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LGBT acceptance had shown slow improvement in the 19th century and first half of the 20th century. The first documented gay rights organization in American, the Society for Human Rights, was founded in Chicago in 1924 by Henry Gerber, a German-American activist inspired by the progress made by Magnus Hirschfeld in Berlin. [8]
The 2019 American Values Atlas by the Public Religion Research Institute found that of all Americans that identify as LGBT, 51% were White Americans while 21% were Hispanic Americans and 13% were African Americans. The same study found that 23% of LGBT Americans identify as Protestant while 13% identify as Catholic. [62]
American LGBT people of Asian descent (1 C, 270 P) H. LGBT Hispanic and Latino American people (2 C, 346 P) N. LGBT Native Americans (1 C, 54 P) V.
The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in the United States are among the most advanced in the world, [1] [2] with public opinion and jurisprudence changing significantly since the late 1980s. [3] [4] [5]
In the United States, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people have a long history, including vibrant subcultures and advocacy battles for social and religious acceptance and legal rights. The 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City are often cited as the beginning of the modern gay civil rights era.
More than 5% of U.S. adults under the age of 30 identify as transgender or nonbinary, according to new findings released by Pew Research Center on Tuesday, while 1.6% of U.S. adults of all ages ...
The gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender queer encyclopedia – contains entries on thousands of LGBT people. FemBio – Notable Women International includes biographies of lesbians and a search function, German Version complete, English Version growing
Transgender persons can change their legal gender and name without surgeries or judicial order since 2012 [126] Transgender persons have a law reserving 1% of Argentina's public sector jobs. Economic incentives included in the new law aim to help trans people find work in all sectors. [127] Bolivia: Legal since 1832 + UN decl. sign. [6]