Most ignored LGBT rights abuses? What’s your take?
by Matt | August 2nd, 2007 |I was thinking today, as I was working on announcing that the Inclusive Scouting Award patch was now available through the ScoutPride website.
The gay youth/non-theist youth & leader issue with the Boy Scouts of America is hardly, if ever, discussed anymore. It seems to me that most people are just willing to go on about other issues. To me, this is quite sad. We’ve got thousands of young boys who are being harassed and discriminated against and most folks either (a) don’t know about it, (b) have the incorrect, BSA & media spun impression that it is only an adult leader issue, or (c) don’t care.
The BSA gay/non-theist discrimination issue, in my mind, definitely makes the list of LGBT rights/dignity abuses most often ignored.
Some others I can think of? Well, almost every issue of importance to the transgender community, LGBT people of color, LGBT immigrants and LGBT people who are differently-abled.
So… to re-cap…
Gay youth in the Boy Scouts
Transgender issues
LGBT people of color
LGBT immigrants
LGBT people who are differently-abled
What other issues/communities do you think are being ignored or need more attention?
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2 Responses to “Most ignored LGBT rights abuses? What’s your take?”
Sadly, I think it might be a quicker task to list the GLBT issues that ARE being adequately addressed. We have a long way to go! I will add to the list, though, GLBT domestic violence, which gets almost no attention, research or services.
By sarah beth jones on Aug 3, 2007
O dear, now you know I can list a long long list of LGBTQI issues being only slightly addressed or flat out ignored.
I will say the issues you mentioned in the post and the issue listed from the user’s comment prior to mine are all examples of issues which are seldom focused on.
I think while the issue of marriage rights are important, that sadly, LGBTQI organizations fail to recognize issues that face a multitude of LGBTQI folk, and while that might be good for an organization telling the public or a community (more so those who are not queer) that we care about A,B,C issues, it alienates %s of LGBTQI communities.
We must recognize that vast diversity that represents all queers, we all cannot be put under umbrella terms and assume we are connected by that, we are loosely connected.
The experiences of a lesbian are going to be different from someone who is gay or bisexual or transgendered or intersexed, questioning (you know, however individuals wish to identify).
Our community is about complex and diverse as ever, embracing the ‘letters’ and education is not going to be an easy thing, not just to those who are straight, but to the communities within the ‘overall community’ as to who we are and how we live our lives.
By Samantha on Aug 4, 2007