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LGBTQ issues, and more specifically lesbian issues, gay issues, bisexual issues, transgender issues, or queer issues, are the political, legal, cultural, and broadly social issues affecting LGBTQ people, alongside certain other areas of interest within LGBTQ communities.
In LGBTQ movements, such issues are addressed as policy goals, efforts to secure legal rights, or enact broader social changes aimed at advancing equality and inclusion. [1] [2] In addition, LGBTQ movements and communities work to advance LGBTQ culture. [3] [4]
Some of these issues are subject to recognitions and protections provided by the laws of different countries and territories, where the scope and enforcement of the rights provided vary significantly—these encompass lesbian rights, gay rights, bisexual rights, transgender rights, and rights of members of other sexual and gender minorities. [5] [6] An example of such protections are legal prohibitions against incitement to hatred and violence against LGBTQ people. [7]
In a related sense, the term "LGBTQ issues" also refers to divides over opposition to LGBTQ rights and acceptance of LGBTQ people, including societal attitudes toward homosexuality. [8] [9] [10] Some countries practice censorship of LGBTQ issues. [11]
A substantial dimension of LGBTQ issues exists as discrimination against LGBTQ people, which can manifest in legal, institutional, and social forms. [12] : 1 This includes discrimination directed specifically at lesbians, at homosexuals more broadly, at gay men, at bisexuals, at transgender people, at asexual people, at intersex people, and at non-binary people.
While laws are "a necessary foundation to achieve equality ... protections under the law are not sufficient to eliminate prejudice", and "social equality is not synonymous with equality under the law", according to Ilan Meyer. [13] According to a study by the European Parliament's internal policy body in 2012: "To resolve the vast majority of problems faced by LGBTI people, individuals, society, organisations and authorities must stop regarding their differences as factors which require differential treatment. While this seems self evident, such shifts in attitude cannot be achieved through one-off, short term action, nor through legislation alone. ... in some areas a change of views of some groups may simply not be possible." [14]
Health-related matters form another aspect, with LGBTQ health issues encompassing disparities in access to care, targeted public health interventions, and the impact of stigma on physical and mental well-being. [12] : 2 LGBTQ issues in psychology cover aspects such as identity development including the coming out process, parenting and family practices and support for LGBTQ individuals.
Every country is different, but on the whole, advances in LGBTQ rights have been driven by sustained advocacy campaigns that made use of institutional pathways for reform in democratic or democratizing environments. Many countries that transitioned from authoritarian to democratic rule, such as Brazil and South Africa, adopted constitutions that embraced international human rights standards and protections for marginalized groups, enabling LGBTQ activists to challenge discriminatory laws through litigation or legislative lobbying.
The award program's organizers say it's the only such program in the United Kingdom specifically dedicated to LGBTQ culture.
... GLBT Historical Society Executive Director Terry Beswick hailed the board's vote in support of its creation. 'For many people around the world, San Francisco's Castro neighborhood is known as the center of the queer universe and has played a pivotal role in the advancement of LGBTQ culture and political power....
'The amount of attention that has been given to debates over L.G.B.T. issues in the last year is another sign of how deeply American society remains divided over L.G.B.T. issues,' said George Chauncey, a Yale University professor of 20th-century United States history and lesbian and gay history, ...
