A perspective on 20th century homosexuality
Males have a fear of being perceived as being gay because of the stigmatization that society has towards people who are homosexual and because of how poorly they are treated. Before the time of the 20th century, the author and historian of “The Queer Frontier” (winter 2014 article) Dick Lyle explains that there was not enough existing literature about homosexuality for people to be educated enough to comprehend the consequences that homosexuals experienced (Lyle 20). This essay argues that the punishing and criminalization of homosexuality causes a fear in straight males to be viewed as gay.
Firstly, the fear of straight males can be understood with following example. As mentioned in the article …show more content…
In Winnipeg there was an incarceration of two men for three weeks because of wearing female attire (Lyle 20). This denotes that homosexuality was looked upon negatively and treated severely. In the case of Duchesne the police report did not even hold the true information of his arrest. As mentioned that it was because he dressed in a feminine matter, the police report stated that it was because of “buggery” as they put it (Lyle 20). This shows the bias of the legal enforcers (police) towards …show more content…
This demonstrates how much pressure is put on those who are homosexual. A quote from Spencer himself to illustrate his view on the matter “I do believe it was a mistake to have legalized it.” Spencer was previously a Baptist pastor which due to being religious may help explain his opinion but certainly does not justify it. He strongly believes that being homosexual is wrong and that not only should Trudeau have never legalized it in 1969 but that society ought to be courageous and make changes to what he believes to be quite a mistake. No male would want to open up about being homosexual if someone such as a politician would go as far as marginalizing
Males have a fear of being perceived as being gay because of the stigmatization that society has towards people who are homosexual and because of how poorly they are treated. Before the time of the 20th century, the author and historian of “The Queer Frontier” (winter 2014 article) Dick Lyle explains that there was not enough existing literature about homosexuality for people to be educated enough to comprehend the consequences that homosexuals experienced (Lyle 20). This essay argues that the punishing and criminalization of homosexuality causes a fear in straight males to be viewed as gay.
Firstly, the fear of straight males can be understood with following example. As mentioned in the article …show more content…
In Winnipeg there was an incarceration of two men for three weeks because of wearing female attire (Lyle 20). This denotes that homosexuality was looked upon negatively and treated severely. In the case of Duchesne the police report did not even hold the true information of his arrest. As mentioned that it was because he dressed in a feminine matter, the police report stated that it was because of “buggery” as they put it (Lyle 20). This shows the bias of the legal enforcers (police) towards …show more content…
This demonstrates how much pressure is put on those who are homosexual. A quote from Spencer himself to illustrate his view on the matter “I do believe it was a mistake to have legalized it.” Spencer was previously a Baptist pastor which due to being religious may help explain his opinion but certainly does not justify it. He strongly believes that being homosexual is wrong and that not only should Trudeau have never legalized it in 1969 but that society ought to be courageous and make changes to what he believes to be quite a mistake. No male would want to open up about being homosexual if someone such as a politician would go as far as marginalizing