Lesbian Visibility and Rights
For the past 25 years, the lesbian and gay movements have attained greater visibility and legal progress. This progress has been manifested in number of countries such as Mexico and United States. In the past decades, Gays and lesbians were discriminated in most societies. Most countries attacked the lesbians and gays to the extent some were criminalized by the criminal law especially in the United Kingdom. Although homosexuality is currently illegal in over 80 counties including Singapore, most countries such as Mexico and United States have enacted laws to protect these individuals. In the 21st century, the subject of homosexuality has created contentious issues of whether it should be abolished or now. This paper discusses Lesbian visibility and rights in Mexico, United States and Singapore. Further, this paper will present lessons learnt from the three countries in relation to the topic.
In 1990s lesbians gained greater visibility and more rights in Mexico. During that era, a number of prominent literary figures such as Sabina Berman and Nancy Caedenas published and documented explicit lesbian texts. Lesbian activists kept close attention and united to express their wish for freedom on sexual rights. The lesbians’ visibility and rights in Mexico have gained worldwide attention. The same sex marriage in Mexico City was approved on 21st December 2009 and further enacted into law on 29th December 2009. The law became effective on 2010 and created a strong ground where same sex marriage could have licenses. Gay and lesbian laws in the United States have evolved tremendously. Although the majority bans the rights of lesbian and gay, the country has ensured that their voices are heard and treated everybody with justice. The same sex marriage in the United States is legally recognized in some states. Seventeen states have legalized same-sex marriages. For instance Oregon legally recognizes same sex-marriages. However, Texas Virginia, Oklahoma, and Utah have worked hard to ban same sex marriages. In 2009, it was discovered that President Obama opposed the federal mandate of the same sex marriage. However, in 2012, the president announced in ABC News that after researching the topic for many years, he came to discover that the same sex couples should be given their rights to marry. President Obama believes that an individual should decide whether to be a lesbian and gay or not.
In Singapore, homosexuality is not fully enforced. In essence, Section 377A Penal Code does not prohibit sexual identity rather it only criminalize the same sex marriage between men and men. In 2007, Prime Minister Loong Lee Hsien declared that Singapore is a conservative society and the family is crucial in the society set-up. The issue of homosexuality has been contentious considering that the country prohibits marriages between men and men, but fails to mention much about lesbianism.
There are various lessons that one can learn from the ongoing discussion. Overall, it is evident that lesbian visibility and rights in Mexico, Singapore, and the United States have become more noticeable. Despite the discrimination that lesbians faced in the past decades, many countries have created strong ground where each individual can choose his or her choice of marriage. However, the issue has not fully been embraced in some countries such as America as some states still prohibits the act.
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