This presentation is about current LGBTQ+ news including issues and good things. It is meant to inform you about current topics in the community and to tell you how the world is towards these people

1. Current LGBTQ+ News
By: Anesia Shaffer

2. Transgender issues.
● Finding a place to go to the bathroom is hard.
● Some states have passed laws making it where people have to use the
bathroom of their assigned sex.
● Being called by their birth name for a job interview causing them to possibly
not get the job that they needed/wanted.
● 29% live in poverty, 30% have been homeless in their lives, 15%
unemployment rate, 46% verbally harassed, 47% sexually assaulted, 30%
mistreated in the workplace, 8% kicked out of their house, and 39% have
severe psychological stress.
● Transgender people are no longer allowed in the military.

3. Germany’s First Same-Sex Marriage
● 23rd country to legalize Gay marriage and 14th European country.
● Schöneberg had the first gay and trans bars. It has survived both world wars
and other attempts to destroy it, including homosexuals murdered by the
Nazis.
● In 2001 same-sex couples were allowed to register civil partnerships. Some
German campaigners are highly embarrassed that Ireland, which has strong
catholic roots beat them in 2015 to legalizing Same-Sex marriage.
● One issue that still exists in Germany is a woman not having motherhood
recognised over a lesbian partner's child recognized immediately.
● Another issue is their system has yet to be updated to allow for two entries of

4. Vendor won’t make t-shirts
● Leader of Charlottesville Pride ordered shirts from “Legacy Athletics”
customized saying “Y’all means all” with the word all in rainbow colored
lettering.
● Legacy Athletics said that they do allow for customized designs on shirts but
nothing that could be politically, controversial, or offensive. Upon them saying
this they also claim that this doesn’t mean that they don’t support the cause
for these shirts but they can’t complete the order due to it being political as
Gay Pride events are political activism.

5. Egypt Gay Right Issues.
● Homosexuality is not completely stated as criminalized in Egypt, however
police have arrested people suspected of consensual homosexual behavior.
● People raised LGBT flags at a concert in Egypt who the lead singer of the
band is openly gay.
● Six men were charged with the flag raising and went on trial along with 10
others.
● One woman who was suspected with this is being charged for "promoting
sexual deviancy" and "habitual debauchery".
● One 19 year old man was charged with debauchery and sentenced for 6
years in prison.

6. Egypt Gay Right Issues count.
● Mona Eltahawy tweeted that this is the worst “crackdown” on people because
of their sexual orientation since 2001.
● A lot of people find this particularly stupid that people are getting arrested for
simply raising a piece of cloth symbolizing love.
● People state that the police must stop this uncaring “crackdown” and release
all who have been arrested without conditions.
● Most of these people stayed silent in fear of making the current situation at
hand worse than it currently is.

7. Europe Issues.
● 50+ gay and transgender individuals were detained and abused in Baku.
● The raids were prompted by residents urging the police to crackdown on the
illegal sex trafficking happening.
● Most of the individuals detained for this were not part of the sex trafficking
and were simply detained for how they identify.
● They were treated inhumanly while detained.
● Dozens of gay men were locked up. Of these men some were tortured and
even killed.
● Those arrested were sentenced to 30 days for not obeying police orders.

8. Over View.
● Compared to the past a lot of places have improved in their rights for those in
the LGBTQ+ community.
● There is still hate and laws to discriminate against members being passed
around in the United States for one.
● Germany has finally legalized same-sex marriage
● Egypt has high rates of arresting members and supporters of the community.
● Europe much like Egypt still makes arrests based souly on ones sexuailty and
gender idenity.
● Europe and Egypt both have a muslim culture.

9. Over View Count.
● We are still fighting for more and better rights.
● Some states in the United States will not allow a transgender person to use
the bathroom of which they identify.
● Transgender is not allowed in the Military.
● Other countries are arresting people in the LGBTQ+ community.
● Overall we are slowly moving forward to gain more rights, but society and the
government is pushing us backwards through time. The world is starting to
feel like the past repeating itself in similar ways. We all need to fight this and
allow everyone to have equal rights.