Over a period of a few months, the BBC spoke to dozens of young lesbians in a country where homosexuality is illegal. They told us about their day-to-day lives and how they use secret memes to connect with each other on social media platforms and chat apps. We have substituted those images with that of a violet for the purpose of this report. The women are in high spirits, chatting animatedly, playfully sketching patterns on each other using body paint, and sharing a picnic. They meet once a month, in different places.
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Cathy Cade first witnessed the power of photography during the civil rights movement, as black-and-white portraits of oppression and resistance blazed across the nation. She was working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a major civil rights organization, in its Atlanta office. The space had a photo lab, where big-name photographers would bustle in and out. Look at this!
'Pro-lesbian' or 'trans-exclusionary'? Old animosities boil into public view
The letters LGBTQ often appear together, but the people the letters represent are not always as united. Over the past two months, 12 editors and publishers from eight of the most prominent lesbian publications in the U. In the U. The protest received broad condemnation from LGBTQ media outlets and sparked an apology from parade organizers, which called the behavior of the protesters "shocking and disgusting, and we condemn it completely.
People who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender LGBT are members of every community. They are diverse, come from all walks of life, and include people of all races and ethnicities, all ages, all socioeconomic statuses, and from all parts of the country. The perspectives and needs of LGBT people should be routinely considered in public health efforts to improve the overall health of every person and eliminate health disparities.
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