Coming out

“Down, But Not Out.” “There it is Privates!” Drill Sergeant Gonzales yelled. As we all rounded the narrow and winding road through the Ozark Mountains, my heart began to race. All 250 of us slowed down to form a formation in front of what appeared to be the biggest climb we had seen and were not expecting to see for the next few weeks. Screaming at the top of his lungs, Drill Sergeant Galloway said “This is Engineer Hill, and starting in two minutes you all have thirty minutes to make this…

as we tell the stories. After lunch we walk with Lynsey and Robyn to our club session. The second we walk in I feel safe. Not just because Luke is holding my hand, but because there 's a room full of people just like us. They 're gay and they 're out and they 're proud. They 're not here to judge us or beat us down. They 're here to support us and be our family. "Guys, I want to introduce you guys to our newest members! Ashton Irwin and Luke Hemmings! Also known by their ship name as Lashton…

“Margot, you’re so annoying! You’re like a fussy baby!” Max bickered. “Why do you always talk about the sun? Nobody likes you!” I turned at Max. I looked at him sincerely. “The sun is coming out today.. I know it---” “NO!” Max yelled furiously. “It’s never coming out! What don’t you understand, you little…. Hey everyone, let’s lock her in the closet!“ All of my classmates began swarming around me, like angry yellow jackets. “No, please, no!” I screamed loudly at them. Instead of putting me…

The finding from this article can transfer over to elementary schools, as more and more young children come out as homosexual or transgender. There are at least 120 schools that have gay straight alliances, however there are almost none at the elementary levels. Coming out in middle school can be a dangerous and almost deadly situation; when a 15-year-old student came out as gay, his fellow classmate, a 14-year-old student, shot and killed him. Other times, students that even appear gay…

Social progression would not be possible without the doing of individuals coming together to take necessary stands in order to improve living circumstances for those who are or were oppressed. Homosexuality was not an idea that was popularly accepted and grew to be controversial when it first surfaced society. Many of those who characterized themselves faced tremendous discrimination solely because of the fact they went against societal norms. In the year 1969 of June, a group of LGBTQ…

Allah Made Me Funny is a comedy troupe that focused on breaking down stereotypes, without having to break down others in the process. Instead of focusing on other cultures, the comedians focus on themselves: namely, their struggles and the distorted perceptions that they must contend with as Muslim in post-9/11 America. Rather seeming to complain, they show that the perceptions that they have to deal with are themselves unreasonable and, frankly, absurd. This means allows Americans both to come…

Black Lives Matter organization(Armstrong & Crage, 2006). The Stonewall riots had this emergence of concepts to show to the world, even if it was not intended. The first one would be the sense of unity because when the riots first started to break out, crowds of people started to ban together and then other groups of people during the night or days after would come together with the others. As days of protesting and riots went on after Stonewall, the number of people increased and could be seen…

of my choice. All of my friends had been raving about what a good time it was going to be the whole week, so I was indeed excited at this point! We packed up the truck ready for this new adventure, and headed on our way. I knew we were getting way out, into what I would consider the boonies, when all the signs said county road, and there was no hint of life as far as the eye could see. Actually, I would not have known if there was life due to the fact that, all I could see were trees surrounding…

stormy night, as I was out walking just outside of Lime Spring, Iowa, lightning began flashing every second across the sky. The wind developed a creepy whistle to it. Whoooo! Whooo! While I walked across the bridge over the Upper Iowa River, the water started to rise. Higher and higher every second. Soon the water was over the bridge. I started to run full sprint, so I wouldn’t get caught in the rushing water. As I was running, I came to a halt. The rain was still coming down pretty hard. I…

But, when he went to go get a drink of water, he found that it was full of mucky, disgusting sewer sludge. Deciding he was not thirsty, Raymond went out to anger and annoy more people. But this time, when he tried to spill water, it went on him. Now, it did not get him wet or but the people around him started laughing at him. Raymond, who did not like getting laughed at, tried to make the sewer rise…