INTRODUCTION RESOVELVED THAT TRANGENDERED SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO JOIN IN MISS UNIVERSE .

Elsewhere in the world, attitudes and legal consequences for homosexuality vary from wide acceptance in Western Europe to absolute rejection in some nations of the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. In sixteen nations, the punishment for sodomy can be life in prison or even death. The most severe penalties are in the Islamic nations that adhere to traditional law based on interpretations of the Koran. In considering this information, it is important to keep in mind that the existence of harsh legal consequences for homosexuality does not necessarily result in people being prosecuted. In Afghanistan, for instance, there is a widespread tradition of male homosexuality. Estimates of the number of Afghan men who engage in sex with This

teenage boys or other men at some time in their lives range from 18-50%.

unusually high frequency is quite surprising since Islamic law in Afghanistan mandates that sodomy be punished by being burned at the stake, pushed off of a cliff, or crushed under a toppled wall. In 1998, three homosexual men were executed in the city of Kandahar by the then ruling ultraconservative Taliban by having a tank push a brick wall over on them.There is a curious double standard in regards to anti-homosexual laws--they do not always apply to lesbians. This may be due to the fact that the existence of female homosexuality is less likely to be socially acknowledged or that it is considered acceptable behavior, at least in private. This double standard is most common in the

South Pacific Islands, the non-Islamic nations of Africa, and some Caribbean Islands on which a high percentage of the population has Sub-Saharan African ancestral roots. Governments may even officially deny that any form of homosexuality occurs. This apparently has been the case in Albania, Bangladesh, Congo, Lebanon, and Liberia. 11. BODY If a transsexual enters the Miss Universe contest, I don't consider her to be taking the place of a woman who was born female. She's just entering the contest like any other woman would. But perhaps that's because I see transwomen as WOMEN, the parts they were born with are irrelevant to me. I think it would be a bad idea to have a separate contest for transsexual women (not gay - as someone else pointed out below, this is not the same thing). All this would do is encourage people to treat them as outsiders. I have several transgender friends and really, they just want to be treated as normal people. This reminds me of some of the discussions I see people having about Andrej Pejic, who is a male model, but often models women's clothing due to his extremely feminine appearance. I see people saying, like you're saying here, that he's taking work away from "real" women and that female models ought to see him as a threat. I think this is the wrong attitude to have. He's not taking anything away from anyone. He's just a beautiful person who is being photographed in the way that best suits his looks. There's still room for biological women, but there's room for people like him as well. The fact that the one is ok doesn't have to mean that the other isn't. I think

we can also apply that basic concept to the situation here, with the beauty contest. I'm really not seeing any reason to be exclusive. 111.

More likely basically to get molested in a household .Youre more likely to have sexually transmitted diseases. Youre more likely to identify as homosexual. Youre more likely to be on public assistance Most conclusions about same-sex parenting have been drawn from small, convenience samples, not larger, random ones, Regnerus stated. The results of that approach have often led family scholars to conclude that there are no differences between children raised in same-sex households and those raised in other types of families. LUSION