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“Lumping all lesbians into the same pool has been frustrating and stagnating for us,” says the organizer of a recent gathering for black lesbians in New York. Without a single major study on black lesbians, these women say it’s time to focus.
The Orlando shooting at the Pulse nightclub this month raised issues ranging from terrorism and Islamophobia to gun control and who is allowed to donate blood.
Despite initial dismissal toward the LGBT community and same-sex marriage, Asian Americans in California have become more supportive of the movement. Being reminded of their past exclusion from broader American society has helped with this acceptance.
With the LGBTQ population’s annual spending power estimated in the hundreds of billions, companies don’t want to get left behind. “They’re all very competitive,” says one marketing consultant.
A year ago the Supreme Court declared laws against same-sex marriage unconstitutional. Since then we are witnessing a backlash and rise of intolerance that calls on us to speak out.
A scarcity of physicians with special training in the needs of one trans man left him giving his doctor guidance on his own testosterone dosage. “There’s a huge online community,” he says, “and luckily I knew from YouTube and Facebook what was typical.”
In the middle of LGBT Pride Month, the killing of 50 people and injury of many others at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando is sending shock and outrage through the country and the world.
New unisex bathrooms are making the school safe for the nearly 20 percent of students who, in one survey, identified as transgender.
Using someone’s preferred pronoun is more than just a fad to teen writer Caroline Kubzansky, it’s a form of inclusivity and she applauds the American Dialect Society’s recent vote on the matter.
The LGBTQ Muslim community is gaining notice in the arts, but mainstream acceptance in their communities lags behind, particularly at mosques. “I don’t go because of that feeling that I cannot be my full self,” says one queer Muslim.