Gay Rights - Movement, Marriage & Flag | HISTORY

Contents:

• GROUPS OPPOSED TO GAY RIGHTS RAKE LNS AS STAT BATE ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS
• GAY RIGHTS
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

GROUPS OPPOSED TO GAY RIGHTS RAKE LNS AS STAT BATE ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS

And crimalizatn abroad; has fend state-sanctned sterilizatn of trans people abroad; has ntend that LGBTQ+ people are more likely to engage pedophilia; and claims that a “homosexual agenda” will stroy Christiany and society.

Among the “tradnal moral valu” the anizatn claims to promote are falsehoods about AIDS as a “gay plague, ” furtherg the myth that people who are gay were rponsible for the Holot, that the ernment is promotg LGBTQ behavr, and that pro-LGBTQ anizatns are anti-Christian hate groups. He has pared homosexualy to addictn, and has falsely asserted not only that there is “a disproportnate cince of pedophilia” among gay men, but also that a proposed equaly bill California was tend to actively promote an LGBTQ “liftyle” to children.

Followg a faiar trajectory, the anizatn has equated homosexualy wh pedophilia and sexual viance, attempted to discred hate crime reportg, and cried supposed recg to the “homosexual liftyle.

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Per the Courage webse, the group seeks to “ensure that no one will have to face the problems of homosexualy alone, ” exhortg s members to forego lovg relatnships favor of chasty, service, and equent mass attendance.

Defend the Fay: Defend the Fay is billed as “a service” of Abidg Tth Mistry, head by pastor Stt Lively (-thor of The Pk Swastika, a book that sists that the Holot was perpetrated by people who were gay).

The group seeks to “promote and fend the Biblil view of marriage and fay” by spreadg falsehoods about LGBTQ “recment” efforts and a nebulo LGBTQ “agenda, ” as well as providg a theologil gloss for anti-gay legislatn proposed the Uned Stat, Uganda, and elsewhere. Fay Rearch Instute: Found 1987 by psychologist Pl Cameron, the Fay Rearch Instute (FRI) provis “rearch” that equat homosexualy wh rape, pedophilia, and a host of other lser crimal behavrs to anti-gay groups.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

The nservative Christian group still advot for reparative therapy, still se homosexualy as a moral evil, and still lobbi hard to brg a fundamentalist viewpot to the polil procs and school boards alike. Natnal Organizatn for Marriage: NOM was formed 2007 by Maggie Gallagher (a nservative lumnist) and Robert Gee (a polics profsor at Prceton Universy and -thor of the “Manhattan Declaratn”)to advote agast gay marriage. More recently, the anizatn has tried to appear more morate, emphasizg that “Gays and Lbians have a right to live as they choose, ” while hasteng to add that “they don’t have the right to refe marriage for all of .

For this reason, the anizatn has drawn fire om the Amerin Psychologil Associatn, om the rearcher on one of their foundatnal papers–who has sce disavowed his own rearch – and om the prs, who pot out that the ex-gay anizatn has a spic lack of ex-gay members. Posive Approach To Healthy Sexualy (PATH): Recently rebrand om s former name, Posive Alternativ to Homosexualy, PATH lls self “a non-prof ecumenil aln of anizatns that believe tradnal fay valu based upon time-honored Biblil prcipl, ” and stat that s goal is “to promote healthy sexualy and tradnal fay valu, adherg to the sacred venant of marriage between one man and one woman. ILGA World – the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn – is a worldwi feratn of more than 1, 600 anisatns om over 150 untri and terrori mpaigng for lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and tersex human rights.

IGLYO – The Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) Youth & Stunt Organisatn is the largt LGBTQI youth and stunt work the world, wh over 95 members 40+ untri. Their missn is to relieve poverty for lbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) refuge livg Turkey by providg the basic necsi of life; and to relieve poverty by sponsorg, providg fancial and rettlement assistance to LGBT refuge Turkey who have fled bee of persecutn for their sexual orientatn or genr intifitn and, as victims of human rights ab; and to unrtake activi ancillary and cintal to the attament of the above charable purpose. GRIN Campaign, Global Rpect  Edutn, is a transatlantic non-prof anisatn and advocy group which mpaigns primarily for lbian gay bisexual transgenr and queer/qutng (LGBTQ) people’s social and polil equaly tn.

Kaleidospe Tst works to uphold the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT+) people untri around the world where they are discrimated agast or margalised due to their sexual orientatn, genr inty and/or genr exprsn. As the largt natnal lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer civil rights anizatn, HRC envisns a world where LGBTQ people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and n be open, hont and safe at home, at work and the muny.

The Gay, Lbian & Straight Edutors Network is the largt natnal anizatn of parents, tors, stunts and other ncerned cizens workg to end homophobia K-12 schools, and to ensure all stunts are valued and rpected, regardls of sexual orientatn. Found 1998 by the creators of the Amy Award®-wng short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leadg natnal anizatn providg crisis terventn and suici preventn servic to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer & qutng (LGBTQ) young people unr 25.

The Amerin Milary Partner Associatn is the natn’s largt rource and support work for the partners, spo, fai, and alli of Ameri’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) service members and veterans. Armed Forc, pecially the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr current and prr ary personnel who have been historilly disenanchised by armed forc policy and discrimatory laws erng ary service and benefs.

The Natnal Rource Center on LGBT Agg is the untry’s first and only technil assistance rource center aimed at improvg the qualy of servic and supports offered to lbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgenr olr adults. Found 1973, Lambda Legal is the olst and largt natnal legal anizatn whose missn is to achieve full regnn of the civil rights of lbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgenr people and everyone livg wh HIV through impact ligatn, tn and public policy work. The Natnal LGBT Bar Associatn is a natnal associatn of lawyers, judg and other legal profsnals, law stunts, activists, and affiliated lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr legal anizatns.

At the send board meetg 1989 Boston, the LGBT Bar, then known as the Natnal Lbian and Gay Law Associatn (NLGLA), had 293 paid members, and iated a mpaign to ask the ABA to clu protectn based on sexual orientatn to s revisn of the Mol Co of Judicial Conduct for Judg. The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) Natnal Help Center, found 1996, is a non-prof, tax-exempt anizatn that provis val peer-support, muny nnectns and rource rmatn to people wh qutns regardg sexual orientatn and/or genr inty. NCLR is a natnal legal anizatn mted to advancg the civil and human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people and their fai through ligatn, legislatn, policy, and public tn.

The Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce is the bs advote and direct lk between lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr bs owners, rporatns, and ernment, reprentg the terts of more than 1.

The Natnal Organizatn of Gay and Lbian Scientists and Technil Profsnals is prised of gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr people and their alli employed or terted scientific or high technology fields. Through tn, social events, and outreach we advance our primary goals: The Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn is a natnal anizatn of gay and lbian pilots and other aviatn enthiasts om across the untry. Lambda Lerary believ Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer lerature is fundamental to the prervatn of our culture, and that LGBTQ liv are affirmed when their stori are wrten, published and read.