent of transgenr people and more than half of lbian, gay, and bisexual people reported experiencg discrimatn om health re provirs.

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