Enola Gay

rights; this includes the rights of women and of the LGBT community. Equality among all citizens in America is not yet accomplished; lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people all face obstacles in their lives. Homosexual couples should be able to adopt children because of theological, physiological, and political points. The main reason…

different answers to that. A female said “I suspect that he might be gay if he’s looking at my eyes, and not down my blouse.” In Two Ways a Woman can get Hurt, Jean Kilbourne said, “When everything and everyone is sexualized, it is the powerless who are most at risk.” Powerless being, gay people in this case. Gay people are being seen as people who do not sexualize women so they are being seen as powerless because according to the article gay people are seen as powerless if they do not sexualize…

After reviewing the current list of issued posted on the American Civil Liberties Union’s website the category of most personal interest was LGBT Rights. LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. ACLU’s website also breaks LGBT rights down into smaller categories regarding parenting, relationships, and youth just to name a few. People of all ages and religions classifying under LGBT have suffered from violations of their human rights. Curiosity was drawn to these topics, as…

allegedly used a webcam to secretly watch him during a gay dorm-room encounter[.]” Not to be funny but this world does not love anybody, nor does it care about your feelings. It is a dog eat dog world and the LGBT community has to learn to accept that. Now yes, I do know that you cannot be completely insensitive but there is a line that needs to be drawn. Another example from my life is when I was in the army; I used to get called faggot and gay boy and other slurs. Now the first two weeks or…

In her book Victory: The triumphant gay revolution (2012), Linda Hirshman discuses the major events, struggles and success of the gay movement in the United States. As discussed in class many times, here “gay” primarily refers to white men belonging to an upper socio-economic class. Nonetheless, Hirshman takes her readers from the early 19th century balls to the recent elimination of Don’t ask Don’t tell policy. As she prepares to wrap up her story of the gay movement, she discusses marriage…

being lesbian, gay, bisexaul, transgender, as well as other sexual orientations. It is to be noted that most of the research done about the LGBT community is predominantly on those that identify as gay or lesbian, and that there is still a lot of research to be done on those that identify as Transgender or Bisexual in the LGBT Community. Those that identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender are apart of the counter norms of sexuality. “Discrimination and inequality faced by gays and…

in social media within the past decade, many new sources and blogs have created websites to discuss these problems. Two prominent websites that talk about social issues such as these are After Ellen and Angry Asian Man. After Ellen touches more on gays and lesbians, while Angry Asian Man talks more about Asians. The first article from After Ellen is about women who want to wear tuxedos to prom and was written by Genevieve D Berrick on April 17, 2015. The article is about a high school senior…

1969, homosexual acts between consenting adults were illegal in all fifty states of America, which was reported in the article “The Stonewall Riots: June 28, 1969” (“The Stonewall Riots”). The Stonewall Inn is a gay bar in New York City. In 1969, it had no liquor license and held refuge for gay men and transvestites against the prejudiced police and laws. The laws were made to specifically On June 28th, these police raided Stonewall, which was not uncommon. But that night, for some unknown…

While reviewing the article “When You Are a Gay Boy in America” by Danny Zaccagnino, I learned about many of the positive aspects of the LBGTQ community, while also gaining an understanding of what it is like to live a day in that community. I was entertained throughout the majority of the article and in the end, I could not be happier that he found his angel. While the ending was enjoyable, it was heartbreaking to see some the things he went through and how scary it could be for him at times.…

A stranger to me would be a White man who comes from a family that has lived in the United States since the industrial revolution, and identities himself as gay. I am a Hispanic woman who comes from a family that immigrated to the United States less than three decades ago. I consider myself heterosexual, so this man would be the complete opposite of me. “Living a life were I was mostly trying to fit in and giving myself reasons to think that what I was feeling was not good, made me feel so…