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Title: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month (LGBT)


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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride
Month(LGBT) June 2012Pride Around the World
U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionOffice of
Diversity and Civil Rights (DCR)
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride
Month 2012
  • At U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), we
    believe that our diversity is our strength.
    Through its Diversity and Inclusion Committees,
    CBP is committed to providing high quality
    diversity and cultural awareness activities and
    educational information to CBP employees. We
    believe that by creating and maintaining an
    environment of cultural fluency we grow stronger
    as an organization.
  • This presentation is designed to provide you
    with a glimpse of the LGBT community and culture
    around the world.
  • We hope you find this presentation informational
    and engaging.

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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride
Month 2012
  • In June 2009, President Obama designated the
    month as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
    Pride Month.
  • Our Nation draws its strength from our
    diversity, with each of us contributing to the
    greater whole.  By affirming these rights and
    values, each American benefits from the further
    advancement of liberty and justice for
    all.-President Barack Obama

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The Historical Relevance of Juneand an Evolving
Universal Battle
  • On June 28, 1969, police raids on the popular New
    York city gay bar, Stonewall Inn, sparked
  • protests and unofficially mark the beginning of
    the gay liberation movement that has
  • transformed the oppression of gays and lesbians
    into calls for pride and action. Since that time,
    monumental gains have been made. However, these
    gains are not universal.

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Global LGBT Issues
  • Health
  • Marriage and Relationships
  • Parenting and Family Life
  • Military Service


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Global LGBT Issues
  • Health

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HealthA Historical Look at Worldwide
Healthcare Equality
  • 1957 - Evelyn Hooker, a professor of psychology
    at the University of California Los Angeles,
    publishes a study concluding that that there is
    no measurable psychological difference between
    heterosexual and homosexual men. As a result, in
    1973, The American Psychiatric Association
    removed homosexuality from its Diagnostic and
    Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-II).
  • 1972 - Sweden becomes the first country to allow
    transsexuals to legally change their sex, and
    provides free hormone therapy.

Evelyn Hooker, Ph.D. September 2, 1907 -
November 18, 1996
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HealthA Historical Look at Worldwide Healthcare
Equality,Cont.
  • 1984 - Berkley, California becomes the first city
    in the U.S. to adopt a program of domestic
    partnership health benefits for city employees.
  • 1992 - The United Nations World Health
    Organization declares that homosexuality is no
    longer an illness.

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Global LGBT Issues
Marriage and Relationships
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Civil Union/ Domestic Partnership vs.
Same-Sex Marriage
  • A civil union provides legal protection to
    couples at the state law level, but omits federal
    protections as well as the dignity, clarity,
    security and power of the word marriage. A
    domestic partnership is a relationship between
    two individuals, often but not necessarily of the
    same gender, who live together and mutually
    support one another as spouses but who are not
    legally joined in a civil marriage or a civil
    union. Domestic partnerships do not reach the
    same legal threshold as civil unions or civil
    marriages and, accordingly, do not afford couples
    the rights, benefits, and protections of civil
    marriage.
  • Marriage is a unique legal status conferred by
    and recognized by government and the world over.
    It brings with it a host of reciprocal
    obligations, rights and protectionsIt
    represents the ultimate expression of love and
    commitment between two people.

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Marriage and Relationships
Same Sex Marriage The Netherlands/Holland, 2001
Belgium, 2003 Massachusetts, USA, 2004 Canada,
2005 Spain, 2005 South Africa, 2006 Connecticut,
2008 Norway, 2009 Iowa, USA, 2009 Sweden, 2009
Vermont, USA, 2009 New Hampshire, USA,
2010 Washington, District of Columbia,
2010 Argentina, 2010 Civil Unions/ Domestic
Partnership Finland
France Iceland Norway Portugal Denmark Sweden Ger
many United Kingdom Switzerland Israel (2004-same
sex couples given limited rights) New
Zealand United States New Jersey, California
(May 2008, domestic partnership granted, revoked
in November 2008 under Proposition 8), Hawaii (
January 1, 2012), Maine (domestic partnership),
Washington State (domestic partnership), Oregon
(domestic partnership), Illinois (June 1, 2011)


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Civil Rights Issues in the Gay Community
  • Civil marriage brings 1,400 federal benefits that
    are denied under civil unions and domestic
    partnerships.
  • Under a civil union, same sex couples receive
    legal protections under state law only they are
    not recognized by the federal government.
  • Marriages are acknowledged state to state, but
    civil unions are not. Couples joined in a civil
    union or domestic partnership have no assurance
    that its protections will travel with them to
    other states.
  • Many employers do not provide coverage to the
    life partners of gay and lesbian employees. Gay
    and lesbian employees who do receive health
    coverage for their partners must pay federal
    income taxes on the value of the insurance.

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Civil Rights Issues in the Gay Community, Cont.
  • On June 1, 2010, the Office of Personnel
    Management (OPM) published the final regulation
    permitting same sex domestic partners of eligible
    Federal and U.S. Postal Service employees to
    apply for coverage in the Federal Long Term Care
    Insurance Program (FLTCIP).
  • Members of the LGBT community are often denied
    disability, military and other benefits afforded
    to heterosexual couples.
  • Without a will, they often pay estate taxes when
    a partner dies, including significant tax
    penalties when they inherit a 401K pension plan
    from a partner.
  • They were denied family leave under the Family
    and Medical Leave Act. However, in June 2009,
    President Obama extended the federal benefits of
    homosexual couples, which allowed domestic
    partners access to the governments long-term
    insurance program for illnesses such as
    Alzheimer's disease. The move also allows for an
    employee to use sick leave to care for an ill
    partner or non biological child.

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Civil Rights Issues in the Gay Community, Cont.
  • In 2010, President Obama further extended the
    benefits to include child care services and
    subsidies more flexibility to use family leave
    to attend the needs of domestic partners and
    their children relocation benefits giving
    domestic partners the same status as family
    members and granting them access to credit
    union and other memberships provided to federal
    workers.
  • Married couples have a legal right to live
    together in nursing homes. The rights of elderly
    gay or lesbian couples vary from state to state.
    Additionally, the laws that protect married
    seniors from being forced to sell their homes to
    pay high nursing home bills do not apply to gay
    and lesbian couples.

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Global LGBT Issues
  • Parenting and
  • Family Life

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Parenting and Family LifeSame Sex Couples and
Legal Adoption Rights Around the World
  • LGBT adoption is currently legal in 14 countries
    worldwide as well as in various jurisdictions
    around the world. Most of Western Europe allows
    LGBT adoption to some extent, including
  • United Kingdom
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Finland
  • Denmark
  • Netherlands
  • Iceland
  • France
  • Andorra
  • Spain
  • Germany.
  • Most of Canada permits gay adoption, as do parts
    of Australia, Brazil, Uruguay, South Africa, and
    Israel.

Same Sex Adoption laws in United States Purple
gay adoption legal Pink step-child adoption
legal Red gay adoption illegal Gray unknown
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Global LGBT Issues
  • Military Service

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Military
ServicePolicies and attitudes towards gay and
lesbian personnel in the military vary around the
world. Several countries allow homosexual men and
women to serve openly and have granted them equal
rights and privileges as their heterosexual
counterparts. As of June 2009, 25 countries
allowed homosexuals to openly serve in the
military. However, a small group still ban their
desire to serve their country. In the U.S.,
under Dont Ask Dont Tell, (DADT) Americans
are able to serve, but unable to openly reveal
their sexuality.
Nations Allowing Gays to Serve Openly in the Military
Australia Austria Belgium Canada Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Ireland Israel Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland UK Uruguay
  • Blue-allowed or without laws relating to
  • Orange-banned but in ambiguous situation
  • Red-banned

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Notable Members and Supporters of the LGBT
Community
  • Actors/Actresses/Musicians
  • Josephine Baker Janis Joplin
  • Elton John Ellen
    Degeneres
  • Rosie ODonnell Lily Tomlin
  • Jane Lynch Wanda Sykes
  • Anna Paquin Angelina Jolie
  • Neil Patrick Harris Tracy Chapman
  • Alexis Arquette Melissa
    Etheridge
  • Portia de Rossi Ricky Martin
  • Sir Ian Mckellan Ru Paul
  • Chaz Bono Lady Gaga
  • Authors/Poets/Artists
  • Hans Christian Anderson James Baldwin
  • Walt Whitman Truman Capote
  • Oscar Wilde W.H. Auden
  • Tennessee Williams David Sedaris
  • Gertrude Stein T.S. Eliot
  • Annie Leibovitz Michaelangelo
  • Virginia Woolf Leonardo
    DaVinci
  • E.M. Forester Frieda
    Kahlo
  • Andy Warhol Alice Walker

James Baldwin
  • Politicians
  • Nancy Wechsler
  • Kathy Kozachenko
  • Harvey Milk
  • Steve Gunderson (R-WI)
  • Jared Polis (D-CO)
  • Barney Frank (D-MA)
  • David Cicilline (D-RI)
  • Gerry Studds (D-MA
  • Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
  • Athletes
  • Sheryl Swoopes
  • Billie Jean King
  • Martina Navaratilova
  • Greg Louganis
  • Johnny Weir

Ru Paul
Barney Frank
Billie Jean King
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Sources
  • Slide 3- http//www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-off
    ice/presidential-proclamation-lesbian-gay-bisexual
    -and-transgender-pride-month
  • Slide 4- http//timelines.com/1969/6/28/the-ston
    ewall-riots-in-greenwich-village-unofficially-igni
    te-the-gay-rights-movement
  • http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/feature
    s/timeline/stonewall/ http//medlibrary.org/medwik
    i/LGBT_social_movements
  • Slides 7,8,10,11,12,13,14- http//pride.yahoo.com/
    2010/ www.glad.org www.hrc.org
  • http//medlibrary.org/medwiki/LGBT_social_movement
    s
  • In 1996, Congress adopted the Federal Defense of
    Marriage Act (DOMA).
  • Section 1 reads "In determining the meaning of
    any Act of Congress, or of any ruling,
    regulation, or interpretation of the various
    administrative bureaus and agencies of the United
    States, the word marriage means only a legal
    union between one man and one woman as husband
    and wife, and the word spouse refers only to a
    person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a
    wife."
  • The law denies federal recognition of gay
    marriages and gives each state the right to
    refuse recognition of same-sex marriage licenses
    issued by other states.
  • Slide 16 - http//adoption.laws.com/gay-adoption
  • http//www.livestrong.com/article/164585-gay-lesbi
    an-adoption-laws/
  • http//www3.law.ucla.edu/williamsinstitute/publica
    tions/FinalAdoptionReport.pdf
  • http//pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/
    full/118/1/349

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