Bisexuality

Katya Fuentes Ayala I consider important to address this issue regarding Gays and other targets of stigma since I have been exposed to two completely different societies and cultures. One from my country El Salvador, and the one I find in the United States. It is an issue that in the last decades has had a lot of controversy in both societies, especially in my country. In the US, the LGBT community is much more accepted. They are a united front and have fought to gain their rights. However, this…

Dion Kagan’s book chapter “Crisis Re-runs: Barebacking, Chemsex & Post-Crisis Sex Panic” begins with a critique of the VICE News documentary “Chemsex”, which is a misleading depiction of chemsex (the combination of sex and drug use among some gay men) as a ‘risky’ sexual practice, one that portrays its participants as immoral and hedonistic. This is one of the many examples that Kagan uses to explain the troubling phenomenon of what he calls ‘re-crisis’. This is defined as the modern…

The unit discussed Funny Boy in the context of the Tamil-Sinhalese conflict in Sri Lanka. The novel has been written from a young boy, Arjie’s perspective. It documents Arjie’s struggle with discovering and accepting his homosexuality. It also documents a parallel struggle to come to terms with the second hand status that is meted out to Tamils in Sri Lanka and the impending migration to start life afresh in a new country. The unit begins with a brief discussion of the history of the…

Axiomatic Sedgwick’s “Axiomatic” introduces the reader to the argument that one must understand analyses of the definition of sexuality and romantic attractions in order to understand facets of contemporary Western culture. The author opens her introduction by discussing how the identity of a homo- or hetero-sexuality has always existed and how it affects other supposed binaries across a variety of cultures. Sedgwick laid out seven ideas which she held to be self-evident truths about…

In Christine Downing’s, “The Myth of Homosexuality” she starts by stating how they have been defined or the objects of this myth instead of being the creator of their own mythology. This leads her into the past of the myth’s origin which to her analysis is fairly short in which homosexuality was created to interpret human sexuality. Prior to the end of the nineteenth century homosexuality did not exist in the sense that these behaviors was understood in a different context. This was thought of…

Review of Same Love by Macklemore ‘Underneath it’s all the same love’, Hip-Hop artist Macklemore’s hit ‘Same Love’ released in 2012 reached an astounding 162 million views on YouTube. ‘Same Love’ promotes the legalisation of gay marriage in America, a very topical debate at the time of its release. Macklemore’s hit encompasses an eminent evident message of equality, an equal world where people aren’t discriminated against for sexual preference. Macklemore allows the listener to understand to the…

Being a part of the LGBTQ community, I have developed of sense of what is right and what is wrong. It is not my place to judge those who would like to be different. I have faced so many challenges and still to this day I am trying to figure out my very identity. As someone who has been discriminated against, I have developed a sense of self respect for those who face challenges every day. Core Values The core values that I use every day are respect for those who are different. We as human…

“All the diversity in America and no one has done this?” In the article “Gareth Thomas”, Gary Smith summoned the question why have not no male athlete come open about their sexuality. The article discusses how Gareth Thomas, one of the best rugby players, came out openly and continues to play the sport he loved. This is considering all the pain and suffering he went through hiding the fact that he was gay. The author purpose of writing this is to capture the reader’s emotions and move them with…

There is currently a widespread opinion in society that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people are underrepresented in mainstream sport. Furthermore, sport is considered a field where sexual prejudice is palpable (Gill et al. 2006). Therefore, many LGBT people may feel discouraged from participating in sport at a grassroots level. Thus, many young LGBT individuals may not have access to LGBT sporting role models in the media (LGBTSRMITM), who by example, may inspire them to imitate…

Homosexuality have existed going back to 600 BC or maybe even longer. It was never accepted in cultures all over the world until 2000. In recent years the United States has legally accepted by the Supreme Court. The reasoning behind why it never accepted has various different reasons. Some of them is tied into religion, taboo due to norms, or from and individual’s personality. In history we can see that because of some major reasons homosexuals have been discriminated to the point there are…