Gay Marriage Essay

New York Knicks fans have witnessed another new low for the franchise as former player Charles Oakley was arrested in the middle of the team's matchup with the Los Angeles Clippers. It's rare to have a conversation about the New York Knicks without mentioning the on going trade talk surrounding star forward Carmelo Anthony. His relationship with team President Phil Jackson has been strained due to numerous public comments and meetings. Through all the drama with that situation the franchise has…

policy affected Rogers, other than asking his peers, but it does seems have affected him, if Rogers handpicked who to tell and who not to tell. In addition, I think there was enough information to assume he was gay, however, as Downie said, nearly at the end of the case, “I am a member of he Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association […] National Association of Black Journalists […] Hispanic Journalists Association […] Asian Journalist Association, and I am none of those things. I belong to them…

Relating it back to suicide, gay youth have a higher chance of leaving their homes and are at risk of suicide. This group receives the most discrimination for being different. When they discover what they’re gay, it is a big surprise for a lot of people like, their family and friends. When someone does not receive the support they tend to think negative thoughts, either suicidal or thinking about leaving their homes because they are not being accepted by their loved one. In fact, “street youth…

This video is called “Who Sounds Gay?” This is an opinion piece that was made by a man named “David Thorpe.” He interviews two men with two different sounding voices. One who has a stereotypical “gay voice” and one man who has a deeper more masculine sounding voice. As it turns out the man with the feminine voice is a straight man and the man with the deeper voice has the “gay voice.” As class we have not touched on our connection of voices and the sexualites of humans. What I could connect to…

The adversity faced by LGBT+ individuals everyday is a problem I would like to help solve to the best of my ability. Statistics show that LGBT+ individuals are more than two times as likely as straight individuals to have a mental health disorder, such as depression or anxiety disorder, suicide attempts are three times more common among people who are bisexual than people who are straight, there’s a greater risk of substance abuse disorders for members of the LGBT+ community, and we’re also…

EFFECTIVENESS OF FAMILY SUPPORT FOR GAY ADOLESCENT MALES WHEN DISCLOSING SEXUAL IDENTITY Monique Henry Marywood University EFFECTIVENESS OF FAMILY SUPPORT FOR GAY ADOLESCENT WHEN DISCLOSING SEXUAL IDENTITY The purpose of this review is to examine the literature of research in recent past, their findings, and the availability of existing programs to demonstrate the vast difference between support and absence of support from parents of gay adolescents in regard to their overall wellness…

Roxane Gay, a well-known author, wrote an article for the New York Times discussing the unfortunate terrorist shooting in Charleston, South Carolina that resulted in nine deaths. To begin her article, Gay bluntly states that she does not forgive Dylann Roof—the shooter—for his ill-conceived actions. She continues into detail why she believes Roof does not deserve to be forgiven. She uses fair amounts of pathos in her statements, making references to her childhood and her Catholic faith. She…

In the book named Gay New York, the author yet a historian, George Chauncey, brought to the world audience a vibrant yet astoundingly transparent cultural history of gay men in the New York City between 1890 and 1940. In the book, Chauncey unearths a hidden gay male world that was not thought to exist before the World War II in New York City because of the myths of isolation, invisibility, and self-hatred or internalization of gay men in the past history. In the 1920s, gay men had their secured…

Engage the Community As mentioned earlier an important component of the MP is the inclusion of community engagement. The reason this is significant results from the fact that gay-positive communities can have an immeasurable impact on both behavior and new incidences of HIV among MSM/YMSM. For example, MSM/YMSM who reside in gay-positive/friendly environments avert the adverse effects associated with stereotyping and discrimination. As such, MSM/YMSM don't feel the need to mask their sexual…

America you will find gay neighborhoods or better known as “safe havens.” How are these considered safe havens when all they attract is antigay violence and discrimination towards the gay community? May victims such as Don and David were harmless and just going about their daily lives by simply walking home when they were raided by high schoolers. Gay white men are at risk of daily discrimination and both physical and verbal violence from homophobes or according to Wayne Myslik, gay bashers. In…