...INTRODUCTION LGBT rights have been a hot topic in India during the last few months due to the Supreme Court of India‘s decision of recriminalizing gay sex. The issue of gay rights is very cloudy in our great nation. Most of this is due to the problems with the issue, the reasons for controversy, and the pros and cons of the issue. First of all, both sides have too many problems with gay rights for there to be a common ground on the issue. The biggest problem we find with the whole thing is the problem is not just fought by words, but also by physical means. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people frequently face violence motivated by their sexuality or gender identity. Violence may be executed by the state, as in laws prescribing corporal punishment for homosexual acts or by individuals engaging in intimidation, mobbing, assault, or lynching. Violence targeted at people because of their perceived sexuality can be psychological or physical and can extend to murder. These actions may be motivated by homophobia, lesbophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and may be influenced by cultural, religious, or political biases. Currently, homosexual acts are legal in almost all Western countries, and in many of these countries violence against LGBT people is classified as a hate crime, which such violence being often connected with conservative or religious leaning ideologies which condemn homosexuality, or being perpetrated by individuals who associate homosexuality to being weak...
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...about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) rights in the US. More specifically it will give an answer to the main research question which is ‘What differences are there in the acceptance of LGBT rights, concerning same-sex marriage, throughout the US?’. The answer will be found with the use of the following sub-questions: - What are LGBT rights?(through a literature research) - What difficulties do LGBT people face in everyday life (related to LGBT rights)?(through a literature/statistical research) - How did LGBT rights develop...
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...In readings, George Chauncey’s “Why Marriage, ” and Riki Wilchins’s, "Time for Gender Rights"” the texts explores the struggles for equal LGBQT rights, and teaches us a lesson about a philosophical concept built on ideals of freedom, equality, and human dignity on LGBQT community. These articles show statics of how throughout our history, there has been a long history of denying basic rights to certain people, but by coming out it is even necessary for atheists and humanists. However, by coming out, it transforms the transgender society. Most LGBT community experiences anti-LGBT language and harassment related to their sexual orientation and gender expression, and they often feel unsafe. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people...
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...with every turn, the human race will continue progress in its pursuit of knowledge. Each day brings the human race one step closer to a brighter, more vibrant future. In the past seventy years, the human race has made tremendous strides in a plethora of fields. Within this plethora of flourishing fields lies the field of human rights. Since 1945, the field of human rights has prospered so rapidly that present day human rights differ immensely from the human right laws of 1945. The definitions and institutions of human rights have evolved so greatly that a whole new world has opened up. Through decades of determination as well as struggle, these definitions and institutions of human rights have made vast advances towards the inclusion of basic human rights to all. Between the United Nations, nongovernmental organizations, and citizens of our world, the fight for equality has brought about a successful change. The concept that every person is entitled to certain, inalienable rights simply by the virtue of their humanity is relatively new. The year of 1945 marks not only the historical end of World War II, but it also indicates the propulsion of human rights into the universal scale. The combined extermination by Nazi Germany of over 11 million Jews, Gypsies, communists, Polish, homosexuals, and mentally and physically disabled stunned the world. In her essay Hunt notes, “ As the war ended, revelations about the scale of the horrors deliberately perpetrated by the Germans shocked...
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...The debate on gay rights has been a huge political topic among those who are faced with the hard truth of no longer being protected fully as citizens. Transgendered, gays, bisexuals, and lesbian people are discriminated against in almost every aspect of their lives because they are not happy with whom they are as a man or a woman or by which partner they choose to be with. Groups representing the lesbians, gays, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities have sprung into the public attention due to the fight for equal rights. Their claims amount to a call for freedom to live in the style they choose within the limits that they do not cause harm or interfere with the rights of others. The three sources were reviewed to determine what it is that the LGBT populations encounter in their lives. A huge problem LGBT persons face is the laws that stand them out among citizens. Author of From Identity to Politics, Craig A. Rimmerman, believes in the movements in the United States history for the gay and lesbian community. “The homophile movement arose within the context of a prevailing ideology that regarded lesbians and gays as perverts, psychopaths, deviates, and the like” (20). Ultimately, these labels were internalized, and society then formed negative stereotypes based on the belief of most citizens who did not understand the LGBT people. Most believe that the movement for LGBT rights began with the Stonewall Rebellion of 1969, but history has shown that was not the case (Rimmerman...
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...Every day, hundreds of people are being denied their rights because they are homosexual. These people have probably never done anything wrong in their whole life and yet, they can’t even enjoy natural practices such as marriage. This has been going on for years, people getting denied the rights they were born into as American citizens all because of their sexual preferences. America claims to be a safe haven for all. If that were true, then people should not be forced to hide who they are and who they love. Some people even feel victimized by their so called friends and family just because of the way that they were born. Marriages between members of the same sex are only allowed in 6 states: Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. Yet, 18 states allow first cousins to marry. My stand on these issues is that LGBT people should have the same rights as heterosexuals. I think that discriminating against a person because of their sexual orientation, which should have nothing to do with how people are perceived anyways, is wrong and it is one of my personal goals to end this. Most people who are advocates of LGBT rights, ironically, have a black and white view of these ideas and don’t think to include transsexuals. These people say that transgender people are only homosexuals with identity problems and that they should just identify with the gender they were born with. Only one state in all of the U.S alters the gender of a person’s birth certificate...
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...wrong and unnatural and that it should be between one man and one woman as it has been since ancient times. Where as the supporters of gay rights and gay marriage argue that homosexuals have the right to be protected against discrimination and deserve equal treatment and access to all the same benefits of a heterosexual couple. In the following 4 Literature Reviews it will show the difference in opposing views on LGBT Marriage. In an article from The Journal of Social and Personal Relationships they reviewed a study done to examine how the LGBT men and women assign meaning to legally recognized same-sex marriage and its impact on their understanding of the LGBT community. This was an open-ended web survey that asked participants to consider the ways in which legally recognizing same-sex marriage could positively and negatively affect the LGBT community. 288 people participated in this study. It was a mix of both men and women ranging in ages from 19-66 years. They also had a mix of different racial and ethnic heritage. There were several open-ended questions followed by questions regarding demographics and other close-ended questions. The two main open-ended questions were, “In your opinion, how may legalizing same-sex marriage change the LGBT community for the better?”; “In your opinion, how may legalizing same-sex marriage change the LGBT community for the worse?” As a result this study showed four very clear and strong themes among the participants. The first theme was legal...
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...When I think of America’s gift to my generation the first thing I think of is the lgbt+ rights that have been gained for the past few years. The lgbt+ community may be a very touchy subject to some people seeing as some people are homophobic and did not want these rights to be gained for them. I am a person who supports people in the lgbt+ community seeing as I have friends and family in the lgbt+ community. From the 1900s to now people have made a big change in how the world sees people in the lgbt+ community. In 1913 an author started using lgbt+ openly in literature. In 1920 Harvard started looking for homosexul acts in their school and they expeled several students because of their investigating. In 1927 the New York Assembly bans the...
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...LGBT Healthcare Disparity Theresa Sellers Southwestern Oklahoma University LGBT Healthcare Disparity INTRODUCTION There is an increasing progress being made in the equal right of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) community. Fifteen of the states now recognize at least some of the same rights to same sex couples that are given to heterosexual couples (Krehley, 2009). Despite the progress that has been made, the LGBT population continues to experience worse health outcomes due to poor health insurance coverage, higher rates of stress due to discrimination and cultural incompetency (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health, 2012). Same sex marriage laws and domestic partnership benefits increase the burden of health care costs. A recent study of period in disparities in health insurance coverage of same-sex couples revealed that partnered gay men are less likely (42 percent) as married heterosexual men to get employer-sponsored dependent coverage, and partnered lesbians have an even slimmer chance (28 percent) of getting dependent coverage compared to married heterosexual women. As a result of these much lower rates of employer-provided coverage, partnered lesbians and gay men are more than twice as likely to be uninsured as married heterosexuals. The exclusion of insurance benefits for gay men and women and the failure of domestic partnership benefits to provide equal access to health coverage results into more health spending...
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...articles was not random; I specifically chose articles whose titles and introductions were of particular interest. The three news sources, particularly the Times and The Advocate, published many articles related to LGBT issues—typically greater than a dozen for each weekly search—from which I selected only two per week. In sifting through the 16 articles, I identified three important themes that tie, by and large, the articles together: notions of inalienable rights (marriage), the normalization of homosexuality, and LGBT and frequently, by extension, women’s empowerment. I argue that the Times, by virtue of its wide distribution and generally positive portrayal of LGBT people, attempts to ‘normalize’ (nationally) sexual orientations other than heterosexual; that The Advocate, whose primary audience is LGBT people, attempts to promote LGBT empowerment (encourages LGBT people to stand up for themselves), contemplating a world in which LGBT people enjoy equal rights and equal protection; and that Newsweek, a national weekly magazine, highlights the political debate about rights, generally being more circumspect/judicious than the other two outlets in its approach to expressing support for the LGBT community (perhaps an expression of a little occasional discomfort with LGBT issues, which could reinforce discomfort in the public and male heterosexism). The news sources do not participate in the construction of attitudes exclusively in the ways I have suggested. For the sake of organization...
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...some know right away how they are different. For others, it can take years to find themselves. Even if someone does know from a young age who they are, they can be met by obstacles in the form of society, their culture, and even their parents. Though LGBT community has faced a lot of discrimination and prejudice, through the building LGBT community and positive media representation, the community has seen a lot of improvement....
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...identify as LGBT, which then concludes that 7.3% of the US population identifies as LGBT. Unfortunately, studies from CBS News and Pew Research surveys present that 53% of LGBT people still feel that they are being discriminated and 39% have been rejected by family and friends. As many may know, but for those who have not learned, June is Pride Month in the US. Pride Month is a way for people in the LGBT+ community to feel pride in the accomplishments they have created and the obstacles they have overcome from all the discrimination and hatred faced in order to feel free. While many outside the LGBT+ community assume that after the right for marriage equality in 2015 that the community has "finally won", this is not the case. There are a...
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...Who has the right to tell you who you are? Who has the right to tell you who you love? Who has the right to tell you that you're wrong for loving the wrong gender? Nobody can tell you how to live your life so why should lgbt people be told their living wrong. People shouldn’t be judged by who they want to be or love. Lgbt people are people just like everyone else. Maybe you should rethink how you view the lgbt community, because equality isn’t a special right. First and foremost, there is so much violence in this world especially around the lgbt community. According to a study by Holly, a Community Contributor, about 40% of homeless youth identify as LGBT , 68% of those were kicked out of their home because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Also, 54% of those children reported being survivors of abuse from their families based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Very recently there was a shooting at an Orlando Nightclub named Pulse, that killed 49 people. President Obama said in an address to the nation from the White House, “This is an especially heartbreaking day for our friends who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.” Why should you be frightened to lose...
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...LGBT Equality {Name} DeVry University LGBT Equality Rights for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people in the United States are comprised of a patchwork of laws in all levels of government. Currently, there are six states, plus Washington D.C., where same-sex marriages are legal. (Hamilton, 2012) Maryland has laws that recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, but does not allow same-sex marriages to occur in the state.(Davis & Wagner, 2010) Twenty-one states, plus Washington D.C., have laws against discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity.(Repa, n.d.) Adoption policies also vary greatly from state to state. LGBT rights have taken part of the fight that republicans and religious fundamentalists have waged against LGBT people and women’s rights that has swept the county in the last couple of years. Although some people believe that LGBT people should not receive equal marriage or adoption rights, there are many reasons to extend those basic rights to LGBT couples. In the United States, there is a patchwork of laws regarding LGBT rights. In fact, there is a Supreme Court judgment in 2003 that started the move towards equality. The landmark case was the Lawrence v. Texas, which struck down sodomy laws in Texas. This, by extension, invalidated other similar laws in 13 other states and territories. (Lithwick, 2012) In 2009, President Obama passed the Mathew Shepard act.(Weiner, 2010) This act brought about one of the largest...
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...LGBT’s rights (minimal rights) and their self expressions. The Philippines is one of the most LGBT friendly in Asia. Well according to my little research that The early 1970’s-1980’s, Filipinos is starting to adopted in other countries of being gay or our country reported that the LGBT in other countries are exposed here in the Philippines its started having a relationship with same gender. In the end of 1980’s, LGBT increased here in the Philippines it all started of being gay and next is being bisexual and lesbian. And up to this day the LGBT is getting big in number but all of this where it’s actually started? Or how Filipinos felt that they are one of the LGBT? Next the RIGHTS of being free like other human being living in peace, for normal LGBT people because some of them are celebrities or they are in Politics. If you’re a celebrity or a politician, does it mean that you are the only one to gain more respect than the other LGBT's? Here in the Philippines, our society is still not accepting the LGBT community because they say that God only created man and woman and also they are not belong in this society. Well I interviewed some of my friends more likely they are gays and lesbians, that how they found out that they are one of the LGBT. Some answered me when they are still young, he is only boy in their family his siblings are girls so his older sisters dressed him like a girl or making him a girl so he feel like he is a girl not a boy anymore. And about the rights, some...
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