LGBTQ+ rights
Sexual minority protections
LGBTQ+ rights refers to the legal protections, civil liberties, and social recognition sought by or granted to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minorities.
These rights encompass issues like marriage equality, anti-discrimination laws, adoption rights, gender-affirming healthcare access, and protection from hate crimes.
The term appears frequently in political discourse, activism, and policy debates: The court ruling was seen as a major victory for LGBTQ+ rights.
- StonewallRefuse to answer questions
- gender equalityEqual treatment regardless sex
- pride paradesLGBTQ+ community celebrations
- anti-discrimination lawsLegislation forbidding unequal treatment
- hate crime lawsLegislation penalizing prejudice-motivated offenses
feminism · allyship · grassroots organizing · safe spaces · legal challenges · coming out · born this way · hormone therapy · civil unions · intersectionality · decriminalization · Harvey Milk · marriage equality · queer identity · chosen family · activism · lobbying efforts · gender identity
- LGBTQ+ rightsmarriage equality, same-sex marriage, civil unions, gay pride, civil partnerships
- Workplace Discriminationage discrimination, disability discrimination, equal pay, gender bias, pregnancy discrimination
- StonewallStonewall Inn, riots, uprising, police raid, Greenwich Village
LGBTQ+ rightssodomy laws
Statutes criminalizing particular sexual behaviors
conversion therapy · bathroom bills · discriminatory laws · employment discrimination · housing discrimination
LGBTQ+ rightshomophobia
Prejudice against same-sex attraction
transphobia · heterosexism · heteronormativity · gay bashing · religious conservatism