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CONTENTS, INTRODUCTION |
Contents
I. Introduction
I.1. LGBT people as members of social minority groups
I.2. Social exclusion and discrimination
II. Research findings
II.1. Research methods
II.2. Main features of the LGBT sample
II.3. Interpreting discrimination and oppression of LGBT people
II.4. Main scenes of discrimination of LGBT people
II.4.1. Social invisibility
II.4.2. Family
II.4.3. Friends' circle
II.4.4. School
II.4.5. Media
II.4.6. Workplace
II.4.7. Healthcare system
II.4.8. Religious community
II.4.9. Problems of the legal system and life as a couple
II.4.10. Use of public space
III. Summary with recommendations
IV. Bibliography
Introduction
LGBT is an umbrella term covering a very heterogeneous group of lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender people who often appear with joint political
efforts in the local and international political arena for efficiency: in
order to get a better social representation and more political support.
While there can be significant differences between the individuals who are
politically represented under the LGBT heading, their main uniting force
derives from their social minority group membership. LGBT people are
members of relatively powerless social groups, similarly to a significant
proportion of Roma people in Hungary, but they differ from "traditional"
minorities in two main aspects: they are usually not marked by their
bodies, thus they are not recognisable at first sight; and their existence
is still perceived in a lot of places as "challenging the natural order of
things" (Gross 1991).
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