Human Sexuality

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This paper defines the GLBTQ (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning) community by the interests and concerns of a number of different members of this group. The paper contends that, while there are a number of issues of joint concern to members of this community, the community is also divided by the unique experiences of several subsets. These include issues of sexual orientation, civil rights, medical concerns, and gender issues. Many of these issues are also shared with other traditionally oppressed groups, such as African-Americans, but many are largely unique to the GLBTQ community.

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"Deborah Menkart notes the GLBTQ community shares a commonality with other groups, such as the American Civil Rights Movement. She notes these groups share a desire to "be treated as human beings, to be treated fairly, to enjoy fully the rights articulated in the U.S. Constitution and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and to exercise the ensuing responsibilities, such as voting" (p. 4). Certainly, the Civil Rights movement and the Gay Rights movement share several similarities. Both movements desire equal treatment for all individuals. Further, both movements have often faced tremendous resistance from larger American society. Certainly, such resistance remains today against the Gay Rights movement, given the often high levels of homophobia in society in the United States (Menkart)."

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