Five months before his assassatn 1978, Harvey Milk lled on the print of the Uned Stat to fend the rights of gay and lbian Amerins.
Contents:
- A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH, 2021
- THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
- HARVEY MILK’S GAY FREEDOM DAY SPEECH: ANNOTATED
- ANTI-GAY AND ANTI-EQUALY SPEECH
- HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN
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 equality speech *
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THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
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Look at the young people: straight and gay, don’t matter. Pri is a time to rell the trials the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer (LGBTQ+) muny has endured and to rejoice the triumphs of trailblazg dividuals who have bravely fought — and ntue to fight — for full equaly. BIDEN JR., Print of the Uned Stat of Ameri, by virtue of the thory vted me by the Constutn and the laws of the Uned Stat, do hereby proclaim June 2021 as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer Pri Month.
Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu.
HARVEY MILK’S GAY FREEDOM DAY SPEECH: ANNOTATED
Much has been ma of the fact Print Obama beme the first print to mentn the word gay an gural addrs. But the signifince li not what he said but how he said . In clarg… * gay equality speech *
The stggle of LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) people for equal rights has moved to center stage. Gay and lbian people are featured movi and on televisn – not as novelty characters, but as full participants society. Ary – openly discrimat agast gays and lbians.
Mothers and fathers lose child ctody simply bee they are gay or lbian, and gay people are nied the right to marry.
One state even tried to fence lbians and gay men out of the procs ed to pass laws. In 1992 Colorado enacted Amendment 2, which repealed existg state laws and barred future laws protectg lbians, gay men and bisexuals om discrimatn. We mt nclu that Amendment 2 classifi homosexuals not to further a proper legislative end but to make them unequal to everyone else.
ANTI-GAY AND ANTI-EQUALY SPEECH
The morn gay rights movement began dramatilly June 1969 New York Cy’s Greenwich Village. Durg a typil “raid, ” police tried to arrt people for their mere prence at a gay bar, but the patrons of the Stonewall Inn fought back – and the gay rights movement was lnched.
Usg many of the grass-roots and ligatn strategi employed by other 20th century activists, gay rights advot have achieved signifint progrs:.
Sodomy laws, typilly ed to jtify discrimatn agast gay people, once existed natnwi; they are now on the books only 18 stat and Puerto Ri. But the creased empowerment of LGBT people has brought about even more open and vilent anti-gay hostily:.
HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN
Vlent hate crim, such as the 1998 murr of Wyomg stunt Matthew Shepherd, pict a grisly backlash agast LGBTs or people perceived to be gay. In 1986, after more than two s of support for lbian and gay stggl, the Amerin Civil Liberti Unn tablished a natnal Lbian and Gay Rights Project.
Workg close llaboratn wh the ACLU’s affiliat natnwi, the Project ordat the most extensive gay rights legal program the natn. This Amendment protects the right to anize and urge ernment to end discrimatn, to regnize lbian and gay relatnships, and to adopt laws prohibg discrimatn the private sector. It also clus the rights to form social and polil anizatns, to socialize bars and rtrants, to march or prott peacefully, to produce art wh gay them and to speak out publicly about LGBT issu.
Nothg is more important than makg schools safe and welg plac for gay and lbian youth, who often face tremendo hostily om their fay and muny durg their formative years. This means protectg stunts om vlence, guaranteeg their right to anize events and clubs like other stunts, and makg sure that gay teachers who might serve as healthy role mols are not themselv victimized by discrimatn. The ACLU has fought harassment of stunts California, Nevada, Oh and Washgton, fend gay teachers California, Idaho and Utah, and advoted for gay stunt groups Alabama, Indiana, Mnota, Utah and Wisns.