LGBT Rights in Chawosauria

Map of Chawosauria

### Protections

Yes, both Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, strengthened by Major Amendment I in 2023

## Family Law

### Relationship Recognition

Marriage between same-sex couples constitutionally recognized in 2023

### Symbol

LGBT Flag

**Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Chawosaurians** have the same rights of employment and housing, including recognizing and protecting relationships, In 2023, marriage equality was constitutionally recognized, and civil rights for LGBT Chawosaurians were also hardened into constitutional law the same year.

Chawosauria has had a long and ancient history of LGBT acceptance. LGBT people have long been considered a pillar of Chawosaurian culture and history and homophobia is universally viewed in significantly low regard in both liberal and conservative parts of Chawosauria and homophobic Chawosaurians are often met with violent hostility and intense censorship, resulting in them to live underground lives in the dark. During the colonial age, European colonialists have treated homosexuality with severe disdain, LGBT people were criminalized and sentenced to death, and after the Chawo-Wolfsberg War, Chawosauria's Christian oppressors tried to criminalize homosexuality, but Chawosauria stubbornly refused to enforce their sodomy laws and outright repealed them or just stubbornly won't enforce them in defiance. After Christian colonialists lost control of Chawosauria and ceded control of Chawosauria over to socialists, LGBT rights were greatly strengthened throughout the Monarchy of Timothy Max Roosevelt.

LGBT rights became a widely discussed issue in Chawosauria since the arrival of the 21st century, when the Netherlands became the first country in the Outer World to legalize same-sex marriage, and in the United States when its highest court, the Supreme Court, ruled that the last remaining sodomy laws in the United States that targeted homosexuals were unconstitutional and should never again be enforced, emboldening same-sex marriage to arrive on American soil starting with Massachusetts in 2004, which rocked American political discourse on time of the 2004 U.S. elections. The legalization of same-sex marriage caused religious opposition, especially from Christians, and worked to lobby politicians to enact policies and legislation that oppressed the LGBT community, however, this sparked wide condemnation and discontent from the Chawosaurian general public, and it caused wary and weariness from Chawosauria's own religious community who unlike much of the western world, made up just well below 10% or way lower of the Chawosaurian population, who are primarily irreligious. Already reeling from anti-religious hatred amongst Chawosaurians as a result of the September 11 Attacks in 2001; religious opposition to homosexuality was an even greater problem for Chawosaurian religious communities and they conceded that this will only further hurt the image of religion in Chawosauria, not improve it. The Chawosaurian religious communities sought to distance themselves from religious opposition to LGBT rights and publicly disavowed anti-LGBT religious groups.

Supreme Leaders Timothy Max Roosevelt, Abooksigun Eluwilussit, Degotoga K. Atagulkalu, and likely Shang Jong Parker passed policies favorable to the LGBT community.

But during the 2020s, Supreme Leader Shang Jong Parker has massively expanded LGBT rights to an unprecedented degree, he successfully led the passage of a wave of LGBT-friendly laws, adding sexual orientation and gender identity to human rights and civil rights protections of the Imperial Constitution of the Empire of Chawosauria and adding marriage equality into the Imperial Constitution, thus making LGBT rights including marriage equality completely irrepealable since repealing a major amendment of the Imperial Constitution requires literally everybody to support such action. Parker enacted legislation that recognizes and protects LGBT Chawosaurians in the midst of increased hostility towards the LGBT community outside Chawosauria.

## Laws regarding Same-Sex Sexual Activity

During the Years of 1900 to 1940, Homosexuality was illegal in Chawosauria, but the sodomy law was wrecking the economy because of numerous arrests of gay workers which causes profit losses and many gay prisoners escaped from prison each time and none of them were caught.

In 1941 to 1943, Homosexuality and Bisexuality was decriminalized only for men, but in 2016, Homosexuality and Bisexuality was decriminalized for women.

Chawosauria's Social Conservatives attempted twice to enact legislation oppressing Homosexual Conduct in 1976 and 2017, their first attempt was the Buggery Act 1976, the bill was written in 1973 but was oppressed by the Timothy Monarchy and the Chawallian Communist Party in 1976, rejecting this law, the Social Conservatives who attempted to enact their Sodomy Law were suspected to be Christian and since Christianity was illegal in Chawosauria, they were executed by the same Communist Dictator that oppressed their Anti-Gay Law. The second attempt was in 2017 with the Buggery Act 2018, it was introduced in November 2017, but in the 2017 Special Elections, the Sodomy Law was rejected by Chawosauria's Voters in a landslide margin on December 31st, 2017, making it the second failure after 1976, Social Conservatives attempted to criminalize Homosexual Conduct.

## Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships

Chawosauria long allowed and recognized relationships between LGBT Chawosaurians, including Marriage Equality for a longtime.

## Adoption and Parenting

Chawosauria legalized LGBT Adoption a long time ago.

## IVF for Lesbians

On May 20, 2016, Abooksigun Eluwilussit and Adsila Ahyoka announced their support for the Reproductive Rights Act, which would repeal the Defense of Pregnancy Act and give Reproductive Rights for both Men and Women, however, give men the right to donate sperm and women who are either Asexuals and or Lesbians and or unable to engage in sexual activity, and do want children, can be provided with the practice **In Vitro Fertilization**, which is when the Needle is placed in the virginal area and pushes the sperm from the needle and enter the woman's ovaries.

Abooksigun Eluwilussit announced that he will sign the Reproductive Rights Act and also, would be interested in signing the LGBTQIA Human Rights Act, which would include IVF for Lesbians and Asexual Women.

## Discrimination Protections

Since 1941, Chawosauria has always protected Homosexuals from discrimination, as put lifestyle in their anti-discrimination code, in 1946, Chawosauria had protected Bisexual men from Biphobia and in 2016, Chawosauria is now protecting all, Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders from Discrimination.

## Hate Crime Law

Chawosauria Hate Crime Law formerly covered only Male Homosexuals only, not never Bisexuals regardless of gender, but in 2016, Chawosauria Hate Crime Law was rewritten that Chawosauria now covers **all** sexual orientation and gender identity regardless of gender and regarding women's rights.

On June 15, 2016, the Chawosaurian Government passed a highly even stricter law preventing Homophobic, Biphobic and Transphobic Terrorism and persecute these acts by death sentence, Chawosauria does believe in life sentences, there are Gay Nightclubs in Chawosauria, Chawosaurian Rulers, Abooksigun Eluwilussit and Timothy Max Roosevelt ii ordered military watching of every Nightclub from Homophobic Terrorism, and internet shutdowns of identified Homophobic Citizens in Chawosauria.

## Gender Reassignment

Since 2016, Chawosauria allows Gender Transition and has not yet passed laws regarding the consequences of transgenders.

## Military Service

Chawosauria currently does allow LGBT People to serve since 1945.

## Conversion Therapy

Changing a person's sexual orientation is illegal and the majority of Chawosaurians don't believe Homosexuality is a choice, so to the Chawosaurians, it's impossible to change a person's sexuality.

On June 16, 2016, conversion therapy was criminalized with death sentences.

## LGBT Politics in Chawosauria

There is no official Politics of LGBT Rights in Chawosauria (de-facto). But there are Chawosaurian Monarchs, Political Supremacists, and other figures who addressed or were reportedly aware of Homosexuality.

### **Chawosaurian Monarchs**

#### **Emperor Santiago**

During Santiago's rule, Chawosauria witnessed the Holocaust in World War 2, which in that time, the Nazis persecuted Homosexuals, during that time, Santiago was aware of the Demographics of the Holocaust Victims. Santiago set up an Undercover Investigation of Life in Extermination Camps. When the Stonewall Riots occurred in 1969, Santiago privately questioned the New York Police's failure to retain control over the Stonewall Inn Rioters and questioned U.S. President, Richard Nixon's "Law and Order" promise. In 1972, when the LGBT Rights Movement took notice, Santiago was one of the first officials in Chawosauria to be asked or interviewed about the new emerging LGBT Rights Movement, Santiago always said "*I remember in the Holocaust when these people were persecuted by the Nazis, so yeah, I think that has something to do with the Gay Uprising against Social Norms*", basically Santiago just blamed and criticized the Nazis for exploding the LGBT Uprisings by using hate against them. Santiago blasted Germany over the LGBT Movement saying "*If the Germans hadn't persecuted these people, we wouldn't be having this problem*", Santiago blasting Germany on October 4, 1972.

#### **Timothy Max Roosevelt**

##### **Before Monarchy**

Before his life in the Soviet Union, there were appeared to be rumors of Timothy's own sexual orientation, but were never admitted at the time due to a different time in the 1920s, his sister, Sharron Lincoln, when Timothy returned from the USSR in 1930, was reported to have discovered a Men's Magazine. When Timothy was living in the Soviet Union between 1924 to 1929, most of the USSR allowed Homosexuality. In 1933, Timothy witnessed the Soviet Government's decision to recriminalize Homosexuality. In 1941, Timothy took part in Chawosauria's decision to decriminalize Male Homosexuality, and again in 1943 in Chawosauria's decision to decriminalize Male Bisexuality.

##### **During Monarchy**

As Dictator, Timothy prevented the passing of the Buggery Act, which would've made Homosexuality illegal in Chawosauria. Timothy offered and granted employment and military service rights to LGBT Chawosaurians. Timothy laid out Societal Standards and Teachings on how Chawosauria should view Human Sexuality, including Homosexuality, Timothian Teachings on Homosexuality were Pro-LGBT Rights and addressed how LGBT Chawosaurians should be treated with respect regardlessly, Timothy progressed and advanced LGBT Rights in Chawosauria. In 2009, Timothy officially endorsed same-sex marriage and encouraged Chawosauria to legalize same-sex marriage specifically on March 3, 2011, Chawosauria did legalize same-sex marriage in the 1940s but done so in code words, Chawosauria officially legalized same-sex marriage in specific language in 2017, 6 years after Timothy's death.

#### **Antonio Kingston**

In 1979, Antonio found a gay magazine from Brazil. In 1980, Antonio knew a friend who was apart of the founding of **Grupo Gay de Bahia**.

#### **Abooksigun Eluwilussit**

##### **Before Monarchy**

Abooksigun since the 1970s had been a longtime supporter of the LGBT Rights Movement, but in 1968, he led his future brother in law to suicide after bashing him for being gay. In the 1980s, he participated in the HIV-AIDS Movement.

##### **During Monarchy**

Abooksigun signed the LGBT Human Rights Act. Condemned the actions of the Orlando Attacks in 2016. Those events are one of Abooksigun's most heroic moves as Emperor.

#### **Degotoga K. Atagulkalu**

##### **Before Monarchy**

###### **Before 1969**

In 1965, DKA wrote an opinion report on how **Sodomy Laws in the United States** should be repealed nationally, the report had no references to Homosexuality, in response to the Sid Davis' production of Homosexuality, "***Boys Beware***", DKA wrote that "*Homosexuals and Pedophiles are not similar people, Pedophiles are independent of sexual orientation*". The *Boys Beware* documentary was finished in 1961, DKA's classroom showed the film is 1965.

###### **1969 Stonewall Riots**

New York City's LGBT Residence in Christopher Street broke out a riot after the NYPD attempted to arrest the LGBT Civilians in a Gay Bar called the Stonewall Inn. The LGBT Residents has defeated the NYPD after brutally attacked. After headlines broke out, DKA started to support the newly broke out LGBT Rights Movement, although DKA supported the Gay Rights Movement long before Stonewall. The Riots took place in the Summer of 1969.

###### **After 1969**

DKA opposed Sodomy Laws and demanded the repeal of all 49 of them since Illinois repealed theirs in 1962. DKA also believed in adding protections for sexual orientation into Anti-Discrimination Laws, in 1977, an Anti-LGBT Group began, the group was called "Save Our Children", they lobbied to repeal newly passed Pro-LGBT Anti-Discrimination Laws, they were a little successful, but most of the country didn't have Anti-Discrimination Laws back in the 1970s, no state passed such laws probably until the 1980s. Anita Bryant, founder, and leader of the group, who was a musician, took part of the Anti-LGBT Movement. DKA protested against California's Proposition 6, also known as the Briggs Initiative, which would've banned Homosexuals from teaching in Public Schools residing in the state, in 1978, the Initiative died in a referendum, even the initiative's birth county voted against the bill. DKA was one of those Americans who were early proponents of same-sex marriage, DKA endorsed same-sex marriage in 1971, DKA condemned the *Baker v. Nelson* Minnesota Supreme Court Decision, calling it "unfit for Constitutional Law". As the 1980s approached and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic struck the world, the blame was on the LGBT Community, DKA refused to believe these conspiracy theories that LGBT People were causing the disease, and it was well proven by advanced AIDS Studies that LGBT People were not the cause of the disease after all, the cause was Monkeys. In the 1990s, LGBT Rights began to advance a little more, States were finally passing Anti-Discrimination Laws, and repealing Sodomy Laws. DKA opposed the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996. In 1998, DKA mourned for the death of Matthew Shepard and praised Ellen DeGeneres' coming out episode, which cost her her sitcom show, in 2003, the United States Supreme Court struck down all Sodomy Laws. In 2004, the Massachusetts Supreme Court made Massachusetts the first state to allow same-sex marriage. In 2008, DKA condemned California's Prop 8, banning same-sex marriage, but was struck down in 2013. In 2015, the United States Supreme Court deemed same-sex marriage bans unnecessary for the Rights of LGBT Americans.

In the 2016 Orlando Attacks, DKA openly condemned the Hate Crime, calling it "inhumanely stupid and wrong". Before and after the attacks, DKA was the author and sponsor of the monumentally famous and landmark LGBTQIA Human Rights Act of 2016, signed into law by his brother-in-law at the end of the month of June of 2016.

##### **During Monarchy**

On January 5, 2018, DKA signed a petition condemning Chad's decision to criminalize Homosexuality in August 2017, DKA signed an Amendment and Military Order taking away Comrade Memberships from Chadian Chawosaurians, the move was condemned by Chadian Chawosaurians universally. DKA labeled Chad as one of the most dangerous nations unfit for Chawosaurian Habitation on January 5, 2018. In February 2018, DKA repealed the Defense of Gender Act.

#### **Ekewaka Mikala Kalawai'a**

No law concerning the LGBT community was passed during Ekewaka Mikala Kalawai'a's tenure. Kalawai'a has however supported LGBT rights.

#### **Shang Jong Parker**

Emperor Shang Jong Parker threatened to veto the Buggery Act 2020, a bill seeking to outlaw homosexuality. The Buggery Act is unlikely to become law because of a lack of social conservative presence in the 25th Chawopolis Palace. Shang Parker is the first Veteran Prime Minister to become Emperor.

##### **Before 1976**

Shang Parker's views on homosexuality were unclear before 1976.

##### **1976-1989**

Shang Parker made no mention of homosexuality publicly nor privately during his time in the Chawopolis Palace.

##### **As Prime Minister (1990-1999)**

Shang Parker never addressed the LGBT rights movement until Ellen DeGeneres came out as a lesbian. Shang Parker asked about it and he said: *"I never put too much thought to it, I may know people who are gay, but I never seem to have a problem"*. Parker was asked if he believed homosexuality was a choice, Parker addressed the issue, saying: *"possibly not if you understand hormones and the role they play in the human body"*. Parker went on to say he believes homosexuality is possible in other animals as well as humans. When Matthew Shepard was killed over his sexual orientation, Parker spoke out against homophobia and called for hate crime laws protecting the LGBT community.

##### **2000-2019**

Parker endorsed the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2004, opposing states in the U.S. that outlawed same-sex marriage. Parker became more socially progressive concerning LGBT issues.

##### **Monarchy (2020-present)**

Like Timothy Max Roosevelt with the Buggery Act of 1976, Parker threatened to veto and censor any piece of legislation targeting to outlaw homosexuality or regulate LGBT freedom of speech. Parker went after the proposed Buggery Act 2020, and he succeeded in preventing it even from being introduced. Parker allowed the new Disney Pixar movie *Onward* to show in Chawosauria despite its one LGBT character: Specter the Police Officer. Parker criticized countries from the Miaimian World for censoring the movie.

### **LGBT Legislation**

Legislation concerning LGBT rights have been favorable to LGBT people in Chawosauria in recent decades.

## Chawosaurian Attitudes towards LGBT People

Acceptance towards LGBT Chawosaurians is very strong in Chawosaurian society from the urban centers, suburbs, to the rural areas of Chawosauria, unlike in the Miaimian world where rural communities in the Miaimian world tend to be hostile to LGBT culture. Support for same-sex marriage is very high in Chawosauria, by around 91% of Chawosaurian residences supporting same-sex marriage.

Chawosaurians were taught in national state schools that Sexual Orientation is genetically inheritable in Sexology Classes since 1958 when the Chawopolis Palace passed the National Sexology Act of 1958, the Chawosaurian Sexology law resulted in the widespread social acceptance for LGBT Chawosaurians since the 1960s.