Questions related to the LGBTQ community, individuals who identify as LGBTQ, or individuals of non-traditional genders, sexuality, or sexes.
Questions tagged [lgbt]
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Has the Trump administration revoked these listed LGBT protections?
This image is doing the rounds on Facebook:
It quotes a tweet by Donald Trump from early 2016, followed by claims that the Trump administration has performed these actions:
Thank you to the LGBT community! I will fight for you while Hillary…
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Was a Canadian father jailed for referring to his trans son as his daughter?
A recent PostMilennial article claims:
After the hearing, Hoogland gave an interview to The Federalist saying that people cannot change sex, and that mega-doses of exogenous testosterone would damage his vulnerable, biological female child's…
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Did UK hospital tell the police that a patient was not raped because the alleged attacker was transgender?
The Daily Telegraph wrote in 2022 (archive.is link):
Hospital told police patient was not raped because alleged attacker was transgender
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Lady Nicholson said that the case had arisen as a direct result of the NHS policy – known as Annex B -…
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In 1936, did brothers Mark and David Ferrow transition?
The story of transgender brothers Mark and David Ferrow has become popular on Tumblr and Twitter in recent weeks. It claims
In 1934-1936, trans brothers Mark and David Ferrow of Yarmouth, UK both transitioned at age 13 with full parental…
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Was "L" placed at the beginning of the LGBT acronym because of the AIDS crisis?
Seen in various LGBT documentation spaces online:
This history of the acronym goes back to the last sustained trauma in the LGBT world: the AIDS pandemic of the 1980s and 1990s. ... a more significant and largely unacknowledged support in the care…
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Do homosexuals have a shorter life expectancy than heterosexuals?
I've heard a few people claim this. Have any reputable studies concluded that homosexuals live, on average, significantly shorter than heterosexuals?
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Was "red, gold, and green" used to display gay pride?
Several websites claim that the line "red, gold, and green" in the 1983 song Karma Chameleon by Culture Club refers to the colors of gay pride. For example, Genius:
Before the rainbow was used, red, gold, and green were colors used to display gay…
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Did a Wisconsin school file sexual harassment complaints over pronoun usage?
The New York Post claims
A Wisconsin school district has filed sexual harassment complaints against three middle schoolers for calling a classmate by a wrong pronoun.
They cite fox17.com as source, which returns error-message 403 Forbidden. A…
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Does a Portland Public Schools curriculum teach K-5 students to subvert “white colonizers”' sexuality and explore “the infinite gender spectrum”?
A recent article by [conservative activist] Christopher Rufo in City Journal, also cited at various places around the Internet such as The Daily Caller and Why Evolution is True, claims that:
Portland Public Schools has launched a war against the…
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Did the Pulse nightclub shooter target the LGBTQ community?
On the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting Orlando, several US Senators condemned it as a targeted attack on the LGBTQ community.
5 years ago, we lost 49 people in a deadly, hate-filled shooting at the Pulse nightclub. The LGBTQ+…
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Does an HHS proposal to modify Obamacare policies allow doctors to discriminate against LGBT patients?
This article claims that
The Trump administration is moving to scrap an Obama-era policy that protected LGBTQ patients from discrimination.
However the proposal in question claims it would only be removing unenforceable provisions which were…
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Is this a photo of a child trying out a stripper pole at a North Carolina pride event?
Popular right-wing Twitter account "Libs of Tik-Tok", a twitter account not renowned for its accuracy, published a provocative picture which claimed that "a pride event in Charlotte, NC featured a stripper pole where kids were able to try out pole…
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Is Rapid-onset gender dysphoria real?
Parent reports of adolescents and young adults perceived to show signs of a rapid onset of gender dysphoria. PLOS ONE describes ROGD as
Conclusion
Rapid-onset gender dysphoria (ROGD) describes a phenomenon where the development
of gender dysphoria…
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Did East Germany (or other countries) require a physical exam in order to obtain a marriage license?
In Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the titular character
undergoes M2F gender reassignment surgery in order to pass a mandatory physical exam prior to obtaining a license to wed their partner (a man).
Is there a historical basis for mandatory…
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Are LGBT activists allowed to make gender education in Kindergartens in Germany?
There are various rumors about this, particularly in the previous East Block. The goal of the activists is supposed to educate a more tolerant view for the children already in the early childhood. Opponents argument mostly by the (constitutional)…
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