Enola Gay

article takes a clear focus on the fight for Australian gay rights and the clear oppression faced along the way. On the cold Saturday of June 24th, 1978, marchers, gay, lesbian and transgender alike assembled in Taylor Square in Sydney. The concept of the march was heavily influenced by the Stonewall Riot in Greenwich Village, New York, which marked the modern era “homosexual liberation”. During the 1970’s, members of the gay community were forced to live the concept of a…

A Kentucky appeals court ruled on Friday that a Christian T-shirt maker did not discriminate in his refusal to print shirts promoting a gay pride event. In the court ruling, Chief Judge Joy Kramer stated that there was no evidence to prove that Blaine Adamson of Hands On Originals, a shirt-printing company, “refused any individual the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations it offered to everyone else because the individual in…

The 19th century is a period of time where Oscar Wilde struggles to express sexuality. Unlike most men, he is not the average man that feels an attraction towards women. Instead, he is attracted to men. He lives in a society where he is not able to freely express himself as an individual. He is rejected by the moral beliefs that men are only attracted to, and should be in a relationship with, a woman. However, Wilde disagrees with that. He has a contrary view on how society should revolve around…

everyone is not the same”. These are all things I heard from teachers and my father growing up. Growing up I knew there was something different about me more than other kids. I was always bullied and put out of large groups because they said I acted “gay”. I never really wanted to come out and tell people my problems because in society people think it’s not right and a “phase” in many young teens. I eventually told my parents and although my dad is cool with it, my mom is still having trouble…

my short time of living, multiple good and bad things have happened. In my generation, many people have become way more accepting and to me, that's a big part of our identity, being accepting of others. The supreme court passed the law to legalize gay marriage, in the past, even just the thought of being homosexual was an unfavorable thing among family members. Today we have many LGBT+ celebrities, like Ellen Degeneres and Caitlin Jenner. We've gotten past gender roles, like how…

FREEDOM, that's what American is all about! "The American Dream means; freedom, equality, and the opportunity for them or their children to succeed". "The land of the free and the home of the brave." All sorts of people come here from near and far to be free, but is everyone here really free or just brainwashed prisoners? Known as the land of the brave, but are we really brave or do we just hide behind the mask of bravery and pride. Look around, everyone's wearing a mask because everyone is too…

spirits. In simple terms, these were men and women who had both gender and sexuality of their opposite sex. To date, there are still open opinions about accepting the gay identity. Many gay men, especially in African American communities our on the DL; meaning down low. In the larger African American culture, “to identify as being gay you are rejecting your gender role, your family and true ethnicity” (Paul Rust in William Burleson, 2014). Burleson, (2014)…

Medical/ Deficit Model Social Model Affirmative Model According to Swain and French (2008), the affirmative model is about allowing an individual embrace their differences. They state that that this model allows individuals with Impairments or disability to challenge the presumptions about themselves. The model allows them to challenge the presumptions that are not just related to how they differ from the stereotypical normal or average human being but also about the “assertion, on their own…

Throughout LGBTQ activism and political pursuits, the queer community has fostered distinct approaches to organization, evident in its political organization around identities and its political organization around issues. While both of these approaches possess individual strengths, they have also been a topic of contention within the community, as opinions vary in regard to whether the use of coalitional or identity politics is most effective in the pursuit of equal rights. In this paper, I will…

working at Be Bee's in its early days, Bert Gerbrands dreamed of a truly special gay resort, something unique, secure, secluded, preferably seaside facing the famous Great Barrier Reef, and surrounded by lush tropical rainforest. In pursuit of that dream he drove the local roads looking for a location and talked to friends about investing in the venture, but he never found the right spot and, with virulently anti-gay Joh Bjelke-Petersen captaining the Queensland ship of state, no one dared dip…