Enola Gay

In our society, there are several incidents where some people believe it is not correct to be in a relationship. One of these, conflicts, interracial relationships, is still happening today. Nearly fifty years since the law was passed and even longer since the end of slavery, and there are still people, who believe such an idea to be disgusting or immoral when in reality, it does not affect society in any way. In 1967, the Supreme Court had decided state bans on interracial marriage were…

One of my roommates in college was gay. He confided in me about his sexual preference, knowing I’d respect his confidence. Back then, gay people were openly ridiculed and rejected and attacked. I wish I could say this was no longer true, but obviously I can’t. We’ve come a long way, but what happened in Orlando and the reaction to it provide harsh reminders of how people hate those who are different from them in some way. Still so much hatred. I’m the associate minister at an open and…

Authorities Arresting and Killing Gay Men, Russian Paper Says” where he writes of the horrors taking place in which gay men are being arrested and some executed in taboo of their sexual orientation all around this Russian republic. “Homophobia in Kenya: is a change going to come?” is another article in the African country of Kenya where another mass…

influences today’s youth whom are in charge of our future. LGBT rights have been a problem since the birth of our nation. This issue affects homeless LGBT youth: 40% of homeless youth identifies as LGBT. Another issue is the discrimination against gay and lesbian couples who desire…

Last Year, Homestead High School, sometime around noon. I was faced with a challenge that left me questioning myself and what write. Let's start from the beginning; it was the time that Stanford blood drive would come to Homestead and collect blood. I as always wanted to escape math class and do something good, but mostly not do math. I proceeded to go and sign up; I was given a computer asking about my personal information, going through the questions I stopped. An issue appeared that I was…

agreeing with Pascoe, being homophobic builds masculinity because you are asserting your dominance over the person you called a “faggot”. Also, since masculinity is referred to masculinity, being called a faggot could be represented as telling someone gay. I agree with Jeremy, which is a person who was quoted in this article, “To call…

grade. Athleticism, physical appearance, and toughness are every young man’s dream, yet this view on men being tough came from somewhere. Therefore, the primary issue within today’s society is that generations of homophobic people have created an anti-gay stigma in men, leading to males fearing feminine attributes while attempting to become more “manly.” The biggest problem facing males today is the fear of liking…

Walter Hill’s The Warriors (1979) is an interesting critique of the hyper masculinity that has been idealized in our society. The blatant homophobia is something that would appall most modern audiences. However, in the 1970s, this is something that was quite common among the American people. Homophobia is something that has existed for a very long time in our country. This can be seen in how the subject is treated in The Warriors. This film was based off of the ancient text Anabasis by…

Across the country as the transgender population in Americans has increased over the last several years, it has been controversial political debate over the rights of the people who identify as a transgender, of which public restrooms they should be allowed to enter legally. According to the video, a Wisconsin, Republican state lawmaker said the schools can be sued if they allow transgender students to use the school restroom of their chose. Kremer’s bill wants transgender students to find…

In popular media there is very little representation for people who don’t fit the mold of existence outside of being used as a prop or sexualized. The “mold” for this existence is being a straight, white, cisgender, abled, christian, heterosexual man. Now many people may say that there are plenty of characters outside of this mold, but many of them are objectified. Now when people are underrepresented they are erased from society. This is a sadly common thing when it comes to LGBT people. LGBT…