page_title: LGBT culture
section_title: Chauvinism
hierarchical_section_title: LGBT culture / Criticism / Chauvinism
caption_attribution_description: English: Cologne, Germany: Participants of the Cologne Pride Parade 2014
context_page_description: LGBT culture is a culture shared by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals. It is sometimes referred to as queer culture, while the term gay culture may be used to mean "LGBT culture" or to refer specifically to homosexual culture.
  LGBT culture varies widely by geography and the identity of the participants. Elements common to cultures of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people include:
  Works by famous gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people, including:
  Contemporary LGBT artists and political figures
  Historical figures identified as LGBT, although identifying historical figures with modern terms for sexual identity is controversial. However, many LGBT people feel a kinship with these people and their work; an example is VictoryFund.org, dedicated to supporting homosexual politicians.
  An understanding of LGBT social movements
  Figures and identities present in the LGBT community; within LGBT communities in Western culture, this might include drag kings and queens, pride parades and the rainbow flag.
context_section_description: The researcher in gender studies Jasbir K. Puar notes that some political powers have lined themselves up with the cause of the LGBTQ+ community in order to justify racist and xenophobic positions, especially against Islam. These positions are purportedly based on prejudices that migrant people are necessarily homophobic and that western society is entirely egalitarian. Thus, sexual diversity and LGBT rights are used to sustain political stances against immigration, being increasingly common among far-right parties.
  LGBT culture in the military
  In 2010, the repeal of the Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) was a great step in the inclusion of lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in the military. "The repeal of DADT reversed the practice of discharging LGB service members on the basis of sexual identity." Although this was a large shift in policy by the U.S. for those identifying as LGB, those who are transgender are still not fully included in this change.
  Some challenges that transgender people face post-DADT are "changing their name to align with their gender identity, changing their sex designation in official documentation and records, encouraging appropriate pronoun use, and obtaining appropriate medical services" (Levy et al., 2015; Parco et al., 2015a, 2015b).
  Another challenge that they face is Transphobia which is "the intense dislike of prejudice against transsexual or transgender people" (Hill & Willoughby)
caption: Cologne Germany Gay Pride Parade (2014)
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