By HRC Staff — 2017
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Armed forces long prohibited gay people from service – but that only encouraged their communities and cause.
Sitting on the floor of a teepee, in a circle of patients, friends and relatives, Doctor James Makokis cried as he remembered his father struggling to accept him when he came out as gay at the age of 17.
“If LGBTQ people get assaulted or beaten up in a hate crime on tribal land, it’s often not prosecuted,” one advocate said.
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The ever-viral artist discusses his meteoric rise and the pressures of being a Black gay musician on a global stage.
But being your authentic self is now more important than ever.
Although society has made many strides in queer acceptance and visibility, coming out at work is still a monumental—and sometimes risky—task for many LGBTQ workers.
I already have to deal with being Black in America and the risk that comes with that, but the vulnerability of being Black and trans is even greater.
One big surprise (to straight people at least) is that over two thirds of LGBT people avoid holding hands in public.
All people, including those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ), need sexual and reproductive health care.
Over the past decades, the focus of LGBTQ activism has shifted and evolved, from the AIDS crisis in the 1980s to the fight for marriage equality to the focus on transgender rights today.