Editing LGBTQ community (section)

==Rights==
{{main|LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBTQ movements}}
[[Image:Evan Wolfson by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|[[Evan Wolfson]] of [[Freedom to Marry]] argued before the Supreme Court in ''[[Boy Scouts of America v. Dale]]''.]]
The LGBTQ community represented by a social component of the global community that is believed by many, including heterosexual allies, to be underrepresented in the area of [[civil rights]]. The current struggle of the gay community has been largely brought about by globalization. In the United States, [[World War II]] brought together many closeted rural men from around the nation and exposed them to more progressive attitudes in parts of Europe. Upon returning home after the war, many of these men decided to band together in cities rather than return to their small towns. Fledgling communities would soon become political in the beginning of the [[gay rights]] movement, including monumental incidents at places like [[Stonewall Inn|Stonewall]]. Today, many large cities have gay and lesbian community centers. Many universities and colleges across the world have support centers for LGBTQ students. The [[Human Rights Campaign]],<ref name="HRC | What We Do">{{cite web|url=http://www.hrc.org/about_us/what_we_do.asp |title=What We Do |publisher=HRC |access-date=2013-12-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731083704/http://www.hrc.org/about_us/what_we_do.asp |archive-date=2012-07-31 }}</ref> [[Lambda Legal]], the [[Empowering Spirits Foundation]],<ref name="WiserEarth">{{cite web |url=http://www.wiserearth.org/organization/view/c169c5a5c09f75d33327e1e86832df97 |title=Wiser Earth Organizations: Empowering Spirits Foundation |publisher=Wiserearth.org |access-date=2013-12-05 |archive-date=2020-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629101852/http://www.wiserearth.org/organization/view/c169c5a5c09f75d33327e1e86832df97 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[GLAAD]]<ref>GLAAD: [http://www.glaad.org/about/index.php "About GLAAD"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426130947/http://www.glaad.org/about/index.php |date=April 26, 2009 }}</ref> advocate for LGBTQ people on a wide range of issues in the United States. There is also an [[International Lesbian and Gay Association]]. In 1947, when the United Kingdom adopted the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] (UDHR), LGBTQ activists clung to its concept of equal, inalienable rights for all people, regardless of their race, gender, or sexual orientation. The declaration does not specifically mention gay rights, but discusses equality and freedom from discrimination.<ref>Amnesty International USA. Human Rights and the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People.  2009.  {{cite web |url=http://www.amnestyusa.org/lgbt-human-rights/about-lgbt-human-rights/page.do?id=1106573 |title=About LGBT Human Rights |access-date=2010-08-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712090630/http://www.amnestyusa.org/lgbt-human-rights/about-lgbt-human-rights/page.do?id=1106573 |archive-date=2010-07-12 }}</ref> In 1962, Clark Polak joined The [[Janus Society]] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web|title=Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America.|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3403600387/polak-clark.html|website=Encyclopedia|access-date=2018-03-13|archive-date=2022-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309200708/https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/polak-clark|url-status=live}}</ref> Only a year after, he became president.  In 1968, he announced that the Society would be changing their name to Homosexual Law Reform Society; "Homosexuals are now willing to fly under their own colors" (Stewart, 1968).

[[Image:Human Right Campaign headquarters.JPG|thumb| The headquarters of the [[Human Rights Campaign]], one of the largest gay rights organizations in the United States]]

===Same-sex marriage===
{{Main|Same-sex marriage}}
In some parts of the world, partnership rights or [[marriage]] have been extended to same-sex couples. Advocates of same-sex marriage cite a range of benefits that are denied to people who cannot marry, including immigration, health care, inheritance and property rights, and other family obligations and protections, as reasons why marriage should be extended to same-sex couples. Opponents of same-sex marriage within the gay community argue that fighting to achieve these benefits by means of extending marriage rights to same-sex couples privatizes benefits (e.g., health care) that should be made available to people regardless of their relationship status. They further argue that the same-sex marriage movement within the gay community discriminates against families that are composed of three or more intimate partners. Opposition to the same-sex marriage movement from within the gay community should not be confused with opposition from outside that community.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}