International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia #idahobit #idahobit2022 – #saynotodiscrimination

Myself and the Reducing Inequality & Inclusion Rights WG @youngo_inclusionrights were doing some research. Came across these three facts which were sourced by Case Western Reserve University. @case_western_reserveuniversity

1) Fact: “Sometimes oppression based on sexual orientation escalates into acts of physical violence.”
In surveys of lesbian, gay and bisexual people, 52-87% have been verbally harassed, 21-27% have been pelted with objects, 13-38% have been chased or followed and 9-24% have been physically assaulted.

2) Fact: Homosexuality is not a type of mental illness and cannot be “cured” by psychotherapy. 
Although homosexuality was once thought to be a mental illness, the American Psychiatric and Psychological Associations no longer consider it to be one. Psychiatric and psychological attempts to “cure” lesbians and gay men have failed to change the sexual orientation of the patient. These “treatments” may help change sexual behavior temporarily but also can create emotional trauma.

3) Fact: There is no definable gay “lifestyle”. 
Similarly, there is no standard heterosexual lifestyle. Some people might like to think that a “normal” adult lifestyle is a heterosexual marriage with two children. Less than 7% of all family units in the U.S. consist of a mother, a father and two children living together. The most accurate generalization might be this: lesbian, gay and bisexual people are different from one another in the same ways that heterosexual people are different from one another.

Link – https://www.instagram.com/p/CdqoVVKoHPp/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Sports, S. (2022). Jake Daniels: Blackpool forward becomes UK’s first active male professional footballer to come out publicly as gay. Available: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11095/12614531/jake-daniels-blackpool-forward-becomes-uks-first-active-male-professional-footballer-to-come-out-publicly-as-gay. Last accessed 17th May 2022.
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