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Article Edits: LGBT rights in the US

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 Intersex Rights in the US 


 * Intersex people in the United States have some of the same rights as other people, but with significant gaps, particularly in protection from non-consensual cosmetic medical interventions and violence, and protection from discrimination.(citations) (my info...)
 * My info:
 * Many non-consensual medical surgeries are being performed today in order to "fix" these individuals when they are just born or extremely young. Some are even put on hormones in order to ensure that their bodies develop to the sex they were assigned. August 28, 2018 California state legislature passed a law that condemns these types of surgeries. This law gives intersex individual rights to be involved in decisions being made about surgeries on their bodies and therefor the surgeries are put off until the patient is old enough to understand and participate in the decision making process.


 * References

1)https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/explainers/what-are-intersex-rights

2)https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/07/25/us-harmful-surgery-intersex-children

3)https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/28/california-resolution-affirms-intersex-rights

4)https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/08/28/intersex-surgeries-children-california-first-state-condemn/1126185002/

 Public Opinion: Opposition 


 * The main opponents of LGBT rights in the U.S. have generally been political and religious conservatives.(my info...)
 * My Info:
 * According to Pew Research Center the majority, 59%, of white evangelical Protestants oppose same-sex marriage. In the past year views among Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation, older white evangelicals born before 1964, have shown practically no change from 25% then to 26% now.
 * References

1) https://www.people-press.org/2017/06/26/support-for-same-sex-marriage-grows-even-among-groups-that-had-been-skeptical/

 Public Opinion: Support 


 * A 2014 Pew Forum Poll showed that American Muslims are more likely than Evangelicals to support same-sex marriage 42% to 28%, a percentage that according to the Public Religion Research Institute in 2018 rose to 51% and 34%.(citation) (my info...)
 * My Info:
 * According to Pew Research Center Millennials and Gen Xers, younger white evangelicals born after 1964, have grown more supportive in favor same-sex marriage, up to 47%.


 * References

1) https://www.people-press.org/2017/06/26/support-for-same-sex-marriage-grows-even-among-groups-that-had-been-skeptical/

 Public Opinion: Support 


 * A 2014 Pew Forum Poll showed that American Muslims are more likely than Evangelicals to support same-sex marriage 42% to 28%, a percentage that according to the Public Religion Research Institute in 2018 rose to 51% and 34%. (citation). (my info...)
 * My Info:
 * A 2017 Pew Research Center poll showed that 64% of Whites, 60% of Hispanics and 51% of African Americans support the right for same-sex couples to marry.
 * References

1) https://www.people-press.org/2017/06/26/support-for-same-sex-marriage-grows-even-among-groups-that-had-been-skeptical/

 Repub lican Party 


 * The Republican Party opposes many LGBT rights. (my info...)
 * My Info:
 * However, according to a Pew Research Center survey from October of the year 2017 for the first time in history there is a majority of 54% from the party who feel that society should accept homosexuality rather than the 37% who feel it should be discouraged.
 * References

1) https://www.people-press.org/2017/10/05/5-homosexuality-gender-and-religion/

 Marriage 


 * Officials in American Samoa discussed whether the ruling applies to the territory; currently same-sex marriages are neither licensed nor recognized there. (my info...)


 * My Info:
 * Since Obergefell v. Hodges passed Senator Greg Albritton has been proposing bills that act as a work around for same-sex marriages and ten out of sixty-eight judges have stopped issuing marriage licenses in Alabama. April 10, 2019 Alabama State Government passed a bill to end all marriage licenses. Senator Albritton mimicked the bill that was shot down in Oklahoma in 2015. The bill would allow people to marry by eliminating the ceremonial portion and requiring the couple to submit an affidavit or form to a probate judge, who would then record the marriage rather than issuing a marriage license which in the judges' eyes is granting permission when they don't approve of the relationship they would be granting permission to.


 * References

2) https://www.al.com/news/2019/04/bill-to-eliminate-alabama-marriage-licenses-advances.html

3) https://thinkprogress.org/alabama-lawmaker-eliminate-marriage-licenses-a3f1689a6e4d/

4) https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2019/03/21/alabama-senate-approves-bill-end-marriage-licenses/3235747002/

5) https://thinkprogress.org/alabama-lawmaker-eliminate-marriage-licenses-a3f1689a6e4d/

 Intro 


 * Since June 26, 2003, sexual activity between consenting adults of the same sex as well as same-sex adolescents of a close age has been legal nationwide, pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas. (original sentence)


 * Edited Sentence:
 * Since June 26, 2003, sexual activity between consenting adults and adolescents of a close age of the same sex has been legal nationwide, pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas.

 Intro 


 * While the United States is considered to be among the most liberal countries in the world with regards to LGBT rights today, they continue to vary by jurisdiction, and thus may lag behind other countries in the western world with more liberal laws on LGBT rights. (original sentence)


 * Edited Sentence:
 * While the United States is making more liberal strides (i.e. Same Sex Marriage Equality) it continues to vary by jurisdiction, and thus may lag behind other countries in the western world with more liberal laws on LGBT rights.

 Transgender rights in the United States 


 * Some (but not all), who experience exclusion from the workforce, turn to survival crimes, such as sex work, in order to have an income as a direct result of economic oppression and discrimination.(citation). (my info...)


 * My Info:
 * With the passage of the FOSTA (Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act) and SESTA (Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act) bills these individuals who turn to sex work are put in more danger because they are forced to turn back to more dangerous methods of finding work, such as the streets or pimps, than online forums where they were able to vet clients.


 * References

6) https://www.dailydot.com/debug/what-is-sesta-fosta-bill/

7) https://www.dailydot.com/irl/sex-workers-sex-trafficking-bill/

8) https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qvxeyq/trump-signed-fosta-sesta-into-law-sex-work

9) https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/ev8ayz/trans-sex-workers-on-life-under-fosta-sesta

10) https://www.aasect.org/position-fosta-sesta-and-its-impact-consensual-sex-work-and-chilling-sexual-speech

 Military service 


 * In November 2018, the Trump administration formally asked the Supreme Court to issue a ruling on the matter, even though lower courts were still hearing appeals. (citation). (my info...)


 * My Info:
 * The Supreme Court refused this request and are waiting to see how the lower courts rule in the appeals. On January 22nd, 2019, the Trump administration received temporary permission from the Supreme Court to follow through with their Transgender Military Ban.  In response to this temporary permission Congress has offered up two bi-partisan bills in an effort to push back against the Transgender military ban.  This military ban would not allow the administration to kick out those who came out when Carter made his announcement.


 * References:

11) https://www.npr.org/2019/01/22/687368145/supreme-court-revives-trumps-ban-on-transgender-military-personnel-for-now

12) https://notransmilitaryban.org/2019/02/27/glad-nclr-statements-on-house-armed-services-committee-hearing-on-transgender-military-ban/

13) https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/bipartisan-bills-introduced-thwart-trump-s-trans-military-ban-n969051

14) https://www.stripes.com/news/us/us-appeals-court-rules-in-favor-of-trump-transgender-ban-but-policy-still-can-t-be-enforced-1.563149

15) https://notransmilitaryban.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/FAQ-Transgender-Military-Ban-FINAL-2.22.19.pdf

Peer Review

The lead section to LGBT themes in videogames is in dire need of some additions to it. There are only three sentences and those don't fully cover a summarization of what the article will be about.

Under the section Comical Gender Confusion: there are no references supporting the claims being made. I also feel that further explanation or an example would be helpful in helping the reader understand the statement, "Although mainly used in video games for its comedic value, gender confusion has also been used as a tool to offer social commentary about sexism or homophobia."

Under the section Transgender Characters in Videogames: the first paragraph has no references backing up its claims and is very hard to read due to the way the writer wrote the paragraph. The second sentence in the second paragraph seems like unnecessary information for the topic at hand, "The game involved players choosing among three fighters on a quest to save the mayor's daughter, who was kidnapped by a criminal gang known as Mad Gear." There are no references for these statements, "The character Vivian in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door is hinted at being transgender, but Nintendo removed all references to this in the English translation." and "Krem in Dragon Age Inquisition is openly transgender and is fully accepted by peers. Iron Bull, his close friend, will leave the party if the player character acts transphobic." The wording for the statement, "a not obviously gendered character named Sheik." could possibly be written more clearly by saying the gender ambiguously named character Sheik.

Under the section Gay Characters in Adventure games: there are no references for this section. I don't see the relevance of this statement to the topic, "The sprite of the character is based on that of George Washington, who also appears in the game."

Under the section Gay Characters in Fighting games: Out of the 10 paragraphs there are only references in 2 of them. "Lilith Aensland and Morrigan Aensland, Succubi in Capcom's Darkstalkers series, have been portrayed bisexual, while Q-Bee has suggested the same through her dialogue." an explanation as to how the first three characters were "portrayed" bisexual might be helpful because we are told Q-Bee is portrayed as bisexual through her dialogue. The statement, "An obscure game" when referring to Groove on Fight is bias with the use of obscure.

Under the section Gays Characters in Action games: there are no references in the 2nd, 3rd or 4th paragraph. "an unusual group of games" the use of unusual in this statement is bias. The 4th paragraph throws me off because it talks about the overall theme of the videogame not the gay characters in the game making me think this needs to be in a different section but where is unclear.

Under the section Same Sex Relationships: there are no references in the 2nd paragraph other than that this section is a good easy informative read.

Under the section Same Sex Relationships: Nintendo: the 3rd paragraph has no references.

Compared to other sections there is an unbalanced amount of information for the sections: gay characters in adventure games, gay characters in action games, same sex relationships: ESRB, recognition and criticism. There are references to bisexuality as well as lesbianism in many sections when they are clearly labeled "gay characters". Either an adjustment of the name of the section to be more inclusive would be needed or creating an entire section dedicated to these characters. There are a few quotes that might not be entirely necessary but still add nicely to the article.

Article Selection:


 * LGBT Social Movements
 * Yes, the article stays on topic.
 * Yes the articles tone and word choice is neutral.
 * Yes most of the claims have reliable citations.
 * Queer
 * Yes, all of the article's content is relevant to it's topic.
 * The article has some words that concern me when it comes to the neutrality of its words but for the most part yes the article is written neutrally.
 * Yes most of the claims have reliable citations.
 * Respectability Politics
 * Yes, all of the article's content is relevant to it's topic and it actually goes above and beyond and adds to it in a way I was thinking of but with this class I was in one mode not the other but it is no less relevant.
 * Yes the article is written neutrally but it still has a lot that could be added it to.
 * Yes most of the claims have reliable citations.
 * https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gwao.12068

Article Evaluation: Homosexuality and psychology


 * Everything in the article is relevant to the article topic. I did get confused in the beginning because they started talking about religious figures but I then realized they were laying down historical background.
 * There isn't any out of date information that I noticed. They don't mention how homosexuals used to get "treatment" in psychological facilities before homosexuality was taken out of the DSM, this could be added to the article.
 * The section on discrimination and relationship counseling needs expansion.
 * The article is neutral from what I can tell.
 * There is one sentence about the biological factors of homosexuality therefore it is a very underrepresented viewpoint in this article.
 * Yes the links work and support claims in the article.
 * The information in this article comes from journals, textbooks and scholarly articles.
 * the talk page:
 * There was a conversation about what the title should be and what content should or should not be included in the article.
 * The article is C class and is a part of three WikiProjects: LGBT studies, Psychology, and Sexology & Sexuality.
 * This topic is more in depth and into the psychological aspect of homosexuality than what we have talked about thus far in class.