Jacob sur Twitter : "Siri is having no transphobic shit when it comes to @Caitlyn_Jenner. This is amazing. #TransLivesMatter #LGBTQ. FreakOutNation sur Twitter : "Gay Teen Jabbed In Face With Screwdriver While Being Attacked By Other Students #LGBT. Gay Teen Jabbed In Face With Screwdriver While Being Attacked By Other Students.
Students at Carver School of Technology in Atlanta participated in what’s described as a five-round fight with punches being thrown by about 20 students at one point.
Two gay teens were targeted while the principal reportedly did nothing, CBS 46 reports: Tim Jefferson, 16, said it all started as he and a friend left their last class to go home. During the fight, Jefferson said one student even pulled out a screwdriver and jammed it in his face, right next to his eye. Jefferson said he has several injuries. “My face, my eye, my lip, on my back, my spine right in the middle, the back of my neck and I got hit in the back of my head,” Jefferson said. Jefferson’s mom, Sabrina Giles, said this is about the eighth time this year that her son and his friend were attacked because of their sexuality so she’s transferring him to another school. “I’m going to press charges. Watch courtesy of CBS 46: CBS46 Ne Atlanta police charged four students in total for the fight. Image: CBS. Lgbtiamish : The Mildred Loving quote that... Historic ruling: Judge orders anti-gay Scott Lively to stand trial for crimes against humanity. For the first time, a federal US judge has ruled a persecution of LGBT people is a crime against humanity.
This sets a precedent ensuring the fundamental human rights of LGBTI people are protected under international law. Black Or White: There's a fine line between sexual preference and racial discrimination. I know this is a taboo topic, but I think it’s something that has to be said: gays can have a pretty twisted attitude when it comes to race.
As people are increasingly able to hide behind online personas and digital devices, I’m seeing it more and more. I have friends of color who have gotten to the point where their online experiences have been so negative that they feel completely alienated from white people in real life. Some won’t even bother trying to approach a group of white gays in a bar because of it. DoucheBagsofGrindr.com is proof enough that we have a problem. A large portion of the online lingo that we see on a daily basis is blatantly racist. Battling Asexual Discrimination, Sexual Violence And 'Corrective' Rape. This is the fourth part of a six-part series on asexuality, in which we explore the history of the asexual movement, uncover current research on asexuality, debunk common misconceptions and discuss the challenges the asexual community faces.
When Julie Decker was 19, a male friend tried to "fix" her by sexually assaulting her. "It had been a good night," said Decker, now 35 and a prominent asexual activist and blogger. “I had spoken extensively about my asexuality, and I thought he was listening to me, but I later realized that he had just been letting me talk. " As she said goodbye to him that night, the man tried to kiss her.
Homophobia and Hip-Hop - An Interview Breaks a Barrier. So there he was on the air the following morning, getting a loving and concerned third degree from Ebro Darden, the program director for Hot 97 (WQHT 97.1 FM), the station where Mister Cee, 47, has worked for two decades.
The sober and wrenching conversation lasted about a half-hour, all of it eye-opening. Dwayne Jones, Jamaica transgender teen murdered by mob. MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AP) - Dwayne Jones was relentlessly teased in high school for being effeminate until he dropped out.
His father not only kicked him out of the house at the age of 14 but also helped jeering neighbors push the youngster from the rough Jamaican slum where he grew up. By age 16, the teenager was dead - beaten, stabbed, shot and run over by a car when he showed up at a street party dressed as a woman. His mistake: confiding to a friend that he was attending a "straight" party as a girl for the first time in his life. "When I saw Dwayne's body, I started shaking and crying," said Khloe, one of three transgendered friends who shared a derelict house with the teenager in the hills above the north coast city of Montego Bay. Like most transgenders and gays in Jamaica, Khloe wouldn't give a full name out of fear. "It was horrible. Study: Gay teachers are less likely to challenge homophobic bullying. A new US study has shown that gay teachers are less likely to challenge homophobia in schools for fear of drawing attention to their sexuality and putting their careers at risk.
The study reveals that gay and lesbian teachers are less likely to intervene when they witness homophobic language in classrooms than their heterosexual peers, including when children use the word “gay” as an offensive slur. Tiffany Wright, who carried out in-depth interviews with more than 350 teachers and principals, said: “Often, LGBT educators are less likely to say something in response to homophobia, because then they might be perceived as gay.”
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Transgender People But Were Afraid To Ask. How does the transgender process shake-up sociological approaches to gender? The Global Divide on Homosexuality. Greater Acceptance in More Secular and Affluent Countries Overview As the United States and other countries grapple with the issue of same-sex marriage, a new Pew Research Center survey finds huge variance by region on the broader question of whether homosexuality should be accepted or rejected by society.
The survey of publics in 39 countries finds broad acceptance of homosexuality in North America, the European Union, and much of Latin America, but equally widespread rejection in predominantly Muslim nations and in Africa, as well as in parts of Asia and in Russia. Opinion about the acceptability of homosexuality is divided in Israel, Poland and Bolivia.
Attitudes about homosexuality have been fairly stable in recent years, except in South Korea, the United States and Canada, where the percentage saying homosexuality should be accepted by society has grown by at least ten percentage points since 2007. 10 Questions You Shouldn't Ever Ask A Gay Guy.