For the GLBT "community" ?

Question

Which country are you from and which specific "rights" do you believe you are denied?

Christopher...it appears that most of what you listed fall under the umbrella of "same sex marriage". Excuse me for my ignorance..am I correct?

Chris...you sure about being fired / denied housing etc. for being gay? I've never heard of such "legal" discrimination in the states.

Thanks Christopher, Ashley and others for your serious replys. I live in Italy and have never really thought about "rights by country". U 2 Kedar.

Answer 1

AUSTRALIA

DENIED --
The right to marry same-sex partner

The right for a gay life partner to claim war widow pension.


GRANTED --
Gay men and lesbians in Australia CAN adopt children if they sign a 'relationship registry' as being a couple for more than 3 years. Problem is very few gay male couples get to the three-year mark. Lesbians stay together forever....

Answer 2

The US is a patchwork of legal gay discrimination as the Federal Government has abdicated their responsibility to treat everyone equally because it would mess with their election results (pro-gay usually equals losing an election).

There are literally over 1,000 rights that married straight couples have automatically that gays can only partially cobble together via legal documents. I couldn't five a crap about the church, I want the legal protections and benefits same as everyone else who pays tax.

The biggie is extending surviving spouses Social Security and pension benefits...which is the Feds.

Otherwise, there should also be obvious equality in housing and employment. I have been passed over for promotion at every job I worked at because I'm gay. I don't suppose this either, I've been told.

Answer 3

In answer to a question you directed towards someone else: there is federal nondiscrimination legislature for race, sex, religion, and I think a few other things. Sexual orientation is NOT included. If individual states make laws to protect gay people, that's dandy, but there is no federal protection specifically for employment or housing. It sounds like something you'd expect to be there, but it's not. I'm also from the states, and while marriage is the big push lately, it's far from the only thing. There's the above-mentioned, as well as hate crime legislature (what could be a more basic right than walking down the street without fearing for your physical safety?). There's also adoption (I'm shaky on this, but I think that there's again a lack of uniform laws) and military service. I for one have no desire to risk my life for a country that can't be arsed to offer me the same basic rights as everyone else, but there are those that want to and they should be allowed to serve openly.

Answer 4

being a transgender my self and living in a Australia

i have found that the biggest thing that i have had to fight is the male
my name is Zara yet i have had to fight for the male to be changed and have found
it will not be in some government departments until after surgery i can see there point to a agdree but it sux for me ,
yet other government will let my papers say female now in my pre op state

marriage is some thing that does not bother me as i will never be married
yet the right to be married to some one of same gender is still not aloud so before i get those male things over to female i can not marry a man not that i would
yet at the moment i can marry a girl yet would have to get divorce to get gender swapped and then would not be aloud to marry her again

i have other miner problems with changing my name but i think it had been human error not a right with two government agencies changing my name to "Mr" Zara-lee that is now fixed but was really annoying

but i did also get fired from last job and i am not sure why ???
they did not have to give a reason but i found it weird it was a month after i told them hmm

Answer 5

The USA, and in many states I will have a very hard time being known as the gender I wish to become. Face discrimination, and will probably always have the "specifics" of my gender on my background checks, and identities.

Answer 6

United States; employment non-discrimination rights (one can be fired due to being gay), equal housing rights (one can be denied an apartment or home mortgage due to being gay), public accommodation rights (one can be turned away from a business for being gay), health care visitation rights (one can be denied hospital visitation for a partner by not being immediate family), taxation rights (one is denied filing joint taxes with a partner since they are unable to marry), inheritance rights (one cannot inherit a partners estate without being taxed at a higher rate because they are not married)... and hundreds of others.

EDIT>> Matteo, yes and no. There could still be employment, housing, and public accommodation discrimination based on sexual orientation; but, if it were a gay couple that was married it could fall under existing laws protecting people based on their marital status. Same-sex marriage would equalize the rights regarding hospital visitation, taxation, and inheritance. Oddly enough, IF same-sex marriage were to be legalized in the US married gay people could not be discriminated against in most instances, but single gay people could still be discriminated against in a number of areas.

In regards to laws on employment, housing, and public accommodation; there is no federal law and these laws are set by states and local governments. In the city I live in it is illegal to discriminate in these instances, but in every county surrounding the city I live in such discrimination is perfectly legal.
For example: California and Minnesota ban such discrimination statewide, while Kentucky & Texas allow such discrimination in places without their own laws (with the Kentucky cities of Louisville & Lexington offering comprehensive protections, the Texas city of Austin offering comprehensive protections, and the Texas cities of Dallas, Houston, & Lubbock offering partial protections).

Answer 7

spain and in here recently marriage between gay people has been approved so , a part from some people´s attitude towards homosexuals (and no one can do anything about that and sincerely i dont want anything done about that, acceptance is not something that may be forced) i dont think there are any rights denied to me because i am gay.

Answer 8

Canada. I've never checked into it, but I am probably denied adoptions rights. Then again, I don't want kids anyway.

Homophobia exists in Canada, but the phobes have to be very clever in their methods to evade legal action.

Answer 9

i m from redding ca and i think that gays should marry