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Sena
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May 17th - International Day against Homophobia & Transphobia
May 16, 2012
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May 17th is the International Day Against
Homophobia & Transphobia (IDAHO). Homophobia and Transphobia affect youth around the world,
and according to civil rights leader Coretta Scott King, "Seeks to dehumanize a large group of
people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood." What does it feel like to
experience homophobia and/or transphobia? Check out this video by LGBT Youthline, and add to the
discussion here.
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Brandon Quinn
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Re: May 17th - International Day against Homophobia & Transphobia
May 17, 2012
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What struck me most about the Youthline video was the portion illustrating having to choose pieces
of yourself in order to feel safe. Homophobia has perhaps the unique effect of not allowing people
to feel safe inhabiting their whole and true selves. It must be crippling to feel the constraint of
being less than yourself, as a consequence of the pervasive presence of even the slightest
homophobic sentiments, and something many of us could not begin to imagine...
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Re: May 17th - International Day against Homophobia & Transphobia
May 21, 2012
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I feel people who are the victim of homophobia and transphobia should come ahead to make a social
group where they will be able to share their fear, feelings, emotion. Then they would not feel
insecure and unsafe. Mostly they will not be alone so far. I hope people will not be judgmental to
accept them with any orientation.
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Jane Pervoi
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Re: May 17th - International Day against Homophobia & Transphobia
Jul 11, 2012
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The presence of homophobia & transphobia is heartbreaking. A person should never feel like less of a
person than another because of who they are. The gay rights movement is slowly seeing progress but I
hope to see the disappearance of homophobia & transphobia very soon.
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Simone Bradley
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Re: May 17th - International Day against Homophobia & Transphobia
Aug 22, 2012
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Saying someone's marriage is against your religion is like being mad at someone for eating a cupcake
because you're on a diet. I don't see how they can instantly disown human beings because the people
they love are of the same gender. That is the only difference. They are still human - you can not
help whom you love. If you don't like gay marriage, don't get gay married.
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