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06-30-2016, 06:13 PM
14 striking ways the global LGBTQ community protested this year
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LGBTQ activism is bold, colorful and unapologetic.
As members of a community that exists in joyful culture and deep struggle at the same time, queer people bring that complex lens to their protesting tactics. And it's activism that is undoubtedly needed.
SEE ALSO: LGBTQ people share their stories of violence and resilience (http://mashable.com/2016/06/13/lgbtq-hate-violence/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Even with gains like marriage equality in the last calendar year, LGBTQ people around the globe still face stark inequality. From bathroom bills (http://mashable.com/2016/05/04/**rth-carolina-violates-civil-rights/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) that police gender in troubling ways to legal workplace discrimination (http://www.transequality.org/issues/**n-discrimination-laws) to death (http://mashable.com/2016/06/14/orlando-shooting-hate-crime/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) for fearlessly claiming an LGBTQ identity, queer people are up against discrimination that threatens their ability to simply be Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/30/lgbtq-activism-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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LGBTQ activism is bold, colorful and unapologetic.
As members of a community that exists in joyful culture and deep struggle at the same time, queer people bring that complex lens to their protesting tactics. And it's activism that is undoubtedly needed.
SEE ALSO: LGBTQ people share their stories of violence and resilience (http://mashable.com/2016/06/13/lgbtq-hate-violence/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Even with gains like marriage equality in the last calendar year, LGBTQ people around the globe still face stark inequality. From bathroom bills (http://mashable.com/2016/05/04/**rth-carolina-violates-civil-rights/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) that police gender in troubling ways to legal workplace discrimination (http://www.transequality.org/issues/**n-discrimination-laws) to death (http://mashable.com/2016/06/14/orlando-shooting-hate-crime/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) for fearlessly claiming an LGBTQ identity, queer people are up against discrimination that threatens their ability to simply be Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/30/lgbtq-activism-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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