Enola Gay

In the 1900’s the gay rights movement clashed with the civil right movements those times gay rights were focused on the suppression and liberation. Which can be compared to the civil rights movements due to society ignorance and acceptance of one another lead to many years of people fighting against the government system. ( Konnoth, J. Craig “The Yale Law Journal 316- 323”). It not until 1951 the first national gay rights organization was founded but couldn’t take…

life post-transition. Now with all these positives of her coming out, there have also been some negatives. Her opinions on gay marriage, gender, and her own sexuality have been generalized to all of the trans community by the public. Ellen Degeneres called out Jenner when she said, “You're wanting people to understand and accept you...and you still have a judgment about gay people and marriage”. Even though Jenner may have some issues with being a trans figurehead, overall she has given much…

“Being a girl makes you weak.” “Boys don’t cry.” “All Asians are geniuses.” “He dresses like a gay man.” These statements reveal the startling amount of stereotypes present in today’s society. We have been conditioned to believe these declarations and judge people according to them. However, this leads to unethical actions, as To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee demonstrates. The novel follows the life of six-year-old Scout Finch in Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression. Scout and her…

The entertainment industry has always had an uncanny relationship with LGBTQIA+ characters, from making them our “Gay Best Friend,” to being the “Beard” for them, and it seems that now we’re full on slaughtering them. Across space, through the years, in every genre imaginable, gays have toppled everywhere. As in, with the recent trending of boycotting #BuryYourGays, the pattern of denying queer characters their happy ending has become prevalent and more obvious in television culture.…

moment in Scottish LGBT history. We've certainly come a long way from the rampant homophobia and discrimination of the past, but there's still much of that same prejudice present in modern society. In the past year alone, one in five LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) people have been the victim of a hate crime. Furthermore, this number is disproportionately higher for ethnic minorities, disabled people and young persons. Sadly, the more progressive attitudes in society do not negate…

In this weeks reading, we read “Pray the Gay away”, Pray the gay away looks at the lives of homosecualy men and women living/growing up in the bible belt. As we look at the lives of these indviduals (many who grew up with strong religious back grounds). We see how their family,friends and lifestyle were affected because they are gay. In chapter 1 we look at the power of christinaty and the affect is has on those living in the bible belt. We look at things like the “ Bible belt panopticon” and…

throughout their life. It is made clear from a young age that it is important to accept who you are; unless, of course, your identity deviates from what is deemed normal. In my case, living in a Catholic, Republican, southern Louisiana suburb, being gay put me way outside of the bounds of loving myself. When I looked in the mirror I saw someone out of place in a multitude of ways: red hair, heavy set (as my mom would tell me), and queer. I mean, the allegations had been around since the sixth…

it was mostly gay men who were infected. According to HIV public records, there were about 16,301 deaths before Reagan even mentioned AIDS, showing the homophobic behaviors of our government. Homophobia is an irrational fear of the LGBT+ community and an umbrella term for biphobia, transphobia, acephobia. Together, we can drive this irrational hate out of the world and unite to eliminate this hostility, leaving a better tomorrow. If you are scared that a gay person will turn you gay, you are…

was unjust because an openly gay man in a position of authority and had more power then a “normal person”. Some may say that his murder was just because not everyone wanted the change he was trying to achieve. In the days and months leading up to his assassination Harvey Milk’s stance on Gay rights and his notoriety as being one of Americas…

that the above composers, as well as a few others, were homosexual, and how that homosexuality affected their lives and their music. Brett takes a fairly critical stance in examining the analysis of scholars who have proposed that these composers were gay. Many of them have little or no proof, aside from their unmarried status, which often suggests a tendency toward solitude or asexuality more than homosexuality. Brett is not…