Transcript Sexual Orientation Discrimination

Sexual Orientation
Discrimination
Malakhova O.
Nikitina E.
Izraileva L.
Major Events:
 In 1950s and 1960s the only place that it was safe for gays and
lesbians to gather were gay bars. In the 1960s the police would
often raid these bars and arrest the patrons.
 June 1969, the patrons of the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village,
New York decided they were not going to put up with the police
raiding their bars any longer. When the police came, the bar patrons
fought back. That event has gone down in history as the Stonewall
Riots.
 Each year in June gays and lesbians prance and parade to
celebrate Gay Pride Month.
Gay Pride Celebration
Types of people affected by sexual
orientation discrimination
 Gays
 Lesbians
 Bisexual
 Their relatives and
associates
National Organizations:
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NGLTF - Founded in 1973, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Foundation was the first national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
civil rights and advocacy organization and remains the movement's
leading voice for freedom, justice, and equality.
The Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group in Washington, D.C.,
that monitors discrimination policies and laws and claims that companies
should have rules barring discrimination against gay employees.
GLEE - Gays and Lesbians Everywhere in Education. An organization
for lesbians and gay men employed in education or who have some
connection with education. Its objectives are:
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raise the profile of lesbians and gay men in and through education
support each other and young persons coming out
3.
remove discrimination from educational institutions and their associated organizations
Spokespeople for the rights of gays and
lesbians
Urvashi Vaid.
 In 1989 Vaid became executive
director of NGLTF's Policy
Institute in Washington, D.C. She
also co-founded the NGLTF's
Creating Change conference,
which remains the only national
gay and lesbian political
conference.
 In 1992 she resigned her position
to work on a book, 'Virtual
Equality', which was published in
1995. She returned to the Policy
Institute in 1997.
Spokespeople for the rights of gays and
lesbians
Coretta Scott King is a
widow of civil rights leader
Martin Luther King Jr. Mrs. King
worked tirelessly after her
husband's death in 1968 to carry
on his legacy of social justice
activism. She was a steadfast ally
in the struggle for lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender rights,
and was honored by the Task
Force in 1997 for her support of
the cause
Areas of discrimination
 Employment –gays and lesbians are discriminated as employees, job
applicants, voluntary workers, people seeking work through employment
agents, and contract workers.
 Accommodation - landlords and real estate agents can refuse a person
residential or business accommodation because of that person's sexual
orientation.
 Provision of goods and services – gays and lesbians are withheld goods,
services or facilities. Goods and services include banking and insurance
and grants, loans, credit or finance. Services provided by doctors and other
professionals are also included.
 Access to public places – gays and lesbians may be refused access to or
use of a public place.
 Education establishments - gays and lesbians can be discriminated while
seeking admission as a student.
Court Cases
 Due to the BSA's 5-4
victory from the US
Supreme Court, James is the
most famous gay Eagle
Scout in the country.
 The Supreme Court Allows
the Boy Scouts of America
to Discriminate Against
Homosexuals in Boy Scouts
of America v. Dale.
Federal Laws
 There is no federal law that specifically outlaws
workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation in the private sector .
 Attempts to pass a piece of federal legislation that
would outlaw sexual orientation discrimination in
private workplaces, known as the Employment NonDiscrimination Act, or ENDA, have been
unsuccessful.
State Laws
 Fifteen states and the District of Columbia have laws that
currently prohibit sexual orientation discrimination in both
public and private jobs: California, Connecticut, Hawaii,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode
Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
 Over 180 cities and counties prohibit discrimination on the
basis of sexual orientation in at least some workplaces -- from
Albany, NY, to Ypsilanti, MI.