Universal Declaration Of Gay Rights

A local pastor says he is willing to take the fight to the powerful international gay lobby even if it means he loses his life.

In the last several years the United States of America has shown progression towards equality for LGBT. With whole states being the frontrunners of support for LGBT rights it has become apparent that change is happening. In 2012 gay marriage was legalized in all fifty states, allowing many couples the ability to wed. Close friends of my mom were able to wed because of the law. Not only has there been steps taken for sexuallitys but, also for those who are transgender. In the last couple years the Transgender Community has seen discussion after discussion about the use of bathrooms. It has shown that there’s many who support trans bathroom rights and that the country is willing to move forward. Also on the chopping block of the transgender

When it comes to the gay rights movement, the structure and the history of how it got to where it is today is a huge factor in today’s society. There have been a lot of things that negatively influenced gay rights. In some ways, things have happened in a positive way as well. The gay rights movement today and legalizing gay marriage has struck some people the wrong way because of their beliefs. For the gay community, though, it has been a very positive thing. Some of the big key moments in history went the way they did because of important events and important people causing it to go that way. These include Jeremy Bentham, Magnus Hirschfield, Henry Gerber, the making of the Mattachine Society, Stonewall Riots, Clela Rorex, the Ryan White

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that, " All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights" (Amnesty Int'l...). Accordingly, human rights violations committed because of the victim's real or perceived sexual identity must be met with a concerted and sustained international response. Working with the help of 20 other countries from the belief that all people deserve equal protection under law, a growing international movement is taking up the challenge of protecting the dignity and rights of people everywhere who are lesbian, gay, bi-sexual or transgender. A new program to aid in this is OUTFRONT, Amnesty International USA's program on human rights and sexual identity. This program is a response to the need for activists who confront these violations and protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

Sexual orientation and gender identity are characteristic of the human personality. Therefore, the right to freely live the sexual orientation or gender identity and express them without fear are human rights in the fullest sense of the word. All people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, should enjoy all the rights described in the Declaration Universal Human Rights. However, this ideology was just recently implemented. In the past, society, politics, and religion were against this and due to several organizations and their actions that impacted this movement. By protecting the weak and by unite citizens who were tired of being judged and treated horribly just because of their sexual orientation, major organizations shaped the development of that fight for

Although equal right for all may seem accomplished, specific group in the United States still feel restriction still present for them. The LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) community feels the restrictions they have against them, while some of the straight community feels they are all treated as equals and that LGBTQ people should not have laws that are directly in their favor. The Institute for Policy Studies is acknowledging the struggles LGBTQ people face in the United States like their right to the basic rights all citizens should possess. The Heritage Foundation claims SOGI (sexual orientation and gender identity) laws threaten other citizen’s freedoms like free speech and religious liberty.

The human rights of LGBT people have been repeatedly violated for many years. For millenniums, people have been beaten, imprisoned, and killed for something as trivial as their sexuality. Oscar Wilde is a famous example of this, as he was jailed just for having a male lover. People have been denied lifesaving treatment just because they identify as an LGBT. The HIV/AIDs outbreak of the 1990s is probably the

The New world was of great wonders discovered by the Vikings, inhabited by the natives ,and stolen by a bitter elite, that punches the great world with an iron fist; the explorer, Columbus starting the brick of colonization, an open path for Europeans to take the land and call it their own to grasp a new life, a dream that is to be savored and fulfilled as growth and prosperity continues to emerges out of the westernmost winds, and south of the Mediterranean sea, dominating the land, free to do whatever they please.

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“God said Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve” we have all heard this quote. People use this quote because it is part of the Bible and people think that the Bible is the best judge out there. People diminish others by saying these types of quote. People also do not realize that the LGBTQA still do not have equal rights. People think that just because gay marriage was legalized that they also got equal. Some issues that the LGBTQA community faces is that they do not have any anti-discrimination laws. People should at least try not to be less hateful and be a little more informed.

Through paralleling the success of gay rights with the more recent successes secured for marriage equality, one can pin point the steps necessary to create successful political mobilization within a conservative political system. A key point to understand the success of political mobilization is the political logic, or “background set of assumptions about how society works” (Armstrong 2002:14). Political logics drive the transformation of movement organization and social change. Only through the creation of new political logics can mobilization occur. Yet, “New political logics cannot simply be created at will through the strategic framing efforts of activist, but only emerge under specific conditions of heightened cultural creativity” (Armstrong

The issues LGBT people have faced is nothing new in our society, nor is the idea of being an LGBT individual. It is impossible to date back emotions of people, but general sexuality preference became a focus around the 1600’s. “The practice of governing sexuality reinforced systems of gender, race, and class dominance” (FIELDER, 2015). Sexuality not only became a part of regular conversation, but a determining factor of your position in society. If an induvial had a sexual preference other than heterosexual, they were terrorized. The rights of homosexuals were not respected until 1924 when the first gay right organization was established, The Society for Human Rights founded by Henry Gerber. This did not last long. The gay rights movement would not see another organization until the 1950’s when the Mattachine Society was established by gay rights activist Harry Hay. Sexuality was most questioned within middle class homes. The people to come out mainly consisted of white business men. Though, civil rights of the gay community was being demanded, American women were still being oppressed so they were not as represented in the gay community until the early 1980’s. The acronym “LGBT” was not used until 1988 when activist started to truly include all sexual preferences. In 2008 the film “Milk”, about a gay rights activist and politician named Harvey Milk, was produced. Milk was long gone when the movie was released, but the film reached more people and helped shaped the LGBT

Despite the legal advancements the United Nations has made historically to protect the rights of all human beings, gender and sexual minorities continue to be oppressed and are often violently prosecuted for their identities in nations across the globe (UN News, 2016).The United Nations struggles to effectively enforce existing human rights legislation in order to recognize and protect against various human rights abuses which result from gender and sexual orientation, as sexuality is culturally regarded as an issue of morality and therefore cultural sovereignty is utilized as a rallying cry to justify discrimination and abuse (Saiz, 2004). An explicit right to sexuality would logically combat the ability of any nation to utilize cultural sovereignty as grounds to discriminate against gender and sexual minorities. For the purposes of this article ‘an explicit right to sexuality’ describes rights specifically established with intent to be more enforceable than implicit rights (existing proclamations/legislation) that prevent violations of human rights for gender and sexual minorities worldwide formally recognized by all member states of the United nations as a ratified agreement.

Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 states that every human being has the right to a high standard of living that is adequate for his health and well-being. Similarly the Preamble to the World Health Organization (WHO) Constitution also says that it is one of the fundamental rights of every human being to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health.

In this country there is a flawed assumption that gay people enjoy the same civil right protections as everyone else and there are a lot of stereotypes about gay relationships. Living as a gay individual in this country can be extremely overwhelming and scary. When it comes to marriage between gay couples, controversy is bound to turn up. There are numerous arguments as to why gay marriage is not “right” such as; it offends everything religion stands for, marriage is for procreation, and gay