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Contents:
- ROW OVER AI THAT 'INTIFI GAY FAC'
- A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH, 2021
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- GAY RIGHTS
ROW OVER AI THAT 'INTIFI GAY FAC'
Rearchers and LGBT groups clash over facial regnn tech that supposedly spots gay people. * gay recognition *
Or even LGBTQIA+ History Month.The terms for the muny of people that enpass people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, and asexual are as broad as that muny self: As society’s unrstandg, regnn, and cln of diverse sexual inti and genr exprsns has grown, so has s acronym.(Subscriber exclive: Read our January 2017 issue dited to the shiftg landspe of genr.)Here’s a look at how that evolutn has happened—and why ’s all but certa the term will ntue to change.How lbianism got s nameOut of all the letters the acronym LGBTQ, the L was the first to e to existence. Over time, grew populary and was adopted by women who secretly, then proudly, loved other women.The dawn of “homosexualy” and “bisexualy”Karl Herich Ulrichs, a 19th century German lawyer and wrer who may have intified as gay, was the first to try to label his own muny.
A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH, 2021
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. * gay recognition *
In 1869, the Pssian ernment ntemplated addg language that forba male same-genr sexual activy to s nstutn.In rponse, Kertbeny wrote a passnate, anonymo open letter to the Pssian mister of jtice llg the proposed law “shockg nonsense” and g the word “homosexualy,” which he had prevly ed a private letter to Ulrichs. Early gay rights groups and practners of the growg field of psychology eventually adopted the terms.Gay: Reclaimg a slurIn the late 1960s, activists reclaimed a s-old slur, “gay.” Throughout the 20th century, same-genr attractn and sexual activy was largely outlawed, and this and other slurs that nigrated LGBTQ+ people were mon.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
* gay recognition *
Though s origs are murky, “gay” was eventually embraced by men who fied the stat quo wh open exprsns of same-genr love.Activists also began g other terms like social variant, viant, and “homophile,” which means “same love,” an effort to sistep monly ed slurs, emphasize the lovg relatnships of same-genr relatnships, and prott discrimatory laws.
GAY RIGHTS
Whe attributed s growg populary to the fact that is “one of the few words that do not refer explicly to sexual activy.” It was ed both to refer to men who love men and anyone who exprsed same-genr preference or genr divergence.“Transgenr” be part of LGBTIn the 1990s, the longstandg bonds between lbian, gay, and bisexual people both daily life and liberatn activism led to the wispread adoptn of the LGB acronym (lbian, gay and bisexual).But took longer to ga acceptance for another term that is now part of the morn acronym: “transgenr.” Though trans people have existed throughout history, the term only me to beg the 1960s. Image source, Stanford UniversyImage ptn, The study created pose fac judged most and least likely to belong to homosexualsA facial regnn experiment that claims to be able to distguish between gay and heterosexual people has sparked a row between s creators and two leadg LGBT rights Stanford Universy study claims s software regnis facial featur relatg to sexual orientatn that are not perceived by human work has been acced of beg "dangero" and "junk science" the scientists volved say the are "knee-jerk" reactns. Details of the peer-reviewed project are due to be published the Journal of Personaly and Social jawsFor their study, the rearchers traed an algorhm g the photos of more than 14, 000 whe Amerins taken om a datg ed between one and five of each person's pictur and took people's sexualy as self-reported on the datg rearchers said the rultg software appeared to be able to distguish between gay and heterosexual men and women.