A report om Human Rights Watch lls on the ernment of St. Vcent to overturn lonial-era anti-gay laws that have led to a recent wave of vlence and genr discrimatn on the small Caribbean island.
Contents:
- HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
- 10 INCREDIBLE MOVI & TV SHOWS ABOUT THE FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS
- REHOBOTH’S GALLERY 50 TO HOST SHOWS BY TWO GAY ARTISTS
- GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
- LEGIMACY OF ‘CTOMER’ SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS SE RAIS ETHIL AND LEGAL FLAGS
- AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
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Homosexualy ntu to be crimalized the former Brish lony after many hundreds of years, leavg LGBTQ dividuals wh ltle if any legal protectns while vlent crim were beg mted wh impuny, the report said. Standg crimal s on the island put nsensual gay sex the same tegory as crim like rape, ct, and sexual asslt, although there have been no recent nvictns unr the law. Many of the terviewe said job hirgs and firgs were beg largely termed by sexual orientatn, while other gay people lucky to have jobs faced sexual harassment the workplace.
"The crimalizatn of gay sex giv tac state sanctn to the discrimatn and vlence that LGBT people experience their daily liv and pels many to look abroad to live eely and fulfill their dreams, " said Cristian González Cabrera, gay rights rearcher at Human Rights Watch.
Six other Wtern natns -- cludg Domi, Grenada, Guyana, Jamai, and Sat Lucia -- ntue to crimalize gay sex, wh penalti as weighty as a prison for "gross cency wh another person of the same sex. In addn to the many, many queer scripted shows available to stream right now, there are a growg number of documentary films and seri re-examg the history, rights and visibily of the gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr muny.
10 INCREDIBLE MOVI & TV SHOWS ABOUT THE FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS
10 movi and TV shows about the fight for LGBTQ rights and how gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr muni sought equaly. * show about gay rights *
HuluGay Chos Deep SouthNow streamg on Paramount+, the film follows the San Francis Gay Men's Chos, who are joed by the Oakland Interfah Gospel Choir, as they embark on a tour of the Amerin Deep South, which tak them on an unexpected emotnal journey as they perform Mississippi, Tennsee, Alabama and the. FXStty and the Secret History of Hollywood This licly sndalo and gossipy story about a former Mare who lands Hollywood after World War II and be a legendary rt and sexual procurer to closeted gay celebri is more fun than anythg Ryan Murphy uld dream up Hollywood -- even if Stty Bowers wasn't the direct spiratn for that seri. HBOThe Tim of Harvey MilkNarrated by Harvey Fierste, the film chronicl the rise of San Francis's Castro district polician, Harvey Milk, and his efforts to bee California's first openly gay public official and life office after he’s elected.
The film also exam his gay polil achievements before his life and time office were cut short by his assassatn November 1978 at San Francis's cy Tim of Harvey Milk. Rod Eckenroth/Getty ImagWe Were HereThis credibly powerful documentary looks back on life 1970s San Francis, which beme a safe haven for the gay and lbian muny, providg one of the few plac Ameri where they uld live openly and safely om discrimatn. ) And Kate McKnon, playg a so-lled Weird Barbie who experienced an extreme haircut and makeover at the hands of an experimental child, never actually answers the qutn anybody would have upon seeg her gay-ass haircut and knowg the actor’s sexualy.
REHOBOTH’S GALLERY 50 TO HOST SHOWS BY TWO GAY ARTISTS
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Has ma huge stris wh the passage of same-sex marriage laws and job protectns for LGBTQ employe, each and every step toward those victori has been hard-won, and the gay rights movement is full of stori that need tellg.
And notable figur om across the movement, om the 1969 Stonewall rts to the life of Harvey Milk, will remd you exactly why we have to keep fightg for LGBTQ acceptance and equaly — bee unfortunately, stori of discrimatn and homophobia are still rampant today. TV seri Pri tak a far-reachg look at the experience of beg homosexual Ameri, om the 1950s Lavendar Sre to New York Cy durg the 1980s AIDs epimic, featurg terviews wh civil rights lears om the time cludg Audre Lor and tracg the trans rights movement back to pneers like Christe Jenson and Flawls Sabra.
GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
A Christian graphic artist who the Supreme Court said n refe to make weddg webs for gay upl poted durg her lawsu to a requt om a man named “Stewart” and his hband-to-be. * show about gay rights *
And The Band Played On tells the story of the doctors who vtigated the early stag of the HIV and AIDS epimic, highlightg how gay activists were stmental their early work. Brother Outsir gets to the tersectn of the fight for gay rights and the fight for racial equaly that took hold the 1960s civil rights movement, as exemplified activist Bayard Rt, an openly gay man known for his work wh Dr.
Murray Archibald and Steve Elks found CAMP Rehoboth after heterosexual rints phed back agast the creasg promence of gay and lbian people Rehoboth and the two started the anizatn after the Rehoboth Homeowner Associatn loudly opposed the vibe the queer muny had created, potg to noise, traffic, and parkg as problems, CAMP Rehoboth wr s history. Showsg gay leads Will and Jack -- and a bisexual one, the se of Karen -- helped move Ameri toward marriage equaly, a fact that was acknowledged by none other than Vice Print Joe Bin. "God Hat Fangs" memorably appeared the openg creds, vampir were "g out of the ff" to mand rights, and Lafayette Reynolds (Nelsan Ellis) served up one of televisn's most beloved gay characters.
Created by Eugene Levy (Wag for Guffman, Bt Show, A Mighty Wd) and his son Daniel Levy, who is gay, Scht's Creek brims wh absurdist humor that's (mostly) sadly missg om pop culture the days.
LEGIMACY OF ‘CTOMER’ SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS SE RAIS ETHIL AND LEGAL FLAGS
[Watch on Netflix]The Watermelon WomanHailg om the robt New Queer Cema era of the 1990s, The Watermelon Woman was the first feature-length movie wrten and directed by an openly gay Black woman. When a woman at a bar kiss Roseanne a famo 1994 episo lled "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, " the exchange prompts her to nont homophobia -- a progrsive stance that had ABC threateng to ax altogether.
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(Although the term gay is monly ed reference to homosexual mal, is also ed more generally to refer to homosexual mal together wh some or all other orientatns wh the LGBTQ muny. ) Gay rights prr to the 20th century Relig admonns agast sexual relatns between dividuals of the same sex (particularly men) long stigmatized such behavur, but most legal s Europe were silent on the subject of homosexualy and bisexualy.
AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
Dpe Paragraph 175 and the failure of the WhK to w s repeal, homosexual and bisexual men and women experienced a certa amount of eedom Germany, particularly durg the Weimar perd, between the end of World War I and the Nazi seizure of power. In the Uned Stat this greater visibily brought some backlash, particularly om the ernment and the police: the ernment often fired gay civil servants, the ary attempted to purge s ranks of gay soldiers (a policy enacted durg World War II), and police vice squads equently raid gay bars and arrted their patrons. In the Uned Stat the first major male anizatn, found 1950–51 by Harry Hay Los Angel, was the Mattache Society (s name reputedly rived om a medieval French society of masked players, the Société Mattache, to reprent the public “maskg” of homosexualy), while the Dghters of Bilis (named after the Sapphic love poems of Pierre Louÿs, Chansons Bilis), found 1955 by Phyllis Lyon and Del Mart San Francis, was a leadg group for women.
In Bra 1957 a missn chaired by Sir John Wolfenn issued a groundbreakg report (see Wolfenn Report) remendg that private homosexual liaisons between nsentg adults be removed om the doma of crimal law; a later the remendatn was implemented by Parliament the Sexual Offenc Act. The gay rights movement was begng to w victori for legal reform, particularly wtern Europe, but perhaps the sgle fg event of gay activism occurred the Uned Stat. In the 1970s and ’80s, gay polil anizatns proliferated, particularly the Uned Stat and Europe, and spread to other parts of the globe, though their relative size, strength, and succs—and toleratn by thori—varied signifintly.