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Queer is the new black? Not so much: racial disparities in anti-LGBTQ discrimination
- Authors:
- WHITFIELD Darren L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 26(4), 2014, pp.426-440.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Using sample data from an anonymous 2010 LGBT Needs Assessment from a USA advocacy organisation for LGBT individuals and their families, this study examines the intersection of race and sexual orientation in the experience of discrimination among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people. The final analytical sample 3,854. The results suggest that while a majority of LGBTQ individuals report being victims of anti-LGBTQ discrimination, racial minorities experience even greater levels of anti-LGBTQ discrimination than do White LGBTQ people. The findings suggest that the intersection of race and sexual orientation creates elevated levels of discrimination risk beyond the already elevated rates of discrimination experienced by members of the LGBTQ community for LGBTQ racial minorities. (Edited publisher abstract)
No going back: lesbian and gay people and the asylum system
- Author:
- MILES Nathanael
- Publisher:
- Stonewall
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Consensual acts between same-sex adults are criminalised in 80 member states of the United Nations and homosexuality results in the death penalty in 6 of these countries. Lesbian, gay and bisexual people face execution, torture, rape and murder from people in their own community or from their government. In November 2009, Stonewall interviewed lesbian, gay and bisexual asylum-seekers, legal professionals, asylum support workers and UK Border Agency (UKBA) staff in order to find out how lesbian, gay and bisexual people seek asylum in the UK and how UKBA staff respond to their applications. The interviews covered all aspects of the asylum process and considered how lesbian, gay and bisexual people move through the asylum system and how decisions are made and communicated. The results of those interviews are presented in this report. The results demonstrate how many lesbian, gay and bisexual people are not granted permission to asylum in the UK because of fundamental errors of judgement and presumptions made by UKBA staff and judges about sexual orientation. Consequently, lesbian and gay people seeking asylum experience significant and specific disadvantages as a direct consequence of their sexual orientation.
Keeping gay issues in Mind
- Author:
- PITT Vern
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.2.10, 2010, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on Mind Out, a service in Brighton that, for 10 years, has bridged the gap between the gay community and professionals. Beginning as an advocacy services, it now encompasses peer support groups which help to tackle social isolation and awareness raising campaigns.
Being the gay one: experiences of lesbian, gay and bisexual people working the in the health and social care sector
- Authors:
- HUNT Ruth, COWAN Katherine, CHAMBERLAIN Brent
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report found that discrimination against LGB nurses is widespread across the UK, regardless of seniority or practice area. Many resort to concealing their sexuality or leaving the profession altogether.
Guidance on new measures to outlaw discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the provision of goods, facilities and services: Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The guidance which accompanies the regulations make it clear that businesses simply need to provide services in a non-discriminatory way.Discriminating does not make good business sense and most businesses have already taken steps to make sure that they treat everyone fairly. The new regulations are very similar to existing anti-discrimination measures that provide protection from race and sex discrimination in service provision.
The Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007: equality impact assessment
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) addresses regulations made to prohibit discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the provision of goods, facilities, services, education, management and disposal of premises and the exercise of public functions. It considers the impact of the proposals in terms of race, age, disability, gender including gender reassignment, sexual orientation and religion or belief.
Getting equal: proposals to outlaw sexual orientation discrimination in the provision of goods and services: government response to consultation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This consultation was launched on 4 October 2005 and was completed on 20 January 2006. It invited comments on the Government's proposals to introduce regulations to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation in the provision of goods and services.
Who's right? Human rights, sexual rights and social change in Barbados
- Author:
- MURRAY David A. B.
- Journal article citation:
- Culture, Health and Sexuality, 8(3), May 2006, pp.267-281.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Currently, in a number of public and semi‐public forums in Barbados, the idea of ‘sexual rights’ is being discussed and debated. However, different meanings are attached to ‘rights’. This paper examines how these meanings demonstrate that different interpretations of sexuality, society, and morality are circulating through Barbados today. It also addresses whether or not sexual rights discourses are the best way to advocate for social justice or bring about changes to socio‐sexual attitudes in the Caribbean. It is argued that framing justice and equality through rights talk may have deleterious effects for its advocates, as there is no ‘clear’ or transparent universality as to what rights means. It is suggested that it may be more efficacious for groups who are stigmatized based on sexual orientation to develop vernacular strategies with values and/or logics stressing elements of justice, equality, dignity and respect for personhood, which include but also move beyond sexual orientation as a principal identification.
Sexual orientation discrimination law in Northern Ireland: a short guide
- Author:
- EQUALITY COMMISSION FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
- Publisher:
- Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
Discrimination is not simply unfairness. To be discriminated against means to be treated less favourably than others. Sexual orientation discrimination is discrimination against people because they either have or are perceived to have a particular sexual orientation. It is unlawful to discriminate against people because they are homosexual (gay, lesbian) bisexual or heterosexual (straight). It also covers individuals who are treated less favourably than others based on incorrect assumptions about their sexual orientation and individuals who are treated less favourably because they are associated with people of a particular sexual orientation.
Anti-gay “honor” abuse: a multinational attitudinal study of collectivist- versus individualist-orientated populations in Asia and England
- Authors:
- LOWE Michelle, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(15-16), 2021, pp.7866-7885.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Cultural collectivism, a core feature of honor cultures, is associated with the acceptance of aggression if it is used in the name of so-called “honor.” Currently overlooked in the research literature, this study explored perceptions of antigay “honor” abuse in collectivist-orientated honor cultures, where homosexuality, in particular, is considered to be dishonorable. To conduct exploratory and comparative analysis, this study recruited 922 students in four Asian countries (India, Iran, Malaysia, and Pakistan), as well as Asian British and White British students in England. All participants read a brief vignette depicting a man whose relatives verbally abuse him and threaten him with life-threatening violence, after suspecting that he is gay and has joined an online dating website to meet men. Participants then completed a short questionnaire that assessed the extent to which they thought the man’s actions had damaged his family’s honor and their approval of the antigay “honor” abuse depicted in the scenario. Broadly in line with predictions, data analyses revealed attitudes more supportive of antigay “honor” abuse in all five collectivist-orientated populations than the sample of individualistic-orientated counterparts in England. Notably, however, a series of one-way analyses of variance (ANOVAs) demonstrated that these results varied depending on country of residence, gender, religious denomination, educational status, and age. The findings show that individual and demographic differences influence perceptions toward homophobic “honor” abuse in collectivist cultures. These differences are useful indices of the psychosocial factors that underpin hostile attitudes toward gay males in cultures where homosexuality is denounced. (Edited publisher abstract)