Bisexuality

the audience that are kids is as big as their adult one. So when the show ended with Korra holding hands with her revealed girlfriend, Asami, and both walking off together into a pretty spirit portal, many people were surprised since the topic of bisexuality is not yet considered kid friendly. The creators of the show had discussed the idea with Nickelodeon and explain why things weren 't more overt; with the co-creator of the show, Bryan Konietzko, writing, “While they were supportive there was…

The AIDS epidemic was a languid, merciless, killer that claimed the lives of millions in its wake. Often times, the people’s desperate search for a cure was referred to as “The War Against AIDS.” This War eventually was won in the sense that HIV no longer had the powerful to sentence so many people to death. However, it was still a sentence, but this time it was a sentence to a forced life style change. This struggle of AIDS and HIV was depicted in the autobiography Body Counts by Sean Strub.…

For over a century, the question of what “causes” homosexuality has been preoccupying the minds of scientists and scholars alike. Those whose occupations range from medicine to neuroscience to cultural to cultural and behavioral studies. Is sexual orientation a factor we can determine before birth? Or is it something that is influenced your environment and surrounding factors in your life? Do people in the LGBTQIA+ community choose their identity or are they born with it? Many scientists,…

According to the psychological studies, the origin of homosexual behavior is due to a confusion of sexual identity; family and social traumas, subtle and violent, that they have strongly influenced this homosexual behavior problem in the individual traumas. Sociological studies may explain that homosexual behavior arises as a result and reflection of today's contemporary society. Medical studies, on the other hand, may suggest that homosexuality is a result of hormonal disequilibrium. The…

COMMON HEALTH ISSUES AMONG LGBT WOMEN Even with the diversity of the community, there are common health issues affect LGBT women and the LGBT community as a whole. Overall, LGBT women face higher risks for the following health conditions: mental health illnesses, substance abuse, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), heart disease, cancer, and violence. In regards to mental health, there are significantly higher rates of higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation among LGBT…

In the article Societal Suicide: Legalizing Gay Marriage Will Lead to More Family Breakdown and crime. Author Charles Colson conclude that Gay marriage should not be forced on fellow Americans by judicial or mayoral fiat. The authors attempt to convince the readers that Americans should be able to have a vote if it should be passed or not. I believe that if this opportunity is given to Americans. Then it will settle the argument on both sides, for those who are against it, and those who embrace…

Four Moons is a Spanish film written and directed by Sergio Tovar Velarde, a member of the community, which illustrates the lives of four men of different generations facing the conflicts of living as a homosexual. The first story is about a young 11 year old that realizes he likes boys but does not know how to express it without being targeted and his father is not accepting him when he finds out. The second story is about a teenager that wants to tell everyone he is homosexual but his close…

Same sex parenting is looked down upon because people look at same sex households as being sinful and immoral. A judge in Utah ordered a same-sex couple to give up their foster child. The reason? He believed the child would grow up better with heterosexual parents. Most adoption agencies and court systems will not permit same sex couples to adopt children. These agencies don’t want to put children in “unsafe and rare” environments. Same sex parenting should be legalized everywhere because anyone…

Being a teenager has its up and downs. However being a gay teen in this day and age comes with a certain set of risks. Studies show that homosexual teenagers are at risk of being cast out by family members, drug and alcohol addiction, and bullying, more so than a heterosexual teenager. David Bender, an editor of Teens at Risk quotes, "[Gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth] get kicked out of homes, abused, and disowned; parents refuse to speak to their child or force them to seek "reparative '…

Change in DSM In 1973 a historic advance in social justice took place and homosexuality was removed as a mental disorder from the DSM. The APA then acknowledged that not only was homosexuality not a mental illness, but there was a need for revision in the practice guidelines and ethical standards pertaining to sexual orientation. The APA recognized that mental health practitioners would need to go about offering services to people who identify as gay, lesbian, and bisexual in a very different…