Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Equality in Hong Kong: Rights, Resistance, and Possibilities for Reform

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-155
Author(s):  
Amy BARROW
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Parental Concern ◽  
Lgbt Community ◽  
The Face ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
And Gender

AbstractThis article explores the implications of an absence of anti-discrimination legislation on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) in Hong Kong. Strategic litigation has played an important role in securing legal protections for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community in the face of resistance from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, as well as religious and parental concern groups. Despite a growing body of evidence which outlines the self-reported daily discrimination experienced by LGBT individuals, the HKSAR government has resisted calls to adopt anti-discrimination legislation on the grounds of SOGI, focusing instead on self-regulation and education. Grounded in qualitative research interviews examining the feasibility of adopting anti-discrimination legislation on the grounds of SOGI in Hong Kong, this article explores the current legal landscape for LGBT rights, resistance, and possibilities for reform.

scholarly journals Measuring Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the National Crime Victimization Survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 835-858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Truman ◽  
Rachel E. Morgan ◽  
Timothy Gilbert ◽  
Preeti Vaghela
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
National Level ◽  
National Crime Victimization Survey ◽  
Crime Victimization ◽  
Victimization Survey ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
Lgbt People ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Population Counts

Abstract The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) collects information on nonfatal personal and property crimes both reported and not reported to police. As part of the ongoing redesign efforts for the NCVS, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) added sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) questions to the survey’s demographic section in July 2016. The inclusion of these measures will provide important national-level estimates of victimization among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and allow researchers to understand victimization risk and access to victim services. This article includes a discussion of the sexual orientation and gender identity measures that were added to the NCVS, and findings from the monitoring activities conducted during the first six months of data collection. In addition, population counts by sexual orientation and gender identity are estimated using July through December 2016 NCVS data.

scholarly journals Museologia e Comunidades LGBT: mapeamento de ações de superação das fobias à diversidade em museus e iniciativas comunitárias do globo

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
jean Batista ◽  
Tony Boita
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Community Initiatives ◽  
Memory Mapping ◽  
Manifest Content ◽  
Lgbt Community ◽  
And Gender

This study seeks an overall view of the memory of the LGBT community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) in museums and community initiatives, the project LGBT memory mapping and analyzes the main existing shares in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania. Through technical visits, interviews, non-directive (attendance or virtual), the magazine LGBT Memory publications, bibliographical researches and queries to official sites, mapping aims to indicate the limits and possibilities that are presented to museological field by including a minority present in every continent but still forgotten. This museological invisibility, favors forgetfulness and consequently strengthens phobias of sexual orientation and gender identity. By analyzing the preservation techniques, the exhibition content of each mapped proposal and its absence in large territories, looking to indicate strategies found in building a global LGBT memory, questioning, therefore, the democratization of memory and manifest content in museums, community initiatives or museological policies interested in winning civil rights and overcoming phobias to sexual / emotional diversity. Keywords: LGBT, Diversity, Social Museology

scholarly journals Medical Malfunction: How Health Administrators can Become More Receptive to the LGBT Community

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-86
Author(s):  
Anthony Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Past Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Lgbt Community ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
Increase Productivity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Health Administrators

What companies have begun to see over the past few years is the slow destruction of the metaphorical closet the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community has been confined to for the past century.  Now that the federal government has taken a proactive stance against discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation and gender identity, it will be up to health administrators to implement their own policies that will assist employees and management in being more receptive to the needs of their LGBT workers.  Here, you will find several procedures and strategies that can be put into practice by hospitals and clinics that make for a much more sensitive work environment. Combining these strategies into the culture of the workplace will increase productivity and decrease employee conflict and ostracizing among LGBT employees.

Introducing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) and Gender Identity Issues in a Medical Humanities Module

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
P. Ravi Shankar ◽  
Christopher Rose
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Medical Humanities ◽  
Sexual Attraction ◽  
Lgbt Issues ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Pluralistic Societies ◽  
Lgbt Community ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
And Gender

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) are ways of referring to someone's sexual orientation/preferences; gaining a better understanding as to how best serve the needs of the LGBT community are becoming increasingly important in medical education. While nations (especially developing ones) are making efforts to become more pluralistic societies that uphold and honor the rights of all their citizenry, members of the LGBT community continue to face hostility and violence. These factors cause many members of the LGBT community to be wary about identifying their sexual orientation. Curricular interventions to address LGBT issues are becoming increasingly common. The LGBT community faces a number of challenges and disparities in accessing healthcare. The authors facilitate a medical humanities (MH) module at the Xavier University School of Medicine, Aruba.. Small group, activity-based learning strategies are widely used during the module. Literature, case scenarios, paintings and role-plays are used to explore different aspects of MH. In this manuscript role-plays serve as vehicles to introduce LGBT issues to medical students during the module. The process of debriefing the role-play including students' comments are briefly discussed. One scenario deals with a young girl forced to become a worker in the sex trade, another contends with a night club owner who is diagnosed as HIV positive, a third situation portrays a young woman with a same gender life partner suffering from terminal cancer, the fourth situation explores the difficulties a female student faces when she reveals a sexual attraction for a same sex classmate. The role-plays serve to introduce students to an initial understanding of some of the issues faced by members of the LGBT community and an opportunity to put themselves in the position of a LGBT individual.

scholarly journals Can They and Will They? Exploring Proxy Response of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Current Population Survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 885-911
Author(s):  
Jessica Holzberg ◽  
Renee Ellis ◽  
Robin Kaplan ◽  
Matt Virgile ◽  
Jennifer Edgar
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The United States ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Proxy Responses ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
Household Members ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Level Of Agreement

Abstract Within the United States Federal Statistical System, there has been interest in capturing sexual orientation (SO) and gender identity (GI), collectively known as SOGI, on surveys to allow researchers to estimate the size and distribution of sexual and gender minority populations. SOGI measurement in federal surveys may also help to identify disparities between people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) and those who do not in domains such as health, crime, or employment. Although research has been conducted on best practices for SOGI measurement in surveys, it has largely been limited to examination of self-reports. Many federal surveys use proxy reports, when one person generally responds for all household members. This research used cognitive interviews and focus groups to explore proxy response to SOGI questions. We explored potential sources of measurement error in proxy responses to SOGI questions, including sensitivity, difficulty, as well as the willingness and ability of respondents to answer SOGI questions about other household members. We also conducted paired interviews with members of the same household to assess level of agreement for SOGI questions. Findings suggest that measuring SOGI by proxy may be feasible in federal large-scale, general population surveys.

Legal Discrimination in the United States based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-59
Author(s):  
Mark C Miller
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equal Protection Clause ◽  
Strict Scrutiny ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Lgbt Community ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The U.S

When the U.S. Supreme Court declared that same-sex marriage would be legal throughout the country, that decision did not end the possibility of other types of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The U.S. Supreme Court has been very unclear about what standard to use when the courts face claims of discrimination based on these characteristics. In cases decided under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, the Court has stated that lower courts should use one of three standards, based on the type of discrimination alleged. These three standards for review are known as rational basis, intermediate review, and strict scrutiny. This article, based on both empirical and normative analysis, will explore the proper legal standard that the Supreme Court should use in these cases. Since several states have begun to enact laws that encourage discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, this article will argue that the Supreme Court should use strict scrutiny in these cases because the LGBT community is clearly a discrete and insular minority subject to targeted discrimination.

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