Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues - The Struggle of Sexual Minorities Es

The Struggle of Sexual Minorities Explaining how to challenge the discriminatory attitudes that remain rampant(ip) throughout the world, Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a late article, quotes the incisive words of Archbishop Desmond Tutu We are all of equal worth, natural equal in dignity and born free and for this reason deserve regard as. . . . We belong in a world whose very structure, whose essence, is diversity virtually bewildering in extent, and it is to live in a fools paradise to ignore this canonic fact. The archbishops words lay bare an essential, wonderful truth about humanity, ignorance of which continues to arrive at suffering for people everywhere. One group of people for whom the question of respect for diversity and individual freedoms comes into stark relief are those belonging to supposed sexual minorities. The struggle for acceptance by sexual minorities is almost universally undertaken in the face of strong and often even violent preconception and misunderstanding. This year, from March 8--11, SGI-USA held its first Gay, Lesbian, ...