Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues - The Struggle of Sexual Minorities Es

The Struggle of Sexual Minorities Explaining how to challenge the discriminatory attitudes that remain rampant throughout the world, bloody shame Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a recent article, quotes the incisive words of Archbishop Desmond Tutu We are all of equal worth, born equal in self-respect and born free and for this reason deserving respect. . . . We belong in a world whose very structure, whose essence, is diversity nearly bewildering in extent, and it is to live in a fools paradise to ignore this basic fact. The archbishops words lay bare an essential, wonderful truth about humanity, ignorance of which continues to create suffering for spate everywhere. One group of people for whom the question of respect for diversity and individual freedoms comes into stark relief are those belonging to so-called sexual minorities. The struggle for acceptance by sexual minorities is almost universally undertaken in the face of strong and often even violent prej udice and misunderstanding. This year, from March 8--11, SGI-USA held its first Gay, Lesbian, ...