Anti lgbtq arguments
Bad Arguments Against Lgbtq+ Marriage
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This article claims that three prevalent arguments against queer marriage - the definitional, procreation, and slippery-slope arguments - are quite poor, the worst of the lot. The definitional argument asserts that marriage just is the union of one male and one gal, and that the definition alone is a sufficient defense against claims for gay marriage. The procreation argument claims that marriage's pivotal public purpose is to encourage procreation, and so the exclusion of gay couples is justified. The slippery-slope argument claims that the acceptance of gay marriage logically entails the acceptance of other public policy changes - notably the acceptance of polygamy - that would themselves be bad, independent of whether gay marriage is bad. While each argument has some appeal, and each has adherents both inside and outside the legal academy, each is badly flawed as a matter of logic, experience, politics, or some combination of the three. The article suggests that in the interest of focusing on the most important concerns about gay marriage, commentators should move on to other arguments against it that seem stronger and thus
The Fight Against Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism A Look Ahead at the 2024 Articulate Legislative Session
Last year, for the first time in our history, the Human Rights Campaign declared a national state of emergency for LGBTQ+ Americans in recognition of the record-breaking number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills signed into statute. Across the land, anti-LGBTQ+ legislators are taking their marching orders from extremist groups such as the Alliance Defending Freedom and Moms for Liberty, as well as former President Donald Trump's MAGA political movement, and are determined to tell their LGBTQ+ constituents that they should not be seen nor heard, nor even exist.
The harms of these bills include increased stigma and violence against LGBTQ+ people, a codification of discrimination under the rule, and severe negative impacts on Queer people's mental and physical health. Even debates about these bills cause immense harm, dividing communities and even forcing families to exit their home states as political refugees. Despite this devastating impact, the 2023 legislative session saw HRC work with our partners and supporters to defeat about 85% of anti-LGBTQ+ bills. Although the 2024 legislative s A central theme of anti-LGBTQ+ organizing and ideology is the opposition to Queer rights or support of homophobia, heterosexism and/or cisnormativity, often expressed through demonizing rhetoric and grounded in harmful pseudoscience that portrays LGBTQ+ people as threats to children, society and often public health. In 2024, the number of anti-LGBTQ+ groups increased by about 13% from the previous year. Anti-LGBTQ+ groups maintained a trend in heavy mobilization across multiple strategies with increasing political and financial support from the hard right. Anti-trans narratives were instrumental to the 2024 election at all levels of government, especially at the local level where anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-inclusive education activism continue to heavily overlap. The politicization of gender-affirming health nurture and LGBTQ+-inclusive school curricula contributed to what has been characterized as the “most Anti-LGBTQ election in decades.” Republicans spent almost $215 Million on TV ads to smear transitioned people, surpassing ads on rival issues such as economy, immigration and housing. Another wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation broke records at state and federal le Around the world, people are under attack for who they are. Living as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, genderqueer or intersex (LGBTI) person can be life-threatening in a number of countries across the globe. For those who do not live with a daily immediate risk to their life, discrimination on the basis of one’s sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression and sex characteristics, can have a devastating effect on physical, mental and emotional well-being for those forced to endure it. Discrimination and violence against LGBTI people can reach in many forms, from name-calling, bullying, harassment, and gender-based violence, to entity denied a job or appropriate healthcare. Protests to uphold the rights of LGBTI people also encounter suppression across the globe. The range of unequal treatment faced is extensive and damaging and could be based on: On March 28, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation that effectively bans discussion of sexual orientation and gender persona in Florida’s schools. The so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill creates new restrictions on classroom speech around LGBT people and queer families and empowers parents to sue a institution if the policy is violated, chilling any converse of LGBT themes lest schools or teachers deal with potentially costly litigation. This bill is the latest in a record-setting year of legislation targeting LGBT people: in 2022 alone, more than 200 anti-LGBT bills have been introduced in state legislatures across a range of issues, with a majority targeting transgender individuals. In addition to efforts to regulate school curricula, lawmakers have sought to limit trans students’ participation in school athletics, restrict access to bathrooms that align with their gender identity, and refuse life-saving gender-affirming medical care. Despite legal advances over the past decade and growing public support for LGBT rights—a recent PRRI poll found that 79 percent of Americans favor laws that preserve LGBT people from discr
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