...United Nations Background Guide on LGBTQ Rights The Human Rights Council: The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system and a subsidiary body of the United Nations General Assembly. The Human Rights Council, which replaced the former United Nations Commission on Human Rights, was created by the General Assembly on March 15 2006 by resolution 60/251 and it has as its designated meeting place, the UN Office at Geneva (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights) It is made of up of 46 United Nations Member states which are elected by the UN General Assembly. The latter states are assigned with the responsibility of strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the world. They are elected by the majority of the members of the General Assembly of the United Nations through direct and secret ballot. The chosen members of the council serve for a period of three years and are not eligible for immediate re-election after serving two consecutive terms (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights) Membership to the Council is based on equitable geographical distribution. The seats are allocated as follows: 12345African States: 13 seats Asian States: 13 seats Latin American and Caribbean States: 8 seats Western European and other States: 7 seats Eastern European States: 6 seats The Council as a whole has its main purpose grounded in addressing human rights violations around the world and finding...
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...Imagine this, the LGBTQ community and heterosexuals switch places in society. Straight people are treated the way gay people are treated now. You are one of the straight people. You are out in public. People see you with your partner and they look away or shoot you a dirty look. Sometimes even throw a slur or two at you. Maybe even chase you down the street, threatening to kill you. Imagine this: You are in a bar, with some of your other straight friends. Just having a good time, relaxing. Next thing you know, you are crawling on the ground. You hear gunshots and screams of pain. You pass by your dead friends. You see their bodies are painted with bullet holes and blood stains. All this happened, just because you were straight. How would you feel, constantly getting made fun of and hated, just because of the person you love or have feelings for. It would feel great wouldn’t it? Or would it feel like no one accepts you for who you are. This is what happens to the LGBTQ community in the world we live in. They are mistreated, killed, and loved and supported by the creation of laws and LGBTQ rights leaders. You wouldn’t want it to happen to you, so why do you let it happen to them? Stand up. Be strong, and make your voice heard. Let the world know, that you will stand for change....
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...2. How did they attempt to gain their rights? There were many negative situations and actions towards the LGBTQ community especially in the 1960’s. Many people did not respect lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders, and queers. In 1964, the first LGBTQ organization was formed in San Francisco which was called National Transsexual Counseling (NTC) and was later developed into the Society of Individual Rights (SIR) that opened up in 1966. The organization helped the LGBTQ community gain many rights. LGBTQ people attempted to gain their rights by riots against the police even til this day. Also they have started organizations, protests, and much more to aim for their rights. The gay pride parades gave people encouragement “to come out...
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...LGBTQ+ Activism and the Gay Rights Movement The United States LGBTQ+ community has long been a marginalized group who has struggled greatly with discrimination, bigotry, and institutional homophobia. While there are still advancements that must be made in order for full liberation of LGBTQ+ individuals to be achieved, the LGBTQ+ community has made critical and significant strides in terms of institutional and social liberation over the past few decades. These accomplishments would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of LGBTQ+ activists and the gay rights movement. LGBTQ+ activism and the gay rights movement have been responsible for massive political change, and has influenced the ways in which marginalized groups organize....
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...LGBTQ+ Representation in the Media The media has become a protuberant fraction of our society today, as we rely on it for coverage on the presidential election, the weather, the traffic, and using it to form our opinions on subjects we would not know much about without it, but how does the media affect the way the LGBTQ+ community is seen and treated? From Russia to America, LGBTQ+ laws are viewed worlds apart, with Russia concocting anti-gay laws, while America sustains marriage-equality, however, did the media have an impact on this? Does absence of representation in this medium account for the misunderstanding and lack of knowledge of LGBTQ+ people? These are the inquiries I would enjoy to discus as I think it is a tremendously important...
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...Gay rights has a major impact on today’s society whether we choose to believe it or not; for or against. Gay rights are becoming one of the more controversial topics being discussed around the America today. Gay rights should be recognized, there are many factors of gay rights that Americans do not completely understand, while times are changing gay rights is evolving from state to state there are still issues yet to be resolved. Today I will discuss three key topics when it comes to gay rights; gay rights in schools, arguments for and against gay, rights and gay rights in adoption. Gay rights has been a controversial topic for quite some time now; in public schools all over north America that last couple decades gay rights has been opened up and discussed. Openly gay students are coming together in a safe haven, where without judgment they can come together and support each other with any difficulties they may be facing. “Gay-straight alliances are a form of social support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) high-school students that emerged in the late 1980s and early 1990s. These alliances are generally student-run social clubs akin to other high-school social groups, such as drama clubs, math teams, or yearbook clubs. However, one of the main purposes of gay-straight alliances is to provide support to LGBTQ students in difficult personal circumstances or in hostile school environments, and to advocate for LGBTQ students,” (Fetner, T...
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...What would your life be like if your community didn’t accept you? LGBTQ individuals get judged all the time because they’re different. Is it right to get treated differently because you like the same sex or transgender? The answer is no! Just because your sexual orientation is different than others, it doesn’t mean you’re different; in fact it makes you brave for coming out. In today’s society more LGBTQ are coming out and being accepted. Coming out can be a lifelong process, especially for transgender because the person has to take medications to change their appearance. It takes months before the person starts to see changes. Eventually the person will undergo surgery to have a mastectomy or genital removal. LGBTQ stands for lesbians, gays,...
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...Serving as a reoccurring pattern from historical depictions of the LGBTQ community in news media, mainstream publications depicted these individuals and their bodies in stereotypical ways that demeaned them of their accomplishments, worth, and existence within society. The danger of stereotyping certain individuals is that stereotypes are deceptive and this leads to a whole host of innacurate connotations, while invoking a sense of otherness towards the stereotyped when deciding when one does not belong, as defined by Richard Dyer (298). The media frequently published stories that claimed to feature actual scientific, psychological, and technological studies that backed up claims of homosexuality as an illness, claimed the TIME in a 1963 article,...
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...In the last few decades a spotlight put on the LGBTQ+ community around topics like the right to same sex marriage, that was finally passed in all states that occurred in 2016. This new laws has brought positive and negative perspectives to this community. The overall objective of this study is to focus in on the LGBTQ+ community that is on a college campus, this will be achieved by attending programs that are put together by the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center that is located at the University of Northern Colorado. This study will show the LGBTQ+ college lifestyle, by looking one perspective and what kind of deep connections and bonds that are created during average day occurrences. During this study The overall question that will...
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...I’ll never be able to understand how someone can tell another person that they can’t identify or love as they please. Why so many people believe that someone who loves someone of the same sex, or identifies as something other than what is written on their birth certificate, don’t deserve the same rights as everyone else is beyond me. I believe that members of the LGBTQ community deserve the same rights and respect as everyone else, contrary to the popular belief that they are “diseased” or “ seeking attention”. Even though I am not a part of the LGBTQ community myself, many of my friends are and I believe that discrimination against them is equal to the discrimination against someone because of their skin color. In the 9th grade, I witnessed...
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...gender identity. The only thing in your mind to stop it…death. So why does this matter? According to the article “It Gets Better” on Jstore, “LGB [lesbian, gay, bisexual] youth are 4 times more likely to attempt suicide as their straight peers; questioning youth are 3 times more likely; and it is estimated that over 25% of transgender people have attempted suicide.” A. One organization that strives to eliminate suicide is called The Trevor...
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...h2. Virtual Interns can be LGBTQ! Even though the world is progressing slowly, not everyone understands or knows how to handle LGBTQ issues in their business. Perhaps you have a job where queer topics will be the main focus. Maybe you just feel like having a member of the team who is LGBTQ will keep your team diverse. There’s the chance you might just be curious and need a little persuasion, and that's okay! It starts with asking "What would an LGBTQ virtual intern bring not only to me but my company?" h2. Hold On. What's a Virtual Intern? Virtual interns can be anyone at any age from *any* background with a good connection to WiFi. With the growth of technology and the Internet, virtual interns—or remote interns, satellite apprentices,...
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...sports organization that employs him and has given a speech about his life in sports. These people are strongly fighting for the edification of homophobia and heterosexism in sport and the world in general. I have found that despite headway, homophobia is still a major foul in the world of sports. Homophobia and heterosexism is affecting athletes, coaches, and sports governing bodies around the world, it’s time it was stopped. What if that joke everyone laughed at scares one, or two, or half of your teammates? What if your joke made your teammates fear being themselves around you and the team? All because you made a casual homophobic joke (Allen, 2015). A joke or a thoughtless comment can make teammates fear being found out that they are gay, lesbian, or...
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...got discriminated due to their sexuality and I found it relieving that there weren’t any parents who would not let their child be on a swim team because the coach is homosexual (Cianciotto, J., & Cahill, S. (2012). p. 4). The fact that the job hired him to instruct children I think is very influential on children because they can grow up having a coach where they may or may not know who is homosexual and either way be accepting or supportive of it. The court case compared to how times are now has shown immense improvement throughout society, but there are also continual fights for equal rights for homosexuals, but education and experience of diverse sexualities could help improve the closed-minds of others. All of the inclusion could also help the society grow into a more loving society that can help build one another up rather than tearing them down and result to all people, including any LGBTQ community member, feeling comfortable of their...
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...will do everything possible to promote their country’s position in the world’s politics. This person would have to be Bernie Sanders because he focuses on the right issues such as endlessly fighting for a woman's right to earn the same pay as a man, remaining pro-choice throughout his entire political career and by being a longtime supporter of LGBTQ Rights. A pay gap exists between male and female, and while seemingly small, it occurs and builds up overtime. When looking at statistical information from an article about Bernie Sanders related to income in a wide field,...
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