Enola Gay

Throughout musical history, many artists or composers have brought along controversy with their new pieces. Some controversies that these songs could bring up may be about politics surrounding the government, police brutality, sex, drugs and infringing copyrights. In 1987, George Michael released his first solo single for his debut album, “I Want Your Sex”, after leaving the duo Wham! at the age of 23. The duo was known for their upbeat and young music, but once George Michael separated, he took…

The controversy over the homosexual elements in a Disney movie – Beauty and the Beast – was furious last month. People who against the homosexuality blamed that it promotes the concept of homosexual love to kids, which is inappropriate in some people’s mind. We can see that the public treats Disney movies as an important socializing tool. They generally think that children can be easily influenced by the elements of the movies. It seems fascinating to understand how people correlate Disney…

Scott Kugle took on the amazing challenge of writing a book about a topic that is usually kept silent in the Muslim community: homosexuality. In the past, it has always been easy to ignore the fact that homosexuals are an important group of people in religion and society. Historically, the LGBTQ community has been repressed and oppressed throughout society, and Kugle took up the mantle of finally bringing this group representation in the Islamic religion. Kugle structures his book, Homosexuality…

DeGeneres came out as gay on national television during an episode of her sitcom. She pioneered the way for gay and lesbian representation in public television. At first, the feedback was good and viewers were supportive, then the criticism of Ellen’s new lifestyle grew and the show ended up getting canceled after the last episode of the season. A year later in September 1998, a new gay character emerged on the popular sitcom, Will and Grace. Will Truman was the first openly gay male character…

evidence to support the argument, but there is no way that someone can be born gay. A study conducted in 1993 suggested that there was a possible gay gene. It also said that there was an alcoholism gene as well as a warrior gene. Genes cannot always control behavior, what genes can do, in some cases, is to create a tendency to develop or display certain traits or behavior. Being gay is not nature it is nurture. So if gays are made then the parenting, education and environment in which the…

save him. The mood shown through the video brings awareness to just how harsh the LGBT community is treated because of their sexuality. The intended audience for Hozier’s music video is the LGBT community and also for the religions who say that being gay is a sin. The song was actually released in 2013 which is very much relevant to the events that were going on at that time. The song and music video for “Take Me To Church” is educating society of the violence the LGBT community has faced since…

Can You!), Stephen Colbert expresses the issue of homophobia and prejudice against homosexuals in America through his witty, dry, and sarcastic sense of humor. Colbert demonstrates the ridiculousness behind being homophobic, and hateful towards the gay community through his sarcastic writing style. Through his humor, Colbert makes homophobic individuals look and sound absurd for using hate and religion as an excuse to treat others poorly. There are many social consequences Colbert discusses in…

should work together to create a strong solidarity bond. An example of this in the film is Sian’s husband and the young workers did not want the Gays and Lesbians support the Miners support group to visit them or to interact with them. With the help of Sian and the wives of the workers, they stepped out…

Evolution of Problem These days’ teens are coming out as LGBT in their early teens, as early as thirteen years of age. 1.6 million youth are homeless each year with 40% of them identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. These numbers are disproportionally high because 7% of the youth population in the United States is LGBT (“True Colors,” 2016). Each year $4.2 billion is spent on homeless assistance programs with less than 5% of this funding, $195 million, allocated for homeless…

LGBTQ people have to confront in their lives. There were years of my life I hated myself for being gay. Growing up as a kid being called gay was the ultimate insult and remark a person can make to devalue someone. Before I even know what the word gay meant I knew from the context people were using it in that it was something no one wanted to be. I deeply internalized that. Add in the message that being gay is the ultimate ticket to hell and it’s easy to see how someone who is…