LGBTQIA Oppression
On this page you will find a sampling of resources related to LGBTQIA Discrimination and Oppression, broken down into the following sections:
Issues in LGBTQIA+ Oppression: Abuse, Assault, Cultural Incompetence, Civil Rights, Crimes Against, Criminalization, Dead Named, Gender Normativity, Gendered Violence, Harassment, Hate Crime, Health Care, Heteronormativity, Homelessness, Homophobia, Intersectional Oppression, Incarceration, Invisibility, Legislation, #MeToo, Mental Health, Minority Stress, Misgendered, News Coverage, Policy, Popular Culture, Representation, Reproductive Justice, Sexual Minority, Surveillance, Transphobia, Trauma, Victimization, Violence
Keywords for Social Justice/Anti-Oppression Searches: Anti-Black, Association Between, Bias, Discrimination, Disparity, Disproportionate, Effect, Gap, High Rate, Impact, Inequity, Inequality, Institutionalized Racism, Oppression, Racial Inequity, Racist, Racism, Unconscious Bias, Violence, White Supremacy
Video Clips
Source: ABC News. (2022, May 9). What is the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill? YouTube. https://youtu.be/U-DGTUj8mLg
Source: ABC News. (2021, May 28). Legislation against transgender students. YouTube. https://youtu.be/9m_T5BEkWNU
Source: Oregonian. (2016, May 14). Transgender health care horror stories. YouTube. https://youtu.be/pvRYamafT0c
Source: AJ+. (2022, July 10). I’m A Pregnant Man In An Anti-LGBTQ+ State. YouTube. https://youtu.be/bBbXpXnT8k8
Source: Them. (2018, March 2). Trans Women Open Up About Their #MeToo Sexual Assault Experiences. YouTube. https://youtu.be/zGnULTNJvks
Source: Vice News. (2021, February 24). Violence Against Black Trans Women Is One of the US' Deadliest Epidemics. YouTube. https://youtu.be/IpYadyI3EiE
Source: Mic. (2017, December 29). Walking While Trans. YouTube. https://youtu.be/lS-3ZqdtPvw
Source: ABC News. (2020, October 20). ‘Black Trans Lives Matter’: Activists call for inclusion in racial justice movement. YouTube. https://youtu.be/gbUmNXA1y7U
Source: NowThis News. (2018, December 30). Why LGBTQ+ Migrants on 'the Caravan' Face Unique Struggles. YouTube.https://youtu.be/dWu0Jys39os
Books
Podcasts
TransLash
Episode: Black, Incarcerated, and Trans
At Liberty
Episode: The Century-Long Fight Over Transgender Youth
TransLash
Episode: Trans Reproductive Justice on the Ballot
Code Switch
Episode: They Don't Say Our Names Enough
At Liberty
Episode: The Dangers of Drag Censorship with Peppermint
TransLash
Episode:The Anti-Trans Hate Machine Rolls On
Laverne Cox
Episode: Ending Violence Toward Trans People w/ Dr. Karen Franklin
At Liberty
Episode: A Trans Organizer on the Movement to Decriminalize Sex Work
Street Politicians
Episode: Protecting the Trans Community
Articles
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- (2022) How political rhetoric factors into violence against the LGBTQ community | NPR
- (2021) The People We Left Behind: How Closing A Dangerous Border Camp Adds to Inequities | ProPublica
- (2022) Why Queer Communities Are Welcoming Armed Antifascist Protection | Intercept
- (2022) The Colorado shooting comes in a year rife with anti-LGBTQ sentiment, advocates say| NPR
- (2022) Far right groups shift focus to LBGTQ events. Their hateful aim hasn't changed| NPR
- (2022) Proud Boys crashed Drag Queen Story Hour at a local library. It was part of a wider movement | CNN
- (2022) Here Are the Trans Americans Killed in 2022 So Far| Advocate.
- (2022) White supremacy's rigid views on gender and sexuality | CNN
- (2020) Why Police Often Single Out Trans People for Violence | Vox
- (2021) There's A 'Backdrop Of Historic Distrust' In Police In Crimes Against Trans Community | NPR
- (2021) Visualizing the unequal treatment of LGBTQ people in the criminal justice system | Marshall Project
- (2020) Transgender women are nearly always incarcerated with men | NBC News
- (2023) Missouri to restrict gender-affirming care for trans adults this week | NPR
- (2023) South Dakota governor signs bill prohibiting gender-affirming treatment for transgender minors | CNN
- (2022) The Battle Over Gender Therapy | New York Times
- (2022) Why L.G.B.T.Q. Adults Are More Vulnerable to Heart Disease | New York Times
- (2022) Michigan’s New Anti-Trans Bill Threatens Care-Providing Parents With Life in Prison | Intercept
- (2022) Not just Florida. More than a dozen states propose so-called 'Don't Say Gay' bills | NPR
- (2023) G.O.P. Lawmakers Override Kentucky Governor’s Veto on Anti-Trans Law | New York Times
- (2017) Health Care System Fails Many Transgender Americans | NPR
- (2023) These states are narrowly defining who is 'female' and 'male' in law | NPR
- (2023) Florida expands ‘Don’t Say Gay’; House OKs anti-LGBTQ bills | AP News
- (2023) G.O.P. Lawmakers Override Kentucky Governor’s Veto on Anti-Trans Law | New York Times
- (2023) A lesbian lost her son to his sperm donor. Should other gay parents be concerned? | NBC News
- (2022) Michigan’s New Anti-Trans Bill Threatens Care-Providing Parents With Life in Prison | Intercept
- (2023) The Real, Sinister Political Threat of Tennessee’s New Anti-Drag Law| Intercept
- (2023) Track governing body bans transgender female athletes| NBC News
- (2022) How the reversal of Roe v. Wade could impact the transgender community | NPR
- (2022) Alabama is using the case that ended Roe to argue it can ban gender-affirming care| NPR
- (2022) The world swimming body effectively bans transgender women from women's events | NPR
- (2022) Not just Florida. More than a dozen states propose so-called 'Don't Say Gay' bills | NPR/a>
- (2023) Montana House votes to formally punish transgender lawmaker, Rep. Zooey Zephyr | NPR
- (2023) Trans people deserve better journalism | Vox
- (2023) New York Times' stories on trans youth slammed by writers — including some of its own| NPR
- (2023) Track governing body bans transgender female athletes| NBC News
- (2018) What the Media Gets Wrong About Trans Murders | them.
- (2022) ‘Channeling the Mama Bear’: How Covid Closures Became Today’s Curriculum Wars | New York Times
- (2021) Schools Use Software That Blocks LGBTQ+ Content, But Not White Supremacists | Vice News
- (2021) Hidden in Subtext “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” Masks Bisexuality | b*tch media
- (2019) Black trans women want the media to show them living, not just dying | Vox
- (2021) L.G.B.T.Q. TV Representation Falls for First Time in 5 Years, Glaad Finds | New York Times
Scholarship
- (2021) Where is the Safe Haven?” Transgender Women’s Experiences of Victimization and Help-Seeking across the Life Course | Jane Hereth
- (2019) Sexual victimization against transgender women in prison: Consent and coercion in context | Valerie Jenness
- (2019) Lay (mis)perceptions of sexual harassment toward transgender, lesbian, and gay employees. | Sheila T. Brassel
- (2018) Out of the System and onto the Streets: LGBTQ-Identified Youth Experiencing Homelessness with Past Child Welfare System Involvement. | Nicholas Forge
- (2014) Racial/Ethnic Disparities in History of Incarceration, Experiences of Vicitimization, and Associated Health Indicators Among Transgender Women in the U.S. | by Sari L. Reisner
- (2021) Reporting on transgender victims of homicide: Practices of misgendering, sourcing and transparency | Natalee Seely
- (2021) Violent Victimization Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Populations in the United States: Findings From the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2017–2018. | Annah K. Bender
- (2019) Weight-based victimization among sexual and gender minority adolescents: Implications for substance use and mental health. | Rebecca M. Puhl
- (2020) Trauma at home: A queer Black feminist's experience in the afterlife of state‐sanctioned violence in Ferguson. | Chelsey R. Carter
- (2020) Crossing Boundaries and Fetishization: Experiences of Sexual Violence for Trans Women of Color | Jane Ussher
- (2019) Discrimination in the United States: Experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Americans. | Casey Logan
- (2022) Sex Assigned at Birth Ratio Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents in the United States | Jack Turban
- (2021) Epistemic Injustice in Brain Studies of (Trans)Gender Identity | Eric Llaveria Caselles
- (2020) A Systematic Review of the Discrimination Against Sexual and Gender Minority in Health Care Settings | Cemile Ayhan
- (2020) Self-Reported Mental and Physical Health Symptoms and Potentially Traumatic Events Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Individuals: The Role of Shame | Jillian R. Scheer
- (2020) A Call for Mental Health Treatment in Incarcerated Settings with Transgender Individuals. | Eman Tadros
- (2019) Health Disparities Between Genderqueer, Transgender, and Cisgender Individuals: An Extension of Minority Stress Theory | Tyler Lefevor
- (2018)Representations of lesbian and bisexual women’s sexual and relational health in online video and text-based sources. | by Sandra Faulkner
- (2018) Improving the Mental Health Outcomes of LGBTQ Youth and Young Adults: A Longitudinal Study. | Kirstin R. Painter
- (2017) Individual and Systemic Barriers to Health Care: Perspectives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adults. | Meghan Romanelli
- (2020) Integrating Minority Stress Theory and the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide among Sexual Minority Youth Who Engage Crisis Services. | Anthony Fulginiti
- (2018) Integrating the Neurobiology of Minority Stress with an Intersectionality Framework for LGBTQ‐Latinx Populations. | Luis Parra
- (2021) Internalizing symptoms, intersectional discrimination, and social support among Asian–Pacific Islander sexual and gender minority adults. | Kenji Takeda
- (2019) Microaggressions and Social Support Among Sexual Minorities With Physical Disabilities. | Kristin J. Conover
- (2020) A survey of negative mental health outcomes, workplace and school climate, and identity disclosure for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and asexual veterinary professionals and students in the United States and United Kingdom | Tracy K. Witte
- (2021) Reporting on transgender victims of homicide: Practices of misgendering, sourcing and transparency. | Natalee Seely
- (2022) Factors Affecting Public Opinion on the Denial of Healthcare to Transgender Persons | Long Doan
- (2020) Black Panther, queer erasure, and intersectional representation in popular culture | Michaela D. E. Meyer
- (2019) Moonlight Riff: Examining Rifts between Presentations of Black, Gay, Male humanity and Representations of Black, Gay, Male Non-Humanity in Moonlight. | Janine Jones
- (2019) The Stigmatization of Queer Black Women in Television. | Thomas Cruz
- (2018) Visibly Unknown: Media Depiction of Murdered Transgender Women of Color | Frank Wood
- (2019) Black queer womanhood matters: searching for the queer herstory of Black Lives Matter in television dramas. | Jade D. Petermon
- (2016) Writing in the Margins: Mainstream News Media Representations of Transgenderism.| Thomas Billard
- (2018) Bury Your Gays and Social Media Fan Response: Television, LGBTQ Representation, and Communitarian Ethics | Erin B. Waggoner
- (2021) Restricted modes: Social media, content classification and LGBTQ sexual citizenship | Clare Southerton
- (2020) Black transgender women and the school-to-prison pipeline: Exploring the relationship between anti-trans experiences in school and adverse criminal-legal system outcomes. | Kris Rosentel
- (2020) The lavender scare in homonormative times: Policing, hyper-incarceration, and LGBTQ youth homelessness. | Brandon Robinson
- (2018) Refusing Relevance: School Administrator Resistance to Offering Professional Development Addressing LGBTQ Issues in Schools. | Elizabethe C. Payne
- (2016) The whiteness of gay urban belonging: criminalizing LGBTQ youth of color in queer spaces of care | Rae Rosenberg
- (2018) Associations between sex work laws and sex workers' health: A systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative and qualitative studies | Lucy Platt
- (2020) The Impact of Mandatory Reporting Laws on Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Intersectionality, Help-Seeking and the Need for Change. | Carrie Lippe
- (2020)Behind the Binary Bars: A Critique of Prison Placement Policies for Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender NonConforming Prisoners | Jessica Szuminski
- (2020) Bullied LGBTQ Students Are Afraid but Their Schools Aren't (and That's the Problem): Why It's Time to Move On from Broken Title IX to State Tort Law as a Solution | Christine Tamer
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