The truth about modern LGBTQ discrimination
The unfortunate reality is that the LGBTQ community has long faced significant discrimination. This was perhaps best exemplified by the fact that gay marriage was not even legal in all 50 states up until 2015. But that has changed now, and gay couples can get married in any state that they would like. Does this […]
Additional factors impacting LGBTQ discrimination
In many areas, such as in the workplace, discrimination against the LGBTQ community is illegal. All people are supposed to have the same options and get the same treatment, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. In practice, however, this does not happen all the time. Many people within this community still face a […]
LGTBQ discrimination breaks federal and Illinois laws
As a member of the LGTBQ community, you contribute to Chicago. You know you are welcome in your community. Yet, you may face both subtle and blatant forms of prejudice in your workplace. After you came out, you may have known that you would experience discrimination. This knowledge may not make the pain of exclusion […]
Name changes, job hunts and transphobia in the workplace
It wasn’t until the Supreme Court stepped in and ruled that the Title VII prohibitions against sexual discrimination apply to transgender employees that trans people gained any measure of security in their workplace. That doesn’t always help trans workers get past the front door, however. One of the first obstacles trans employees face is on […]
CPD set to liaison with LGBTQ community
The relationship between the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and the LGBTQ community has a troubling past, including allegations of sexual misconduct by an officer toward a transgender woman. However, the city was also the setting for numerous polarizing moments in the history of LGBTQ rights. For example, Chicago’s Henry Gerber formed the Society for Human […]
Help is available for LGBT victims of hate crimes in Illinois
Hate crimes are illegal in America, so why do they keep happening? Far too many members of the LGBT community in Chicago, Illinois, ask themselves this question every day. They face discrimination, harassment and violence at a rate that other American citizens rarely experience. There is help available, however, for the victims of hate crimes. […]
Could legal equality be on the way for the LGBTQ community?
Society has largely gained a better understanding of LGBTQ issues — including the fact that membership in that class is not a “lifestyle” or a “choice.” Gender-identity is not purely binary nor fixed by outward sexual characteristics and — just like sexual orientation — is something inborn. Unfortunately, there’s been a proliferation of anti-gay and […]
LGBTQ discrimination impacts a quarter of the population group
In many ways, such as the widespread legalization of same-sex marriage, it is clear that the United States is growing more accommodating to the LGBTQ community. However, it’s also obvious that not everyone in the country is on board with these changes, and LGBTQ discrimination is still common. In fact, some reports have claimed that […]
Can you spot signs of gaslighting in your marriage?
The psychological term “gaslighting” has become commonplace. Once only used by therapists and lawyers with niche practices, gaslighting has become part of the mainstream vocabulary. The term is a reference to a classic film where a husband makes his wife believe she’s slowly going crazy. He does this by messing with the gas-fueled lights in […]
Is there a domestic violence crisis in the LGBT community?
If you were to talk to the average person about domestic violence, they will probably picture a heterosexual couple where the man physically abuses the woman or the wife is verbally and emotionally abusive of her husband. Very few people think about the possibility of violence in same-sex relationships immediately when they think of domestic […]