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    Week 3: Equal Rights Proposition Outline








    Equal Rights
    Lesbian Gay Bi-Sexual & Transgender Rights
    Week 3/Team A
    Frederick R. Paige III, Rhonda Huey, Nyoaka James












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    The lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and gay community, also known as (LGBT) has many
    struggles, issues, and challenges. This group is also known as the gay community and the
    term is loosely defined. The group is made up of supportive people, coordinated
    organizations and subcultures dealing with civil rights movements and acceptance issues
    within the world. Other issues facing the gay community are civil rights, avoidance,
    misunderstanding and the need to be accepted.
    Advocates for the LGBT community include the Human rights Campaign, Lambda
    Legal, GLAAD, and the Empowering Spirits Foundation. These groups are dedicated to the
    civil rights issues related to the gay community that include same-sex marriage,
    discrimination, equal-rights, adoption, health insurance coverage and legal issues. Gingrich
    (2006) states. While countries like South Africa, the United Kingdom, Spain, and others
    have made tremendous progress with LGBT rights, it seems the political climate in the
    United States is becoming somewhat hostile. American society has been slow on issues
    regarding same-sex marriage, adoption procedures, and health coverage when it comes to
    the gay community. It is not clearly defined why or what is the hold-up when it comes to
    these issues but controversy surrounds it. Gingrich (2006) suggests, One thing that has
    affected our progress is the established opposition to our efforts. Well-coordinated and
    funded goups-most religiously based-exist to keep GLBT Americans from being equal.
    The Human Rights Campaign is a non-profit organization that lobbys Congress and
    state and local officials for legal issues such as hate crimes, HIV/AIDS awareness,
    healthcare benefits, marriage, adoption rights, gender identity, anti-discrimination laws,
    and gay bashing in schools. Lambda Legal is an advocacy group that also works with the
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    gay community on the same issue but also has played a role in many legal cases including
    Lawrence v. Texas, which invalidated sodomy laws.
    All of these advocacy groups and communities were formed for the gay community
    because of hate, discrimination and bias. The gay community wants to be accepted and
    treated the same as everyone else. So many legal issues and obstacles are in the way for
    the LGBT and the political climate keeps rising.

















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    Candace Gingrich LGBT rights. (2006). Iris, (52), 62-63. Retrieved from
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