LGBT

MOVEMENT
 WHAT IS LGBT?
Lesbian (L) Gay (G) Bisexual (B) Transgender (T)

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 PROBLEMS
✘ Discrimination
○ Workplace/ school
✘ Job loss/ can't apply for job
✘ Violation
○ Being bully/ beaten (words & actions)
○ Sexual assault
○ Punish with death
✘ Send to prison
✘ Treatment inequality

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 REASONS FOR NOT ACCEPTING
✘ Against traditional in Asian society
✘ Unnatural
○ Cannot reproduce
✘ Children with same sex parent will have negative impact

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 1.

United State

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Sodomy Law
● law that defines certain sexual acts as crimes

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Stonewall riot (28 June 1969)
● Stonewall Inn (Gay bar) => illegal

○ Riot between police and LGBT people

○ Many people get injured

○ One of the big LGBT movement

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Improvement
● Sodomy law was no longer used
○ Decrease number of
discrimination
● 2004 => legalized same-sex marriage

Rainbow Flag
Red → life
● Symbol of LGBT pride Orange → healing
Yellow → sunlight
Green → nature
Indigo → harmony
Violet → spirit

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No federal law to protect the
rights of employees from
discrimination

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Facts
"20% of LGBT American has experienced discrimination based on their sexual orientation or
gender identity when applying for jobs." (catalyst, 2018)

● 32% => black people & 13% => white

● 27% of transgender:
○ Not hired
What they do to avoid discrimination:
○ Were fired
❏ Cover their authentic selves
● 80% of transgender experienced
❏ Hide personal relationship
harassment/ mistreatment
❏ Changing the way they dress or speak

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Brunei

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 Sharia Law

● The first country in the region to adopt Sharia law ( in 2014)

○ 2016 → The punishment being inhibit

○ 3 April 2019 → Harsh punishment being used against LGBT people

■ Death by stoning! (throw stones at a person until they are death)

○ May → cancel

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 3.

Taiwan

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✘ First country in Asia to legalised same-sex marriage (24 May 2019)

○ 2017→ Prohibition of same-sex couples to marry is unconstitutional & violates the

rights of equality of citizens.

○ Parliament give 2 years deadline to change the law

■ Catholic groups began to protest (against nature)

✘ LGBT activists in other country call out for their city to follow Taiwan

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THANK YOU 🙏🏻

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