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hellomynameisbisexual · 2 years

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On Tuesday, Sept. 20, just in time for Bisexual Visibility Week, a diverse group of 15 bisexual and pansexual activists met with officials from the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including Melanie Fontes Rainer, the director of the Office of Civil Rights at HHS.

The 15 advocates comprised a wide cross-section of the bisexual community, including nonbinary, transgender, female, young, older, Black, Asian and Muslim advocates, people with disabilities and parents. We came from many walks of life: Academia, education, research, health care, advocacy, law, media and community activism. This isn’t unusual: Bisexual people comprise more than half of all LGBT people, totally approximately 12.5 million bisexual adults in the U.S. Strikingly, 15 percent of all GenZ adults — nearly 1 in 6 — identify as bisexual. People of color are more likely to identify as bisexual, as are cisegender women and transgender people in general.

It has been a painful six years since the Executive Branch last met with bisexual activists (you do the math.) Those meetings, like this one, were the product of tireless advocacy from a population with zero paid organizational staff and less than one percent of all philanthropic dollars earmarked for the LGBT community. It was these stats and others that we shared at HHS on Sept. 20.

Bisexual and pansexual people face specific disparities in mental and physical health, intimate partner violence and monkeypox prevention, treatment and care. Did you know, for example, that nearly half of bisexual women report having been raped? And did you know that federal reporting on monkeypox doesn’t disaggregate between gay and bisexual men and men who have sex with men, despite evidence that bisexual men are uniquely vulnerable to MPX and other infectious diseases.

Khafre Abif is a Black bisexual educator, father and person living with HIV. At the meeting with agency officials, Abif shared the story of how staff at his HIV-care clinic initially denied him the monkeypox vaccine, despite Abif being bisexual and thus in a population of special focus for the vaccine.

“This meeting has been a long time coming for the bi+ community,” said Abif. “I’m looking forward to a dialogue with federal officials about solving some of the health issues we face.”

In order to begin remedying these disparities and more, we presented the administration with a set of benchmarks, including the creation of a Federal Interagency Bisexual Liaison and a Federal Interagency Bisexual Working Group. Other benchmarks included training for HHS staff on bisexual disparities and remedies thereof, funding streams for bisexual-specific funding and interventions, and the disaggregation of data on specific health disparities.

Robyn Ochs is a pillar of bisexual and pansexual community organizing. At HHS, Ochs shared more about her specific expertise. “Research has made clear our health disparities and invisibility. It’s time for federal interventions to catch up with what we already know through research and lived experience.”

Frustrated by years of inaction by the federal government to release bisexual-specific data, target the bisexual and pansexual community with tailored interventions, or recognize the importance of bi+ health in general, we are cautiously excited by this opportunity to share critical data and remedies.

Heron Greenesmith is the Senior Research Analyst for LGBTQI+ Justice at Political Research Associates, and the co-founder of BiLaw and the Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition. Find Greenesmith on Twitter @herong.

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ausetkmt · 7 months

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Donald Trump is a very violent man. He is the leader of an increasingly violent political movement.

Last week, Trump threatened Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley with death. Trump's death threat is part of a much larger pattern where he has made similar threats, directly or implied, against President Biden, Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Merrick Garland, Special Counsel Jack Smith, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, and his other "enemies."

Trump's MAGA cultists have been radicalized by him. Several MAGA people have gone so far as to have attempted or publicly threatened to assassinate President Obama and President Biden, respectively. And of course, Trump's followers launched a lethal attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6 as part of the ex-president and dictator in waiting's coup attempt.

Trump and his allies and other spokespeople and influentials in the Republican fascist party and larger neofascist movement and white right are at the epicenter of a social environment in America were hate crimes and other political violence against Black and brown people, the LGBTQI community, Muslims, Jews, and other targeted groups is at historic levels.

New research by Rachel Kleinfeld, who is Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, provides much-needed insight(s) into the growing danger(s) that political violence and polarization poses to American democracy and the future of the country. In this conversation, Kleinfeld provides context for the relationship between extremism, polarization and violence in America. She also explains why right-wing political violence is a much greater threat to the country than political violence by "the left". Kleinfeld highlights the news media's continued failure(s) to understand the realities of the country's democracy crisis in the Age of Trump.

At the end of this conversation, Kleinfeld warns that whatever the outcome of the 2024 Election, that America's democracy crisis is likely to get worse not better.

This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length.

How are you feeling given the state of American politics and society and the country's democracy crisis and other great troubles?

I'm feeling sad. I want to give my daughters – and other kids – a better country than the one I grew up in. I don't feel like we are doing that, and I want all of us adults to start acting like adults and to do better.

What are you "seeing" as you survey American politics and society right now? What gives you the most concern?

Americans remain rhetorically attached to democracy, but when you ask them what they mean, large majorities are quick to give up basic rights, oversight, and even non-violence when their side holds power. And the idea of a loyal opposition is disintegrating. I'm deeply concerned by that impulse towards unchecked majoritarianism, and also worried about hypocritical alterations of those feelings when the other side is in power.

What are some of the blind spots, misconceptions, and outright ignorance that the mainstream media, the political class, and everyday Americans have about the realities of political violence in this country?

People seem to underestimate how much political violence has risen, and how lopsided it is. There are vastly more incidents on the right, and they are targeting people. That is the major political violence problem faced by the country. That said, on the left, too many partisans are loathe to acknowledge that their side's violence, though largely against property, has also doubled since 2016. It has just grown from a much lower point.

I get constant calls from reporters asking if Donald Trump is going to start another January 6 style riot – and when I speak about political violence, my mail fills with people asking why I don't speak more about the overwhelmingly (but not entirely) peaceful Black Lives Matter protests.

But Trump is not currently able to draw out large crowds – his followers are afraid of the FBI and believe people who goad them to violence on list serves are false flag operations. Instead, we are seeing people kill neighbors over politics or murder business owners who display a pride flag. In other countries, when someone runs a car into a peaceful crowd, it's almost always a rare international terrorist event. In America, that has happened over 150 times since Heather Heyer was killed at the Unite the Right rally. Political violence and credible threats have become small scale, hyperlocal, across the nation, and extremely frequent

Premeditated political violence against people has skyrocketed on the right, and premeditated political violence on the left has also grown - though from a much lower point, and more often targeting property. Hate crimes are at their highest point in the 21st century, even higher than the spike after 9/11. Local officials who were barely targeted before are now receiving significant numbers of threats – in San Diego, 75% of county officials report threats or harassment, for instance. Threats against Members of Congress rose tenfold from 2016 to 2021, though they fell slightly last year. In the 1960s and 1970s we faced high levels of political violence, but it was largely against property, or involved foreign terrorists. We haven't seen Americans targeting other Americans politically like this since Confederates reversed Reconstruction and used violence and threats to return to power after the Civil War.

The news media and the political class tend to have a crisis frame that is very immediate and focused on the now. What would the news media – and by extension the political class and public — better understand and see in terms of political polarization and violence if they had a longer view and more time to digest what is happening or not?

America has faced political violence at many points in its history. It is usually used as a method alongside elections to try to win power by intimidating people. That is how it was used by the Know Nothing Party in the early 1800s, by Confederates after Reconstruction, and by Southern Democrats under Jim Crow to maintain single party dominance in eleven Southern States.

Right now, the threat of violence is being used to destroy pro-democracy Republicans and allow a non-majority faction to take over the Republican Party. While there are more threats overall against Democratic constituencies, women, and minorities, those threats are a spill-over from attempts to build Republican base intensity through highlighting a white Christian male dominant identity. The targeted threats are occurring largely to win power and are often targeted very intentionally – against certain election officials who will matter in swing states, or against the judges and DAs involved in cases against former President Trump.

The spike in violence is helping an anti-democratic faction of the Republican Party overcome a pro-democratic faction. The media framing violence as largely about Republicans versus Democrats misses that crucial part of the story.

What does the actual data tell us about political violence and extremism in the Age of Trump and where we are potentially going as a country?

Political violence and criminal violence are highly connected.

The best study of murder in America back to our Revolution found that the strongest variables predicting a rise in the murder rate was trust in fellow Americans and trust in government – especially among young men (the demographic that commits most violence everywhere). In the 1960s when political violence rose, America also saw a doubling of the murder rate, and homicide kept rising until the 1990s. When people normalize violence and lesser forms of anti-social behavior, such as Lauren Boebert's obnoxious vaping and groping at a theater, oafishness on airplanes, or "rolling coal" – blowing car exhaust in the faces of bicyclists – it reduces the sense of social propriety and impulse control. Society and civilization are actually very fragile things – as anti-social behavior gets normalized and people "let it all hang out", as it were, all forms of violence tend to rise. We are probably on the verge of that again, and this MAGA political faction and left-wing illiberalism pushing people towards it will be to blame for the deaths and dystopian cities we are going to have for the next few decades.

When I write articles or interview experts who are trying to sound the alarm about right-wing political violence by Trump followers and other such malign actors, one of the common responses in emails and comments is that this is all so much hysterics. The MAGA movement threat is exaggerated. These right-wing extremists and others who are violent are being put in jail. The danger is also so much talk as there won't be a second civil war, etc. How would you intervene and push back?

I just provide the numbers. It's not that these levels of political violence are unprecedented – America is an unusually violent democracy compared to countries with similar levels of wealth and democratic history. The United States has seen violence at these levels before. But New York in the 1970s, or the post-Reconstruction South which had a lynching every 36 hours at its height, would not be the periods of our past I most want our country to revisit.

Is the American public "polarized" or are they "sorted"? That distinction is very important.

American politicians are highly ideologically polarized – members of Congress now hold virtually no policy beliefs in common across the aisle. Regular Americans, on the other hand, are not very ideologically polarized – they hold a lot of policy beliefs in common, although Republicans and Democrats care more intensely about different issues. But regular Americans do really dislike partisans from the other party – which is known as affective, or emotional, polarization. That level of affective polarization is likely to be caused, at least partially, because we are highly sorted as a country. When multiple identity characteristics, such as religiosity, geography, gender, and race, are the same for members of the same party, it is easier to feel that any of one's many identities are threatened by members of the other party, and when people are geographically separated so that they don't socialize, those misunderstandings get even larger. However, sorting alone just sets the kindling - politicians are lighting the flames by using that latent affective polarization to further inflame sentiment, in order to use that voter intensity to win power. So, it is unlikely to be possible to reduce Americans' polarization until we change the incentives that are allowing politicians to win seats by furthering polarization.

Most journalists and reporters assume that the public follows politics closely, is ideological, and has a real understanding of the details and facts. Decades of political science research shows that mostly to not be true. Unfortunately, the mainstream media, for a variety of reasons including intellectual laziness and careerism, is clinging desperately onto those fictions of folk democracy even when the evidence is abundant and obvious to the contrary. This translates into a news media that still does not fully appreciate — and is in willful denial about — the realities and the depths of the country's democracy crisis in this moment of ascendant neofascism and illiberalism.

Americans share a large number of policy beliefs in common. But they also, by and large, really, really don't care about politics. They don't want to think about politics, they don't want to talk about politics, they want it all to go away. That means that Americans also hold a very tenuous understanding of the basics of what it takes to maintain a democracy – such as the importance of a free press, or the role of a civil service. In America, as in many countries where democracy has slipped away in recent years, we see significant pluralities willing to support anti-democratic behavior when their party is in power. Fear of the other side doing just that is one of the main forces that empowers a party to act first to undermine democracy in order to, in their minds, prevent the other side from doing it first.

Is "consensus" and "bipartisanship" across lines of political difference just a type of fetish for the political class and news media? The public generally does not care.

I have my own strong policy beliefs – but I understand that as a country, we have about half the voting population who are conservative, and about half who are more liberal. Both sides need politicians who can represent them in a pro-democratic way, where we disagree on policy, not on whether we will allow the system of peacefully settling our disputes to disintegrate. Liberals need to give some support to pro-democracy Republicans or both will be overrun by the anti-democracy faction that is gaining control over that party. Liberals should also pay more attention to how their own illiberal wing in cultural and academic institutions is driving more conservatives, independents, and minorities to support their own anti-democratic faction. The problem in the political realm is clearly a faction of the Republican Party – but it has not grown on its own, there is a call and response with cultural forces on the left.

What are some interventions that can be made to make the country's political institutions and culture more durable and healthier in the face of the type of extreme polarization – which is asymmetrical and more on the right— that we are now seeing in the Age of Trump and the decades that got us to this crisis?

America should give serious thought to voting reforms that would allow the anti-democratic faction to have representation without letting them take over one of our two major parties. Proportional representation is the best way to achieve that, though ranked choice voting and primary reform might be less radical and cause fewer governing headaches. Both would likely allow MAGA Republicans to have control in some states and localities (which, of course, they do now), while still allowing the majority of Republicans to support a pro-democracy party. Campaign finance reforms that empower small dollar donors also empower extremists, who are better at raising anger that gets those small dollar donations flowing. Big money in politics is also problematic, of course, but the problem of small dollar donors pushing our politics towards extremes has not been recognized or discussed. Finally, we need better anti-trust enforcement to break business monopolies. Part of the distrust in America since 2008 has as much to do with the way elites keep making money, and is economic as much as political in origin. There is a reason Aristotle and Jefferson both recognized the dangers to democracy of large concentrations of wealth.

As Trump's criminal trials and the 2024 Election approach, how do you think that will impact the dynamics of violence and polarization?

There is no good way out of the 2024 Election. No matter how the election turns out, it will harm faith in democracy – but the worst future damage is likely to be inflicted if Trump wins and takes power, given the signals he has already given about how he will misuse his department of justice against his enemies, attack the civil service, and otherwise damage the institutions that keep our democracy tethered to the rule of law.

#“Highly connected”: How the right's political violence relates to a rise in criminal violence #white nationalism #white supremacy #white hate #american hate #homegrown terrorism #maga #trumpers

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thisiskatsblog · 10 months

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www aljazeera com/opinions/2023/6/19/muslims-opposed-to-lgbtq-curricula-for-their-kids-arent-bigots Do you agree?

Probably not surprisingly: no.

Coming from a strongly religious background and being LGBTQI+ myself I find the reasoning to be quite faulty. It asserts the right of a community to impose its morals on its children, talking about religious freedom. But that is not how religious freedom works.

The right to religious freedom is an individual right - you have a right to practice your own religion, but that doesn't mean you can enforce all of the teachings you think it entails on others.

The right to integrity and non discrimination are rights that belong to all children, no matter their religion, and no matter their sexuality. And those rights are not "trumped" by some fictitious right of a community to impose its religion dubbed "religious freedom" (it's the opposite of that).

Religion is something you're often raised with, it's something you can choose to leave behind, or not - sexuality works completely differently.

The science is clear, you are born with it.

So no matter what you do, what you teach your children about "morals", what you "protect" them from or not, their sexuality is going to be what it is. No matter how strong your convictions are, it's not going to keep the gay away.

All you do by not informing them, keeping them in the dark, keeping them away from positive role models, knowledge, a community, is inflict harm. And children deserve not to be harmed. Not by people of ill will. And not by well meaning parents who think they are protecting the child's morals by keeping them in the dark.

Keeping children in the dark takes lives.

And your rights are there to keep you intact.

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cyarsk52-20 · 10 months

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Screaming in Clair huxtable

Yes 2016 was a disaster as white people were the only demographic that didn’t majority vote for Hillary Clinton. But the seeds of hatred, which they all bought into, had started decades before in Arkansas when she was attacked for being a lawyer, intellectual, and not southern.

She was educated. She was a feminist, and she wasn’t demure like southern First Ladies were supposed to be. The attacks on educated women continue today with latest Supreme Court ruling in affirmative action. Stop educating white women, they are saying. And their voters agree.

The same people who hated her then hate her now. The same “with a stroke of a pen” folk who couldn’t carry Hillary’s coffee played into the Hillary hatred. You can check their lack of support for her then & now.

The greatest harm republicans did to Hillary, starting in Arkansas, was raise two generations of white people to hate her. You can ask young folk -18-30 let’s say, about her and the white ones will hate her. It’s disgraceful. The most qualified turned into the most hated.

And we’re all paying the price. No affirmative action, businesses can discriminate against lgbtqi (and Jewish, Muslim, Black folk), and no debt relief. Interracial marriages are next. Public schools. Non discrimination rules businesses adhere to. So much most. And for what?

We talk about white people convincing their who’re parents but not enough about talking to your white kids. 17 & 18 year olds will vote in 2024 and do you know how they will vote? If they will vote? Assuming you do is certain failure. Like the gop the long game matters.

Right now they are being fed anti Biden, anti democrats. You’ve got to get to them now because the gop are already in their ears. To be clear I’m talking about white kids. The nation cannot afford another generation of white people who do not vote majority for democrats. Now you got fqucked over because rather than doing the right thing you wanted to have to paraphrase Claire Huxtable from the Cosby show BIG FUN with tfg, Bernie, Jill stein and your grandmother you wrote as a candidate

one question to all the people who didn’t choose Hillary:

was your BIG FUN all worth it in the end?

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booksrockmyface · 2 years

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Once again asking for some book recs.

As I have stated often, I am a Christian. I grew up in church. I know all the stories of my Christian teachings.

However, I want to know more about other religions. The way I would like to do that is through books. Or even your favorite websites.

I want to start out with Jewish and Muslim explorations. But I will gladly take recommendations from all other religions around the world.

Children's books could be cool as I can put them into my daycare library. I'm looking for some entertaining stuff. But also your favorite passages from your religious texts and any meditations on those.

Thanks folks!

In reciprocation: I am currently going back into a religious study I started a while ago and stopped called Where True Love Is: An affirming devotional for LGBTQI+ individuals and their allies by Suzanne DeWitt Hall. And we all probably know the religious allegory held in CS Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. There's also a lot of Christian symbolism in Cassandra Clare's Shadowhunter Chronicles (other belief systems are mentioned, but the origin stories are very Biblical).

#religion #book recs #looking for some recommendations

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beardedmrbean · 1 year

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Kenyan authorities were wrong to ban the gay community from registering a rights organisation, the country's Supreme Court has ruled.

Yet at the same time it stressed that gay sex remains illegal.

The judges ruled three-to-two that the country's NGO board was wrong to stop the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) from registering in 2013.

As Kenya's highest court, the Supreme Court's ruling cannot be overturned.

In their judgment, the judges ruled that "it would be unconstitutional to limit the right to associate, through denial of registration of an association, purely on the basis of the sexual orientation of the applicants".

Nevertheless, the ruling is bitter-sweet for Kenya's gay community. Laws which were introduced under British colonial rule mean that it is criminal to have sex that "is against the order of nature", which can result in up to 14 years in prison.

In May 2019, Kenya's high court rejected an attempt to overturn these laws.

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Friday's judgement ends a 10-year legal battle which began in 2013 when Eric Gitari, the former executive director of the NGLHRC, challenged the head of Kenya NGO Coordination Board's refusal to permit him to apply to register an NGO under a name containing the words gay or lesbian.

The judges ruled in his favour at the High Court in 2015, again at the Court of Appeal in 2019 and finally in 2023.

Speaking after the ruling, Njeri Gateru, the current executive director of the NGLHRC, said: "The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the lower courts' rulings is a triumph for justice and human rights.

"At a time where the Kenyan LGBTIQ+ community is decrying the increased targeting and violence; this decision affirms the spirit and intention of the Constitution to protect all Kenyans and guarantee their rights."

The ruling comes at a time when homophobic rhetoric has been rising in Kenya.

Members of the LGBTQI+ community have been harassed by police, subjected to body examinations to "prove" gay sex, and openly insulted on social media and in public spaces. Some say they have even been denied healthcare and thrown out of rental houses for being gay.

On the day of the judgement, Member of Parliament George Peter Kaluma filed an official notice that he intended to introduce a bill which would jail for life people convicted of homosexuality or the promotion of it.

While Friday's Supreme Court ruling arguably torpedoes any attempts to legally harass openly gay people with new laws, Mr Kaluma can still rally MPs to increase jail terms for gay sex.

It is also illegal to have gay sex in neighbouring Uganda, where Muslim leaders used Friday prayers to preach against homosexuality.

The head of the country's Muslims, Mufti Sheikh Ramathan Mubajje, called on the authorities to enact even tougher laws against same-sex relations.

He was speaking at the Old Kampala mosque in the capital, Kampala, where hundreds had gathered for Friday prayers.

Earlier in the week, the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council circulated a letter to all clerics under its association gazetting Friday as the day to carry out peaceful protests against homosexuality in Uganda.

The clerics were asked to prepare sermons condemning same-sex relations and extend the same message to the media and schools.

In the event, the protests were only held in the eastern city of Jinja.

Gay rights activist Frank Mugisha described the protests as dangerous, saying they could increase cases of violence against those who identify as LGBT.

There has been a recent surge in homophobic sentiment in the country.

Last week, President Yoweri Museveni said Uganda would not embrace homosexuality and that the West should stop trying to impose its views and "normalise" what he called "deviations".

#nunyas news #well it's a start at least

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lgbtqiamuslimpedia · 9 months

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Imaan (Organization)

Type : Non-profit

Founder : Adnan Ali,Faizan Fiaz/ Farzana,Azeem Ahmad,etc.

Services : Provides counseling, peer-support, safe space for praying, build interfaith relations,etc.

Country : UK

Year of foundation : 1998

Website : www.imaan.org.uk/

Imaan is UK's leading LGBTQI+ Muslim organization.As the leading organisation working for the rights and support of LGBTQI+ Muslims & QTPOC, Imaan have worked alongside local LGBTQI+ and interfaith organisations.Imaan promotes Islamic values of peace,social justice and tolerance in its work to build a world that is free from prejudice and discrimination against Muslims and LGBTQI+ people.Imaan holds monthly meetings, conferences; provides a free, dedicated counseling service; represents members at asylum tribunal cases and speaks at external conferences. Imaan is one of the largest LGBTQI+ muslim network in Europe.

History

The group was started as a branch of Al-Fatiha Foundation in London in 1998, after its American members visited London. Later the group evolved into Imaan in 1999. Farzana/Faizan Fiaz,Adnan Ali,Azeem Ahmad,Ubaid co-founded the organization. The word ''Imaan'' means faith in Arabic. Imaan served as a peer-support network, and was a meeting place for people to pray together,celebrate Islamic holidays. Imaan hosted several conferences that deal with such topics as culture,Islamaphobia, non-Muslim partners,HIV and Islam, relatives of gay Muslims, & transsexual Muslims.

Imaan Fest

On 11th April 2020, Imaan's members decided to organize UK's first LGBTQI+ Muslim Pride festival.But it was postponed for Corona & took place in December.

#imaan LGBTQ #queer muslim #lgbtqi muslims #lgbtqia+ muslims #gay muslim #bi muslim #queer islam #intersectionality

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nakibistan · 10 months

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People often say that LGBTQIA+ people doesn't exists in Muslim/Islamic World. Nowdays many muslims argued that LGBTQI+ rights are contrary to their traditional beliefs, homosexuality shouldn't be decriminalized in their native countries,because it goes against their moral values,cultural norms & social mores,[...].

But previous Islamic history & muslim traditions had wide range of acceptance of sexual & gender diversity.In those days Muslim communities weren't so bigotted, heterosexist,homophobic/transphobic, heteropatriarchal.Colonialism,communism,dictatorship,islamist regime justified the prejudices against queer folks in Muslim world, not Islam itself.

In 1854, Ottoman empire legalised consensual homosexuality in parts of Middle East,North Africa,Eastern Europe & West Asia.Notably Mughal,Mamluk,Khilji,Sayyid, Pathan,Lodi,Abbasid,Safavid,Qajar,Ottoman empire gave privileges to gender variants and eunuchs.Even it is also said that Aghawas (a designation for trans feminine, effeminate,agender/eunuch & intersex) were served as guardian of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)'s mosque & tomb.There had been numerous homoerotic paintings & same sex romantic poetries in medieval islamic era.In pre-modern muslim societies ghazals (sufi spiritual song) has direct references with queerness.In some sufi traditions cross-dressing, gender fluidity was considered as sacred.

Since 18th & 19th century almost all muslim countries were colonized or being influenced by European Orthodox Christians.Europeans pushed their moral codes,heteropatriarchal system & gender roles upon muslim communities.But western colonialism was unable to erase queerness & love from asia.In Pakistan,Bangladesh,India & some parts of Afghanistan, Hijras (designation term for trans feminine,trans woman,gender diverse,intersex) are still exists.Hijras has recognition of third gender in Pakistan,India & Bangladesh.They have some civil rights in those countries mentioned.But Transgender people's livelihood in Afghanistan is very worst.Some Afghan trans people's lifestyles are very similar to Hijra/Khawaja Sara subculture. In central-asian muslim cultures gender vice-versa or variance are not uncommon.Bacha bazi or Bacha-bozi is practice where adult men get sexual services from young crossdressers and effeminates.

Waria, another transgender muslim community can be found in Indonesia.Waria transgenders has very limited rights comparing to Hijras.In South Sulawesi, Indonesia Bugis (a muslim tribe) recognized 5 genders: Oroané(masculine men), makkunrai (feminine women), Calalai (trans-masculine or masculine women), Calabai (trans-feminine or feminine male), Bissu (androgynous or non-binary).The classification of the calabai,calalai, & bissu as third genders is disputed.These roles can also be seen as fundamental occupational and spiritual callings, which are not as directly involved in designations such as male and female.In pre-Islamic culture, Bissu were seen as intermediaries between the people and the gods.The Bissu are closely associated with the female yet androgynous moon goddess, as her spiritual offspring.Up until the 1940s, the Bissu were still central to keeping ancient palace rites alive, including coronations of kings & queens. Historically, Bissu have played an important role in other ceremonies as well,particularly in weddings and childbirth events.However today Bissu & Waria faces marginalization in their homeland due to rise of Political Islamism & Islamic Extremism .

Here is a list of Muslim/Islamic nations where homosexuality is not a criminal offense (technically):

Albania - Legal since Ottoman period.

Bosnia & Herzegovina - Legal since Ottoman period.

Kosovo - Legal since Ottoman period.

Azerbaijan - Legal since 1918 or 2000 (not sure).But state often arrests LGBTQ community members.

Northern Cyprus - Legal since Ottoman period,legal in modern northern cyprus since 2015.

Turkey - Legal since Ottoman period, legal in modern turkey since 1923.

Jordan - Legal since Ottoman period,legal in hashemite kingdom of jordan since 1951.

Bahrain - Legal since Ottoman period.

West Bank (Palestine) - Female homosexuality always been legal,male homosexuality is legal since 1951.

Gaza (Palestine) -Female homosexuality always been legal.

Lebanon - Legal since Ottoman period, legal in modern lebanon since 2018 (however the legal status of homosexuality is vogue)

Kazakhstan - Legal since 1997 (de facto),nationwide legal since 1998 (de jure).

Kyrgyzstan - Legal since 1998.

Egypt - Legal since Ottoman period.Although private consensual homosexuality is not criminalized by domestic laws.Commercial & adult consensual homosexuality is de-facto illegal since 1961.

Kuwait -Female homosexuality always been legal.

UAE - There's no explicit federal law against homosexuality.But commercial & non-commercial homosexuality is de-facto illegal.

Burkina Faso - always legal

Djibouti - always legal

Mali - legal since 1961

Mayotte - always legal

Niger - always legal

Guinea Bissau - legal since 1993.

Sierra Leone -Female homosexuality always been legal.

Uzbekistan - Female homosexuality always been legal in federal law.

Turkmenistan - Female homosexuality always been legal in federal law.

Tajikistan - legal since 1998.

Indonesia - Homosexuality never been a criminal offense until 2022.LGBTQI+ people often faced persecution by state & harassment.In 2022, Indonesian parliament passed a bill that outlaws all types of sexual relationships outside the traditional marriage.

Here is a list of Muslim/Islamic nations,where transgender & gender diverse people has rights:

Iran - Transgender individuals were officially recognized by the government, under condition of undergoing sex reassignment surgery, with some financial assistance being provided by the govt. for the costs of surgery, and with a change of sex marker on birth certificates available post-surgery since early 1980s. However, substantial legal and societal barriers still exist in Iran. Trans individuals who do not undergo surgery have no legal recognition and those that do are first submitted to a long and invasive process (including virginity tests, parental approval, psychological counseling that reinforces feelings of shame & inspection by the Family Court).

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Trans people may change their legal gender in Bosnia & Herzegovina after a sex reassignment surgery & other medical treatments.

Pakistan - Pakistan recognized Hijras as third gender in 2009. In 2018 Pakistan's parliament passed “The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act” which provides fundamental rights in health, education, government and security.

Lebanon - In late 1990s Lebanon allow sex reassignment surgery.In 2016 Lebanon court legally recognized a trans man as man.

Turkey - Transgender individuals were allowed to change their gender since 1988.However later Turkey adopted harsh policies for transgenders,required many pre–requisutes in order to be able to receive gender-affirming surgery. Transgender persons had to ask & be granted permission for the surgery,be at least 18 years of age,unmarried, & sterilized in order to receive gender-affirming surgery.

Jordan - Since 2014 jordan allow trans people to change their gender after a sex change operation.

Bahrain -Since 2008 Bahrain allow trans people to change their gender after a sex change operation.

Bangladesh - since 2013 Bangladesh recognized hijras & eunuchs as third gender.In 1975 Dr. Hosne Ara Begum became the first transsexual woman to be recognised as woman in Bangladesh.

Indonesia - Indonesia allows sex change operation for Warias & give limited rights for transgenders.

Kazakhstan - Since 2003, trans people allowed to change legal gender following sex change surgery,medical examinations, & sterilisation.

Kyrgyzstan -Transgender people allowed to change legal gender following sex reassigment surgery, medical treatments,sterilisation since 2014.

Tajikistan -Under Tajik law, trans people may change their legal gender on their passport if they provide a medical statement that they have undergone sex reassignment surgery. There has been 2 sex-change operations performed – the first one in 2001 and the second one in 2014.

UAE- allows intersex persons to undergoes a sex change surgery & change their gender.

Egypt - In 1988, a sunni Islamic Fatwa by Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy grants legal permission to perform gender affirming surgery.In Egypt, those who want to undergo the surgery must seek an approval from a gender reassignment review committee at the Medical Syndicate of Al-Azhar. But the committee has not convened since 2013, when Al-Azhar withdrew its member from the ccommission.

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Gay Friendly Places to Visit in Latin America

Travelling as a LGBTQ+ person? Here are some places to visit and tips for travelers who identify as LGBTQ+: Latin America's queer community During the 1970s, gay rights groups popped up in Mexico, bringing their fight for equality to a new level. In Mexico, the Homosexual Liberation Front (HLA) was one of the first organizations to form, and in 1974 the country's first openly gay woman, Nancy Cardenas, publicly declared her sexuality. During this period, the LGBTQI+ community gained political ground, especially in Brazil, where it founded Ilgalac, which stands for the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans Association of Latin America. In Latin America, the LGBTQI+ community grew stronger, especially after the 1980s, when the AIDS epidemic shook the continent. In spite of the long history of religious persecution in Latin America, the continent is making significant strides in advancing LGBT rights. Despite the fact that Latin America is known for its traditional Catholicism, several countries have made important progress in LGBT equality, including Argentina, Mexico City, and Chile. In 2010, Argentina became the first Latin American country to recognize same-sex marriage, making it the tenth country in the world to do so. Today, lesbian couples enjoy equal rights to in vitro fertilization, and even prisons are allowing conjugal visits for gay prisoners. Openly gay-friendly cities If you're looking for an affordable city full of LGBTQ culture, consider Montreal, which is half the cost of NYC. It has all of the amenities you'd expect from a major LGBTQ city, and rents are 72% lower. Mexico City is fast becoming one of the most tolerant cities in the Western Hemisphere. The Zona Rosa gay district is home to gay bars and restaurants, and the city recently made same-sex marriage legal. One city in Texas, Houston, is openly gay-friendly, with an openly gay mayor and city council. LGBTQFRIENDLY In fact, Houston had its own Stonewall-level event, "Town Meeting 1," which now has more than a hundred affiliates across Texas. Until last year, the city had an openly gay mayor. It also has an openly gay city council member and a gay district attorney. This is a big step toward equality for younger kids. Countries with tolerant attitudes towards LGBTQ people While the United States and Western Europe are the most tolerant nations in the world, Latin and African nations are less accepting. The least accepting nations are Muslim-majority countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen, as well as poorer nations like Nigeria and the Philippines. However, even in these countries, homosexuality is still strongly disapproved, as the majority of residents cite religious beliefs as the main factor for disapproval. Peru's governmental leaders have recently stepped up efforts to protect their LGBT citizens. While the government implemented quarantine orders based on sex, the president emphasized that the measures were not a pretext for homophobic attitudes. In response, LGBTI organizations raised concerns about the risks of such measures and the government ended the orders after eight days. Still, this study suggests that the most tolerant countries are those that embrace LGBTI individuals. Places to visit for the LGBTQ+ traveler If you are looking for places to visit for the LGBTQ+ traveler that celebrates freedom of speech, there are some places you should avoid. Public displays of affection by different-sex couples are considered taboo in many countries, so it's best to check the laws of your country before you leave. Cultural norms such as dress and hairstyles may also be taboo, and bullying can lead to problems. But, many destinations are trying to change their policies to be more gay-friendly. In addition to being one of the most accessible places for LGBTQ travelers, Puerto Rico has a strong LGBTQ scene. The island is known for its top-notch nightlife, which centered around the Condado oceanfront district. Drag shows are regularly held at places like Circo, which draws crowds. The island is also one of the most welcoming places for destination weddings and same-sex marriage.

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Week 10: Digital Citizenship and Conflict: Social Media Governance

The concepts of policy, regulation, and the state have traditionally been linked to mass media like broadcasting. Governance, however, encompasses a wider range than just policy or regulation. Des Freedman defines governance as "the entirety of institutions and tools that influence and structure a policy system—both formal and informal, at national and supranational levels, and involving both public and private entities, on both large and small scales" (Freedman 2013). These social media platforms, such as Google, Facebook, etc. are managed by companies that have national headquarters and legal responsibilities to comply with the regulations of different governments in various countries (Flew 2015). National regulatory agencies are no longer able to effectively monitor and control content on online platforms as they did in the past. This is due to the large scale and rapid pace of interactions on these sites. As a result, governments now rely heavily on companies to self-regulate and ensure that their platforms adhere to social norms and user expectations. Organizations have the opportunity to directly engage with key stakeholders through new technologies, but they also face the challenge of effectively managing the flow of information.(Linke & Zerfass 2013). These technologies are transforming the conventional methods of information management

Online hostility encompasses behaviors and practices intended to offend, humiliate, and degrade individuals. Examples of online hostility include trolling, doxxing (posting someone’s personal details online without aggregation), and cyberbullying. Online hostility can take the form of aggressive or threatening comments in emails, direct messages, and online publications and social media platforms. In Australia, 65% of females aged 15-25 have encountered various forms of online violence, which is higher than the global average of 58%. Additionally, half of those who have been harassed online have experienced mental and emotional distress as a consequence (Jay Thompson 2023). The eSafety Commissioner's report highlights that women and girls who belong to other marginalized groups, such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, Muslims, and LGBTQI communities, are at a significantly higher risk of experiencing online hostility (eSafety Commissioner n.d.). A new generation of LGBTQ+ youth is coming of age in a society that is becoming increasingly tolerant, yet still deeply divided about sexual orientation. There is growing openness, media attention, and a presence of older openly gay and lesbian role models (Fish & Harvey n.d.).On the other hand, there has been a rise in resistance through religious fundamentalism, violence, and legal action aimed at "protecting" traditional marriages and families. 80% of gay and lesbian youth experience substantial social isolation (dosomething n.d.). Then this number is a stark reminder of the current state of affairs in the world.

References:

dosomething n.d., “11 Facts LGBT Life In America,” DoSomething.org, <https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-lgbt-life-america#fnref2>.

eSafety Commissioner n.d., “Technology-facilitated abuse among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women,” eSafety Commissioner, <https://www.esafety.gov.au/research/technology-facilitated-abuse-among-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-women>.

Freedman, D 2013, The Politics of Media Policy, John Wiley & Sons.

Jay Thompson 2023, 'New journalism research will help mitigate the harms of online hostility' Links to an external site, Media Release, ANU.

Linke, A & Zerfass, A 2013, “Social media governance: regulatory frameworks for successful online communications,” Journal of Communication Management, vol. 17, no. 3, Emerald, pp. 270–286, accessed <http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcom-09-2011-0050>.

Flew, T 2015, “Social Media Governance,” Social Media + Society, vol. 1, no. 1, SAGE Publications, p. 205630511557813, accessed <http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2056305115578136>.

Fish, LS & Harvey, RG n.d., Gay and Lesbian Youth, <https://www.aamft.org/Consumer_Updates/Gay_and_Lesbian_Youth.aspx>.

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