Iâm a gay young man, and often I hear people call themselves âgay allies.â Let me ask you, what is a gay ally to you? To the straight allies who consider themselves as âtolerant modern thinkersâ and âprogressives,â what is a gay ally to you? Why do you consider yourself a gay ally? Iâm genuinely …
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Queer:Â Adjective: strange, odd, unnatural. Verb: to spoil or ruin something. The wordâs definition explains why qu**r is a slur against the gay community. The history of its use in the propagation of violence and hate is extensive, and yet over the last five years, it has become commonplace again for people to use it …
“I am a disabled bisexual woman. I’d like to talk a bit about how gender ideology and being a biological woman affects each of these aspects of my life. I have been disabled all of my life and started seeking support online a number of years ago. It didn’t take long for me to notice a …
The opportunity to leave a public comment ends September 12, 2022. Please watch this discussion with Candace Jackson, former Dep General Counsel at the US Department of Education, on Title IX and submit your unique public comment to the Federal Register today. Please take note of the importance of including personal anecdotes, hypotheticals and/or studies, …
We are the LGB Alliance USA, a part of an international network of organizations that work to advance the interests of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people, and we are writing to express our disapproval of the proposed changes to Title IX that will harm same-sex attracted individualsâas well as women and girlsâacross campuses in …
Recently, the so-called âTransgender Bill of Rightsâ (HR-1209; full title: âRecognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security.â) …
On June 15, 2022, President Joe Biden released the âExecutive Order on Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals.â Ostensibly, this order is issued to protect âLGBTQI+â people from various forms of discrimination. However, there are a number of ways in which this order is sloppily written and potentially harmful. First, …
By Arianne – For some of you, the question âWhy does Pride matter?â might seem like an obvious one. Itâs a time to celebrate surviving and thriving in an overwhelmingly heterosexual society. Itâs a time to reflect upon the very real gains same-sex attracted people have made in securing marriage rights, reducing discrimination, and winning …
LGB Alliance USA has recently learned about the newly amended California SB 107, introduced by Senator Scott Wiener. This bill is a partisan, knee-jerk response to recent policies enacted in other states that are intended to prevent trans-identifying minors from medically and socially transitioning. More precisely, it declares that attempts by other states to make …
By Carol This week is Lesbian Visibility Week: a time to take pride in ourselves, see ourselves reflected back, and know we are not alone. As lesbians, we are a small minority in a sea of heterosexuality. It can be lonely and hard to find community and relationships. It always has been, as any homosexual …
