게이법조회: 사랑해서 구속된 어느 군인의 다음 차례

게이법조회: 사랑해서 구속된 어느 군인의 다음 차례
A대위의 구속은 미네르바 사건을 연상시킨다. 미네르바라는 필명을 가진 사람이 이명박 정부의 정책을 비판하는 글을 게시하여 크게 화제가 되자 검찰은 그동안 거의 사용되지 않던 전기통신기본법 제47조 1항을 찾아내어 미네르바를 구속기소했다. 내용면에서는 전혀 다른 사건으로 볼 수도 있지만 특정한 목적을 위해서 법을 악용했다는 점에서는 유사점이 있다. A대위 사건에서의 특정한 목적을 뭘까? 육군은 수사관들을 동원하여 군대 내 동성애자들을 색출하려는 시도를 했고, 이에 대한 육군참모총장의 지시가 있었다는 의혹이 제기되고 있다. “나는 동성애자가 아니니까 상관없다”, “군인 한 명 구속된 것 가지고 호들갑 떨 일이 아니다”라고 생각하는 사람들은 다음 글을 찬찬히 읽어보길 바란다.

기사 보기: 동성애, 성소수자, 군형법, 구속, 사회, 게이법조회, Korea News

www.huffingtonpost.kr/korea-gay-bar-association/story_b_16424344.html

ゲイの歴史は大切だ。ブックカフェ「オカマルト」の挑戦

ゲイの歴史は大切だ。ブックカフェ「オカマルト」の挑戦
「オカマルト」は「オカマ」と「オカルト」の造語。この2つ、僕の中では同じことなのよ。

もっと見る: ライフスタイル, Lifestyle, Japan Lgbt, LGBT, ゲイ, オカマルト, ブックカフェ, LGBT 歴史, 歴史, マーガレット, ドラァグ・クイーン, ゲイ雑誌, 小倉東, アーカイブ, Japan News

www.huffingtonpost.jp/2017/05/03/tou-ogura-cafeokamalt_n_16408414.html

Alabama Enacts Hateful Anti-LGBT Adoption Law

Alabama Enacts Hateful Anti-LGBT Adoption Law

Republican Governor Kay Ivey of Alabama has signed HB24 into law, the Orwellian-named Alabama Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act, which would shield adoption agencies who engage in discrimination against LGBTQ adoptive parents from state repercussions.

While bill sponsor Rep. Rich Wingo (R-Tuscaloosa) claimed that this would prevent religious adoption agencies from having to shut down for following their beliefs, colleague and LGBT advocate Rep. Patricia Todd demurred: “This bill obviously came about because same-sex marriage was approved. It’s based on a stereotype. And it’s wrong. And we shouldn’t discriminate and I will always fight that.” The bill explicitly excludes those adoption agencies that receive state or federal funding from its protection, a tacit admission that it would otherwise be a full-fledged state-sanctioned license to discriminate.

The Human Rights Campaign registered its chagrin at the measure’s passage:

“We are deeply disappointed that the legislature and the governor took on this unnecessary, discriminatory bill instead of focusing on how to improve the lives of all Alabamians, no matter who they are or whom they love,” said Eva Kendrick, HRC Alabama state director. “The intent of this law is clear: to discriminate, causing the most harm to children in Alabama’s child welfare system. It’s time our lawmakers — from the legislature to the Governor’s Mansion — stop using LGBTQ people as pawns to win cheap political points.”

Statistics show that the pool of potential adoptive parents has grown as it increasingly includes same-sex couples:

A 2007 report from the Williams Institute estimated that 2 million gay and lesbian parents are interested in adoption. About half of gay men and two-fifths of lesbians want a child. Four percent of America’s adopted children are being raised by gay parents, and three percent of foster children live with gay parents.

While studies on LGBT parents are limited due to the limited number of LGBT parents, research has found that children raised in homes with same-sex parents are not negatively impacted as a result. The Williams Institute cites several nationally accredited organizations that have recognized “that sexual orientation should not be a determinative factor in assessing the ability of individuals to raise children through adoption, foster care, or second parent adoptions.”

Among these organizations are the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, American Psychoanalytic Association, American Psychological Association and Child Welfare League of America.

This seemingly positive development has been marred by similar laws that go out of their way to exclude LGBTQ parents from adopting under the guise of religious freedom, which have been passed in other states such as Georgia as well as South Dakota.

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Alabama Enacts Hateful Anti-LGBT Adoption Law

NOH8, So I Posed For Love

NOH8, So I Posed For Love
67011_mediumI wanted to get involved with the NOH 8 Campaign to show my admiration and support to the NOH 8 mission . Love prevails all, and so should justice . Why is there such a strong dislike and resentment towards same sex love , or women that are androgynous , or men who are less masculine than what we consider the ‘norm’ in modern society? Because of those who spread hate .

www.noh8campaign.com/article/noh8-so-i-posed-for-love