Bisexuality

The article by Stacey and Biblarz focused on sexual orientation and parenting and studying its affect on the children being raised. The article first started out by talking about heterosexism and how that is keeping same sex couples from being able to have children of their own. It then focused on studies that have been conducted on the topic of sexual orientation and parenthood. Many studies were done and a lot of the conclusions that were determined were “no differences” between children…

A human’s personality come from both heredity and their environment. Personality characteristics attained by heredity are shaped by environment. (Psychology Discussion) Genes are hereditary and can include height, weight, eye color, skin color, or hair color. Environments can shape things like our behavior or our personality. Nature refers to what you inherit from your parents or your genes. Nurture refers to the environment influences. In the 1950’s, homosexuality was actually considered a…

Living a life unconstrained by restrictions can be both emotionally and physically freeing. There is a poem written by Shelley Barge that explains someone’s attempt to live unconstrained by convention and circumstance. Being able to do whatever you wish, without fear of being different is something that should be strived for. There is a great quote by William W. Purkey that reads “You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching. Love like you’ll never be hurt. Sing like nobody’s listening. And…

The unimportance of labels and the fluidity of sexuality with younger generations is addressed in the first reading. In this reading, Laura Stepp focuses on teenage girls and their view of their sexuality. Throughout the reading, it is evident that the girls are ok with dating either sex and not being fixated on being homosexual or heterosexual. She addresses a recent study that suggest social interaction has a large influence on female homosexuality. Laura preserves various examples to further…

Take a trip back with me to June 28th, 1969. This day is important for many reasons. It is the beginning of the Gay liberation movement at the Stonewall Inn. Now I’m sure we are all well aware of the significance of such an event and the domino effect that rippled across the nation. For those of you who don’t though, the events that took place at Stonewall was a riot of freedom and life (do your research). For me, it holds more significance, not because of the actions that took place then and…

The topic of Gay Rights can be considered one of the most controversial topics of our time. Today Gay Rights are becoming more accepted due to celebrity and political figures talking about how they are in support of these rights. Also, due to recent studies, gay parents who adopt have been proven to be just as good of parents as any other parent. In some ways they have even been considered better than the typical "nuclear family". The supporting of gay marriage can also benefit gays in that they…

The informational documentary, “Do I Sound Gay?”, is centered around filmmaker and journalist David Thorpe, and his desire to have a less-feminine sounding voice. Thorpe’s struggles with masculinity has nothing to do with hiding that he is gay, a fact he is rather proud of, rather it is to aid in his attempts to find suitable mates as he is a mid-40s bachelor. His journey takes him to various speech coaches, LGBT icons, family and friends of Thorpe, and historians and experts in speech pathology…

“Straight Man In A Gay World” begins with Ryan Hickmott, a christian heterosexual man from a small town traveling to San Francisco to live in the largest gay community in America for 30 days. At a start, Ryan is very close-minded on the topic of homosexuality, he said “The Bible clearly states homosexuality is a sin.” During the episode, he frequently makes remarks on how he refuses to change his values and beliefs. Not until the end he learns to accept diversity and equality for everyone.…

Oriented: A Film Reflection ‘Oriented’ was a thought provoking film that showcased gay Palestinian men that were a part of the “mestiza” identity while living in Israel, a gendered nation. The film revolved around three Palestinian men, Khadir, Fadi and Naeem living in Tel Aviv who find themselves caught in the middle of two worlds. Because of their sexual orientation, they were pushed away from their Arab roots and towards Tel Aviv where it is supposedly more accepting. However, because they…

You nail it into our heads like you nail bullets into our brains, you set us ablaze with ice and fire until all we know is agony, consumed by your words but we can't say much for fear you'll kill us, beat us, 'cause any news we see of us are only of our ghosts. We are not your toys and we are not we are not your over-dramatic shopping buddies and we are not your excuse to be like that. You take the love away from this earth and let everyone else cower before you. You let us cower before you. You…