Despite recent victories, plights of many LGBT people remain ignored
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Despite recent victories, plights of many LGBT people remain ignored
Doug Meyer, University of Virginia
To be sure, monumental gains have been made for LGBT rights over the past decade: national marriage rights, widespread media representations and the end of “don’t ask, don’t tell” in the military.
Yet often glossed over in the coverage of political victories and pop culture accounts, like the recent film Stonewall, are those among the LGBT community who have yet to reap the rewards, who remain marginalized, exploited and victimized.
For example, just last week, the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs reported that homicides of transgender or gender-nonconforming people are happening at a startling rate. This year, the number has already reached 22 (compared to 12 in 2014 and 13 in 2013).
It’s a topic I explore in my recent book Violence against Queer People: Race, Class, Gender, and the Persistence of Anti-LGBT Discrimination, which, while acknowledging certain ...
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