Bisexuality

One of the most influential events that happened in modern American culture is definitely the legislation of allowing same sex marriage. This decision has created a ripple effect; people who support same sex marriage are celebrating joyfully on the street, where people who disagree are protesting furiously hoping the Supreme Court take back the decision. This decision has not only impact hardly on modern American culture, but also raise the awareness of same sex sexual preference people all…

From the video it is clear that, Richard is a person with a learning disability and he realised to have confused feeling toward relationships. When he was a teenager he started to have gay feelings. Also because of learning disability and being a gay he felt very different from others and he felt cannot share his secret with anyone. Obviously LGBT people who have learning disability have the same needs, hopes and fears as other. Sometimes these may be expressed or communicated in a different way…

An LGBTQ Ally is an acronym that replaced “the gay community” in the 1990s. The acronym was created to describe more diverse groups. LGBTQ represents f lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (or questioning). This is an organization that advocates equality for all people who are experiencing sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression discrimination. Also, The LGBTQ Ally aims to foster social justice by encouraging the equality of women and LGBTQ students, and want to make…

INTRODUCTION LGBT people are a part of every community. The LGBT community in itself is diverse, comprising of people of all ages from different racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, from all over the world. LGBT is the initialism that stands for “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender”. The initialism is meant to highlight the diversity of sexuality and gender identity-focused cultures. The “LGB” or lesbian, gay, and bisexual of LGBT refers to the sexual orientation element of the…

This past summer, the United States took a monumental step for LGBT rights by allowing same-sex couples to marry in all fifty states; however, there’s still a long way to go for LGBT equality. One struggle same-sex couples face today is adoption. Since same-sex couples cannot conceive on their own, many couples look to adoption to create families, which is no easy task. When trying to adopt in the United States, same-sex couples face prejudice and legal barriers in the court system based only on…

There are many different types of houses. There are bungalows, barns, mansions, ranches, splits, colonials, Victorians, etc. Each of these types of houses has a steretype attached to them, there is one group of people who is usually “seen” living in these houses. Richard Rodriguez addresses what gay life in San Fransisco is, through the use architecture, and design of homes in certain areas of the city. He wrote a piece titled, “Late Victorians” after the death of a close friend (or rumored…

Homophobia can have various harmful emotional and mental effects on individuals and their peers in the community. There are a number of strategies that can be put into effect to lessen the terrible effects, and to promote health and well-being. These include governmental programs, sexual education improvement and media inclusion. By including a sexual education program that includes safe sex for homosexual relationships, instead of purely heterosexual, the outbreaks of Sexually Transmitted…

In June 26, 2015, same-sex marriage has been legal in all of the 50 states of the United States of America. A lot of people, including the heterosexuals, homosexuals, etc., were in pure ecstasy. Same-sex couples were finally allowed to live happily and marry each other. Although, despite the happiness around, there were still people who didn't like this idea and they continued to fight for same-sex marriage to be illegal again. As for the Philippines, same-sex marriage is still not…

In today’s society, everyone knows of at least two or maybe even more gay, bisexual, or lesbian people; the question is were they born with it or did they make the choice for themselves? There is a large amount of gay’s that feel like they did not make the choice on their own, some simply feel that even during childhood they knew they were gay. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard the line, “Being born gay is like being born into a race, you have no control over it.” This is an…

Journal 2: Negative Actions Expressing Prejudice My second journal for reflection is centered on my thoughts, emotions, and behaviors around three negative actions expressing prejudice; antilocution, avoidance, and discrimination. Subsequently, I must admit that I have not really thought much about prejudice in the past couple of years since I try to surround myself with like-minded people. Much to my chagrin, I am discovering that this self-induced segregation may not be ideal for my…