The Space–Time Continuum of the ‘Dangerous’ Body: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Securityscapes in Kyrgyzstan

2020 ◽  
pp. 179-202
Author(s):  
Nina Bagdasarova
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Gender Preference ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
True Self ◽  
Lgbt Community ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
Time Continuum

From the perspective of large parts of Kyrgyz society, 'non-traditional' relations do not only pertain to ethnically mixed couples but equally to same-sex partnerships. This chapter takes a look at the securityscapes of individuals from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Bishkek, who face similarly dire consequences if their sexual orientation or gender preference is found out. Their everyday life in public thus often resembles a continual masquerade. The chapter focusses, in particular, on an LGBT nightclub in the capital city. It argues that the stress of having to keep disguising oneself may occasionally excite moments of excess and frenzy, of experiencing one's 'true' self only in a temporary act of transgressing the norms of profane life.

Surviving Everyday Life

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Queer Studies ◽  
Security Studies ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Chat Rooms ◽  
Security Practices ◽  
Lgbt Community ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
The City

The volume explores the everyday security practices of various people in Kyrgyzstan that feel threatened on the grounds of their ethnic belonging, gender or sexual orientation. In doing so, it provides a bottom-up perspective of security and insecurity in Kyrgyzstan, which differs from more state-centric and elitist accounts on this subject. Case studies include the Uzbek and the Lyuli minorities in the city of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan, young women in the capital city of Bishkek, ethnically mixed couples and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Each case applies ethnographic methods to follow individuals in their everyday lives and asks how they deal with the various insecurities they face. The volume studies security in cafes and restaurants, in kindergartens and schools, public transport, bazaars, taxis, virtual chat rooms and nightclubs. It argues that seemingly trivial aspects of everyday life, such as food and music, children's education or romantic first love, are important to gaining a more comprehensive picture of what security in Kyrgyzstan is all about. All contributions apply the analytical concept of securityscapes. The volume should be of relevance to scholars and students from social anthropology, security studies, gender studies and queer studies with an interest in Central Asia.

Making Babies, Making Families: What Matters Most in an Age of Reproductive Technologies, Surrogacy, Adoption, and Same-Sex and Unwed Parents By Mary Lyndon Shanley. Boston: Beacon Press, 2001. 206p. $27.00.

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 622-623
Author(s):  
Julie Novkov
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Parental Rights ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Surrogate Motherhood ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Traditional Family ◽  
Lgbt Community ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
Legal Guidelines

Mary Lyndon Shanley's Making Babies, Making Families bravely wades into the difficult ethical questions of accommodating new reproductive technologies and diverse family arrangements within the framework of existing and possible liberal legal principles. The book grapples with definitions of parenthood and parental rights in the contexts of adoption, unwed fatherhood, gamete transfer, surrogate motherhood, and multiple parenting within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Shanley mines these situations in order to derive some workable ethical and legal guidelines for the state's exercise of its regulatory capacities with respect to families. In doing so, she reveals the tensions and possibilities inherent in the state's role in defining families at a moment when many perceive traditional family structures as collapsing, for better or for worse.

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.

scholarly journals Tinjauan Hukum Internasional HAM dan Hukum Islam terhadap LGBT Perspektif Human Dignity Mashood A. Baderin

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 198
Author(s):  
Abu Dzarrin Al-Hamidy
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
The Universe

<p>This article deals with the issue of homosexuality from the perspective of human rights international law and Islamic law, particularly in the view of Mashood Baderin. The result of understanding towards human rights international law as well as towards Islamic law as the blessings for the universe places human beings in the most respected position. However, there emerge the phenomenon of non-mainstream sexual orientation, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT). In the perspective of Mashood Baderin, who portrays human rights international law and Islamic law on the principles of equality and justice, these LGBTs have their rights, as they are also human beings that should be respected due to their human dignity. It is inhumane to discriminate and condemn them. They should receive proportional treatment from the state so that their civil rights are guaranteed. However, with regard to their sexual orientation Islamic law prohibits the same sex marriage or other forbidden sexual relations</p>

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 LG(BT) Families and Counting

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
D'Lane Compton
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
Lgbt Families ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
Demographic Processes ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gay Families

Counting and understanding lesbian and gay families has gained attention over the last decade in popular culture, policy and academic research. Contentious debates on family values and same-sex marriage, increasing rates of social tolerance for homosexuality, and a greater general academic attention on issues of sexual orientation have partially spurred this attention in demographic analysis of lesbian and gay families. It is becoming increasingly clear that sexual orientation and gender identity have an effect on demographic processes and life outcomes. Although not perfect, practically speaking, drawing on nationally representative survey data has allowed us to illuminate the presence of same-sex families and their children.These findings have an iterative relationship with social change, public policy, and increasing tolerance for diversity. This article reviews the recent demographic contributions related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) families. Due to research concentrations, the content of this article mostly addresses what is known about gay and lesbian families, but also offers future directions to fill research voids including a call for greater attention to and visibility for families with bisexual and transgender members.

scholarly journals Does Androgen Hormone Influences Sexual Orientation?

Sains Medika ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Taufiqurrahman Nasihun
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Sexual Orientations ◽  
Office Of Personnel Management ◽  
The World ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
Majority Groups

Now days lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender are abbreviated as LGBT is the most popular word and being sensible in the world, especially in Indonesia. Based on human right principles, any person in the world including in Indonesia is free to express their gender identity and sexual orientation, even the same sex marriage, freely from unlawful discrimination and violations (Office of Personnel Management, 2015; Yogyakarta Principles, 2006). However, because of the culture and religion differences backgrounds, Indonesians have given this issue various responses. In general, Indonesian public opinion on LGBT are split into two different groups, one minority group is proponent to present of LGBT and any things related to it, and another majority groups are opponent. Objective of this editorial is to discuss how sexual orientation develop from prenatal until emerging of clinical manifestation in adulthood, by no mean to support either group. Otherwise, to give more insight about how male and female get their appropriate sexual orientations and why some of them get inappropriate sexual orientations.

Courts, the Law, and LGBT Rights in Asia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holning Lau
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
The West ◽  
Lgbt Rights ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Anglophone Literature ◽  
Judicial Decisions ◽  
The World ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender

Courts have played an integral part in advancing the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities in many parts of Asia. Yet courts in other parts of Asia have entrenched LGBT subordination. A vast expanse separates Asia’s most progressive LGBT judicial decisions from the most oppressive. This divergence stems from various factors, including differences among Asian courts’ judicial philosophies and cultural backdrops. Judicial developments in Asia have disrupted conventional narratives in Anglophone literature about LGBT rights. Conventional wisdom says there is a standard sequence for developing LGBT rights. It is commonly believed that countries will protect sexual orientation rights before gender identity rights; that they will legislate against discrimination before legalizing same-sex marriage; and that legal protections of LGBT rights begin in the West, and then the rest of the world subsequently imports these legal constructs. Developments in Asia have, however, challenged these narratives. While many Asian courts have galvanized reforms to protect LGBT rights, it is important to remember that these courts are nonetheless constrained in their ability to effectuate change. Case studies from Asia demonstrate that protecting LGBT rights often requires political branches of government to cooperate with courts. Political actors may resist implementing court-ordered reforms, especially if public opinion does not support the reforms.

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.

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