LGBT experience discrimination among themselves Being black, ugly, effeminate or 'butch' rejection influences within the community.
"We're not crazy," said Diego when he explains why he does not believe in LGBT community (which includes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender). For him, but believes that belongs to a group with different sexual orientations, it should not be "mixed" with transvestites.
Some lesbians feel the same. Believe that although people like the same sex can not be pigeonholed with gay or bisexual.
even try not to accept one man in the places where they usually gather, to preserve privacy, including "Happy Together," Clara writes.
This phenomenon, known as endodiscriminación (within the community) seems to be growing within the community, fighting out of doors for society to accept them.
Promote Citizenship Foundation, led by district projects in the field, made a revealing survey data.
numbers 63% of gays reject other gays. Physical appearance, social status, race, and to influence offspring be accepted or not. Of these, 32% do not support effeminacy and much less than other gay men dressed as women. Regarding
transvestites. gays are much more drastic: the blame the alleged bad image that society on homosexuals. With
lesbians are not as tough (36% rejection), but prefer those that do not appear to be men, or behave in a masculine.
Now, from the point of view of homosexual women are other reasons. 36% ensures that refuses to consider gay and promiscuous, sexist and hate them.
As for the transvestites, 28% of lesbians believe they dangerous, aggressive and outrageous.
Eric Cantor, director of Promotion, said that these figures, collected in several community workshops "demonstrate the need to strengthen processes of acceptance from within the group."
Data
The reasons why a gay rejects another are many. In 231casos do so because they are ugly, 186 for being fat, 152 for a physical defect and 146 black.
Lesbians have a certain respect among transvestites and gays, since they are considered prudent. 38% of gays said they endure when they are 'butch'.
Transvestites are the most attacked in the community. Gays and lesbians qualify them as troublemakers and some are rejected by their occupation and economic status.
Bisexuality is another reason for rejection within the community, as some think that this condition confuses sexual choice with a simple passing experience.
The point
Discrimination
discrimination figures were also difficult. 20% of LGBT community members said he had been physically assaulted by their sex. As people are identified and police are not the main perpetrators.
addition, 42% of respondents who are not of Bogota, said to have gone 'displaced' to live fully their sexuality.
Source: Time
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