This is an illustrated guide to civil liberties issues impacting lesbians and gay men, as well as bisexuals living in lesbian or gay relationships. Some of the issues below also impact transgender persons, though I believe that issues affecting transgender persons are distinct enough to warrant an additional page.
Because HIV and AIDS disproportionately affect gay men, and because homophobia has played and still plays a role in widespread government failure to adequately address issues impacting HIV-positive Americans, many gay rights organizations are also involved in HIV-AIDS activism.
If you'd like to get involved in lesbian and gay rights activism, here are some organizations to look into:
Because HIV and AIDS disproportionately affect gay men, and because homophobia has played and still plays a role in widespread government failure to adequately address issues impacting HIV-positive Americans, many gay rights organizations are also involved in HIV-AIDS activism.
If you'd like to get involved in lesbian and gay rights activism, here are some organizations to look into:
- The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
- Human Rights Campaign
- Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
- ACLU - LGBT Project
- Equal Marriage NOW
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- Anti-Gay Hate Crime PreventionThe Laramie Project
- Blood, Sperm, and Bone Marrow DonationsSenator Giving Blood
- Gay Marriage and Civil UnionsLesbian Couple at Rally
- Lesbian and Gay Adoption RightsBush Signs Adoption Act
- Lesbians and Gay Men in the MilitaryHeadstone of Gay Vietnam Veteran
- Sodomy LawsKnight and Squire Executed for Sodomy
- Workplace DiscriminationHomophobia Hurts
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