Important news here from Katie Hultquist at Outright International and I'm going to broaden the aperture a little. More and more we hear how LGBTQ+ people must be suppressed to protect you, the public. A key strategy being used is to dehumanize LGBTQ+ people en masse and present us as a danger to be feared.
When you hear about laws to protect parents, children, employers or even nations from LGBTQ+ people and culture, "un-other" what you are hearing and think about it through the lens of the LGBTQ+ people that you know, including myself. When you hear myths like "those people" are putting litter boxes in schools or "those people" are grooming children for sexual abuse, ask yourself if this sounds like something that any of the LGBTQ+ you know would ever do. Is a suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth is part of a global extremist movement to be put down? Of course not. These things are not credible. These myths do not square with our personal experiences.
See through what is happening in Russia, Africa, Poland, Hungary and elsewhere. See through what is happening in Florida, where introduced legislation would expand "Don't Say Gay," effectively shuttering all LGBTQ+ nonprofits in the state. In certain sectors, it would even bar me from discussing my profession, sharing insights about LGBTQ+ consumer marketing or even mentioning that I use he/him pronouns upon meeting you and shaking your hand at a meeting.
See the humans behind the rhetoric. And in the case of Russia, see the dictator trying to have total domination over dissent. Thanks Outright International for all that you do.
BREAKING: Russia's court ruling to brand international LGBT movements as extremists "is yet again violating the human rights of #LGBTIQ people by restricting freedoms of association and expression."
Read more in our latest press release: https://lnkd.in/g6v_eYnS
Russian Court, in Violation of International Law, Brands LGBT Movement as Extremist | Outright International
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