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In a 1998 study that analyzed 50 years of coverage of gay and lesbian issues in Time and Newsweek, Lisa Bennett found that news media reinforce prejudice and discrimination against gays and lesbians. She observes that gays and lesbians are often linked to deviant or criminal behaviour without evidence to support such claims; and that the media often reprint offensive and homophobic comments. Bennett concludes that such practices reinforce assumptions that gays and lesbians are inherently inferior.
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Parishioners who wore rainbow-colored sashes to Mass in support of gays and lesbians were denied communion in Chicago, while laymen in Minnesota tried to prevent gay Roman Catholics from getting the sacrament. The archbishop of St. Louis has said he would refuse to let John Kerry take Communion, the central sacrament of Catholic inclusion (and lesser bishops in Boston, New Orleans, and Portland, Oregon, have chimed in with similar sentiments) because of his support for stem-cell research and because of his opposition to recriminalizing abortion. The bishop of Colorado Springs has gone further, declaring that anyone who votes for a candidate who favors abortion rights or stem-cell research (or euthanasia/assisted suicide, or gay marriage) will be denied Communion in his diocese. The fact that they didn’t include the death penalty or paedophilia in that list of objectionables is something that should be examined and questioned, if their religion is now going to have a blackmailing aspect on politics. The Pope, apparently, is in favor of the death penalty when circumstances or situations may justify it. [Sources: The New Yorker & The Christian Science Monitor]
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Before the dawn of the gay rights movement in the 1970s, gays and lesbians did not figure prominently in mainstream news media. But with the emergence of HIV/AIDS as a public health issue in the 1980s, coverage became more intense, and more negative. During this time, media coverage often portrayed gay men as a serious risk to society.
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[O]n the issue of gays and lesbians in the workplace, the financial-services sector may have embraced change faster than other industries. That is the suggestion of a recent feature from Bloomberg News, which examines the increasing number of openly gay employees at old-line securities firms. None of the examples from the article come from the executive suite, but many are managing directors. Some mentioned in the piece, such as Credit Suisse global equity derivatives and European equities head Simon Yates (pictured above), run entire departments.
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Founded in 1968, Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) is the world's largest and oldest Christian denomination with a primary, affirming ministry to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender persons. Known as "The Human Rights Church" for its commitment to social justice, more than 250 local MCC congregations are located in 28 countries around the globe. For more information on MCC's international ministry, visit www.MCCchurch.org.
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Noting that Holsinger ... belongs to a church that offers a ministry to “cure” gays of the sexual orientation, gay and lesbian rights advocates immediately protested Holsinger’s nomination. “His writings suggest a scientific view rooted in anti-gay beliefs that are incompatible with the job of serving the medical health of all Americans,” said the Human Rights Campaign in a statement. “It is essential that America’s top doctor value sound science over anti-gay ideology.”
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