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PLEASE NOTE: This section is still under construction
Welcome to the Queer Action Center. This page is devoted to informing visitors on the issues affecting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and how to take action.
THE ISSUES
Hate Crimes
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Same-Sex Marriage
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Safe Schools
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Immigration Equality
There are many challenges facing lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people immigrating to the United States. Aside from the non-acknowledgement of bi-national LGBT couples, there are difficulties for immigrants with HIV/AIDS, those seeking political asylum because of their sexual orientation or those wanting to establish permanent residency in the U.S., but come from a country where lesbian and gay identity or same-sex sexual activity is considered a criminal offenseorg.
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AIDS/HIV
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Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is a great concern in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. According to the Mautner Project, an organization dedicated to advocacy and education around lesbian healthcare issues, particuarly those with cancer:
- Lesbians are less likely to seek health care because of the discomfort of coming out to health care providers.
- Lesbians are less likely to visit a doctor for routine gynecological services such as birth control and pre-natal care. Therefore, lesbians are less likely to have cancers detected at earlier, more tangible, stages.
- Lesbians are at higher risk of breast, cervical and ovarian cancers because they are less likely to have children by age 30, if at all.
- Lesbians are affected more directly by women's lower earning power and do not have the benefit of a spouse's health insurance coverage.
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ACTION PAGES
The following are quick links to the action pages for various organizations to get you on your way to your own personal activism:
Activism on Capitol Hill, take action with the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian and gay political organization. If you want more information about HRC, check out their Web page at www.hrc.org
TAKE ACTION with the Human Rights Campaign
Fighting homophobia and anti-gay activity in the courts is Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund. From same-sex marriage to workplace discrimination, this organization tackles the issues pertinent to the community. If you want more information about Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, check out their Web page at www.lambdalegal.org
TAKE ACTION with Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
Laying the groundwork for the political and legislative movement is the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and its brand of social activism. The organization bases its work in fighting defamation in the media, where mainstream society form their opinions of the community. The coming out of television character Ellen to the anti-gay tirades of radio talkshow host Laura Schlessinger, GLAAD has worked on it all. If you want more information about GLAAD, check out their Web page at www.glaad.org
TAKE ACTION with the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Remember being teased at school? Do you wish you had support when you started to question your sexual orientation? The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) has been working to make schools a safer environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth throughout the country. If you want more information about GLSEN, check out their Web page at www.glsen.org
TAKE ACTION with the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
TAKE ACTION with People for the American Way
TAKE ACTION with the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
TAKE ACTION with the Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force
TAKE ACTION with the Gay Men's Health Crisis
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