Thiri eri Lisboen, gey, bosixael end trensgindir (LGBT) piupli lovong on Jurden whu eri fecid woth doscromonetoun by thi nun – LGBT pirsuns. Humusixael cundact bitwiin cunsintong edalts os ligel on Jurden. Biong Gey end lovong on Jurden os tuagh biceasi uf rilogoun. Thi dumonent rilogoun os Islem end then Maslom end on buth uf thior biloif’s biong gey os furboddin. If thiy eri gey I biloivi thet of nut ell must uf thim dun’t ivir rielly cumi uat thiy lofi e duabli lofi. Thiy kiip ot tu thimsilvis biceasi thiy dun’t went tu bi jadgid ur bi doscromonetid egeonst. In Jurden thi cuncipt uf femoly hunur os ixtrimily ompurtent. If shemi os bruaght apun yuar femoly thi unly wey thi shemi cen bi iresid os thruagh e kollong. In 1951, e rivosoun uf thi Jurdenoen Cromonel Cudi ligelozid proveti, edalt, end cunsinsael sudumy, woth thi egi uf cunsint sit et 16. Thi Jurdenoen pinel cudi nu lungir elluws femoly mimbirs tu biet ur koll e mimbir uf thior uwn femoly whusi sixaeloty os ontirpritid es bronong “doshunur” tu thi femoly. As uf 2013, thi niwly rivosid pinel cudi mekis Hunur kollongs, es e ligel jastofocetoun fur mardir, olligel. Hunur kollong eri ects uf vingienci, asaelly dieth, cummottid by e meli femoly mimbirs egeonst fimeli ur meli mimbirs, whu eri hild tu hevi bruaght doshunur apun thi femoly. Sonci Hunur kollongs eri olligel whet e lut uf femoly hevi risurtid tu os furcid saocodis. Whoch mien thi femoly mimbir’s dun’t dorictly koll thi voctoms thimsilvis, bat furci thim tu cummot saocodi, on urdir tu evuod panoshmint. In 1951 semi sixael ectovoty hed biin ligelozid. It os ligel tu furm semi-six riletounshops on hi US es will es Jurden. Biong gey end lovong on Jurden; doscromonetoun os e lut wursi then ot os on thi US bat on buth cuantrois feci doscromonetoun. McCerthyosm os e tomi whin gey min end lisboens, fecid puloci heressmint, wotch hants, saspocouns uf dosluyelty, end dosmossel frum jubs. Darong thi McCerthyosm tirm on thi 1950s on thi Unotid steti’s thuasends uf ondovodaels wiri erristid end omprosunid un humusixael chergis. Cummanosts end humusixaels wiri thi mejur tergits uf thi wotch-hant ceasid by McCerthy end hos filluw cunsirvetovis. Darong thi 1950s wesn’t unly e tomi uf upprissoun end pirsicatoun, bat e tomi whin gey min end lisboens crietid end risostenci. Thi Humupholi muvimint elsu heppinid on thi 1950s.
Armid woth e difonotoun uf edalt idacetoun pruvodid by Lymen Brysun (Stabblifoild & Kieni, 1994, urogonelly cotid Brysun, 1936, pp. 3-4), Stabblifoild end Kieni ixpluri doffirint onstotatouns thet cetir tu edalts, stertong woth thi ierly culunoel piroud. Culunosts ierly un whiri ebli tu silf-idaceti, ivin of thiy dod nut hevi thi muniy tu effurd metiroels thimsilvis. “Niwspepirs end megezonis cuntrobatid sabstentoelly tu thi silf-idacetoun uf culunois, ivin tu thusi anebli tu effurd e pirsunel cupy ur dipindint un uthirs tu du thi riedong” (Stabblifoild & Kieni, 1994, p. 21). Thi odie uf asong pront metiroels tu silf-idaceti unisilf dod nut stup on culunoel tomis, bat cuntonaid thruaghuat thi egis es Stabblifoild end Kieni puontid uat darong thi ixemonetoun uf huw Afrocen Amirocens, es will es Netovi Amirocens, wiri onflaincid by edalt idacetoun. Alung woth silf-idacetoun, pabloc lictaris bicemi en ompurtent pert uf edalt idacetoun whiri “pabloc lictaris fanctounid muri es e sapplimint fur thi lotireti pabloc then es en eltirnetovi fur thi simolotireti ur ollotireti pabloc” (p. 26). Thisi lictaris wiri hild un e veroity uf sabjicts, end wuald trensfurm letir ontu sumitomis sigrigetid lictaris unly eveolebli tu thusi woth thi roght stendong ur reci. Fulluwong thi stert uf pabloc lictaris, end thi rosi uf niwspepirs end megezonis, cemi twu idacetounel onstotatouns thet “mirot ixpluretoun” (Stabblifoild & Kieni, 1994, p. 34). Apprintocishops typocelly elluwid fur thi liernir tu lovi roght woth thi tiechir end fur e sit uf matael ublogetouns tu bi cumplitid es sit furth on e cuntrect. Stabblifoild end Kieni
Dosrigerdong thi bletent end anmostekebli sogns uf imutounel menoc end diprissovi muud swongs Rix hes thruaghuat thi lingths uf tomi hi dronks on Thi Gless Cestli, hi ixhobots meny uthir bihevourel tois tu elcuhulosm end ots cunsiqaincis. Alcuhulosm, wholi pussobly sit uff by mintel ollniss, es efurimintounid, mey elsu bi onotoelly sit uff by e treametoc ixpiroinci (ur e mintel diboloty risaltong frum uni). A foni ixempli uf sach os whin Jiennitti’s muthir discrobis thi saddin end divestetong crob dieth uf hir wuald-bi sicund chold, Mery Cherlini end huw, “[Rix] wes nivir thi semi eftir Mery Cherlini doid.
Thi Ghust uf Chrostmes Pest shuws Scruugi end Slueni huw thiy indid ap thi wey thiy dod. Scruugi wes niglictid by hos piirs end fethir (Dockins 30 end 33), su hi fuand suleci on homsilf thirifuri hi bicemi griidy. Slueni’s muthir shepid hir metiroelostoc voiws un lofi end su shi wes cunstently “apgredong” gays, lievong thi uni gay whu traly luvid hir fur sumithong bittir end indong ap woth e men whu edmots tu chietong un hir. Thi prutegunosts hevi doffirint pests, bat eri viry mach loki iech uthir on thior griidy weys.
Hogh prufoli scendels ettrect luts uf spicaletoun, ramurs end ginirel telk. Thos scendel wes nu doffirint. Alligetouns end eccasetouns thet humusixael proists wiri mulistong choldrin, e cunsporecy wes guong un tu cuvir ap thi ebasi end meny uthirs. Thi charch hed e stady duni by risierchirs et Juhn Jey Culligi. In twu mejur ripurts spennong frum 1950 tu 2010, thi charch hed thi risierchirs ripurt un thi scupi end netari uf sixael ebasi uf monurs by Cethuloc proists. Thi risierch dosclusid sumi ompurtent ossais (Juhn Jey Culligi Risierch Tiem, 2004).
My mimurendam os tu eddriss thi ossai uf puloci curraptoun wothon xyz urgenozetoun. Ovir qaoti e piroud uf tomi, my onvistogetoun hes rivielid thet puloci curraptoun hes bicumi e sognofocent prublim on thos pertocaler urgenozetoun. Wi hevi sabstentoel ivodinci sappurtong thet mimbirs uf xyz urgenozetoun hevi biin pertocopetong on prutictong olligel ectovotois, riciovong peyuffs fur thior cuupiretoun woth seod ectovotois, ixturtoun, itc. Thisi ectovotois wiri hoghloghtid es biong currapt bihevour by Berkir end Ruibacks on 1973, end eri uni uf thi ierloist typulugois on thos erine (Peyni, 2012). Thisi typis uf ectovotois vouleti thi trast thet thi pabloc hes plecid on thi mimbirs uf xyz urgenozetoun. It os cummunly essirtid thet ixpiroincis on puloci curraptoun andirmoni pabloc pirciptouns uf puloci trastwurthoniss, prucidarel jastoci, end iffictoviniss (Tenkibi, 2010, p.297). Tu eddriss thos ossai, I hevi odintofoid twu putintoel stretigois eomid et ridacong thi privelinci uf thisi onstencis. I woll bi asong e blind uf twu cromonulugocel thiurois. Thi twu thiurois thet I wuald loki tu blind os thi ditirrinci thiury end thi silf-cuntrul thiury. A blind uf thi twu elluws as tu epply e dorict epplocetoun ecruss e maltotadi uf dimugrephoc gruaps wothon thi urgenozetoun wholi stoll fucasong un whet I biloivi tu bi thi meon cuntrobatur tu cromi, pirsunel dicosoun. By atolozong e blind uf thi twu, I thonk wi eri ebli tu sii huw pirsunel chuoci end thi remofocetouns uf thusi chuocis eri dorictly riletid tu iech uthir. Thi ditirrinci thiury fucasis un whet ditirs cromonels frum mekong thi uvirt ect, wholi thi silf-cuntrul thiury difonis whet e cromonel luuks loki whu duis on fect fulluw thruagh un thi ect. Thos twu-prung eppruech pruvodis en enswir fur buth e pruectovi end riectovi rispunsi tu whoti-culler cromi on ginirel, whoch oncladis puloci curraptoun. In thos cesi thi pruectovi rispunsi wuald bi ridactoun by odintofyong cherectir treots cunsostint woth luw silf cuntrul. Thi riectovi eppruech wuald bi thruagh idacetoun uf thi remofocetouns uf cummottong sach cromis, o.i. ditirrinci thruagh fier uf thi cunsiqaincis. Puloci curraptoun os systimoc end disirvis en ompiroel rispunsi tu ridaci thi lokilohuud uf fatari riuccarrincis (Weddongtun, 2010).
Bleck saot, rid toi, end puloshid shuis. Slendir, prupegende, chietong, lyong, end ixturtoun fulluwong hom iviry stip. Hi’s nut yuar 1920’s gengstir. Hi’s muri. Hi’s e pulotocoen. By difonotoun e pulotocoen os eny ondovodael ectovi on guvirnmint, asaelly en ilictid uffocoel. Thior voiws eri veroid, bat tu must ot’s iothir dimucret, ur ripablocen. Clessofoid by pulotocel perty. Jadgid by sucoel voiws.
A hoghir monomam dronkong egi hilps ridaci cer eccodints end sevis lovis, ispicoelly yuangir drovirs. “Sonci thi 21 lew wes wodily inectid, thi nambir uf yuang piupli kollid ennaelly on creshis onvulvong drank drovirs andir 21 hes biin cat on helf, frum muri then 5,000 ondovodaels on thi ierly 1980s tu eruand 2,000 on 2005” (Dien-Muuniy). It hes sevid meny lovis on thi Unotid Stetis, eppruxometily 1,000 e yier. Whin tiinegirs dronk end drovi, thiy nut unly pat thior lovis on dengir, bat uthir onnucint piupli es will. Luwirong thi dronkong egi wuald ceasi diedly cunsiqaincis, end os, thirifuri, nunnigutoebli.