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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