Ex-gay

on the team reassured us that the harassment would stop throughout my years at Monta Vista High, they were wrong. The football players, the runners, even the tennis players called me a faggot for the sport I loved. My junior year I also joined the Gay Straight Alliance, and through that group helped me change my perspective…

course I am ‘cause it’s about equality, so I hope everyone is.” One idea that we discussed and stood out to me about gender was the Frank Ocean song that talked about bisexuality. Another one is from the Milk film where we learned about the history of gay rights. One of the main reasons that Stephens should teach this unit next year is because of Frank Ocean’s song everyone came out and talked about bisexuality and felt comfortable. One of the sources we examined was “Chanel”(Frank Ocean).…

People do not realize, but there are many social inequalities shaping our everyday lives. Sexual orientation discrimination discriminates against transgender and homosexual people, and many people in America are induced by it. It is important to bring awareness to the topic of social inequality and persecution, specifically sexual orientation discrimination, because various genres of literature can be used to help change society's views of tolerance and acceptance, it impacts teenagers in…

There have been many popes and they all have had parts in history, either they have been good or bad. Julius II was a very influential figure in all of the years of the Catholic church and in my opinion he is near the top. He was a lover of arts and in fact he was donned the patronage of art and literature. He also led his armies in battles wearing full armor while battling in the War of the Holy League and the Italian Wars. He did many things for the Holy city to make it better, which included…

though moralizing discourses, moralizing, practises, and religion.”(cited in Krinsky, C. 2013, p.134)The contemporary example of moral panic issue surrounding ‘gay-propaganda’ law in Russia was justified by the Russian politician Vitaly Milonov, as the need to protect children from being corrupted and uphold Orthodox Christian moral values as gay people stand as threat to those values. (Available at:…

In pop culture, the sexuality of women are often depicted as a binary: either as a slut or a whore, or pure and innocent. Adelina Anthony’s and Margaret Cho’s performances challenge these representations with their comedic performances and being open with their sexuality. They disidentify with hegemonic cultural representations by working with and against dominant representations such as sexism and classism. They use humor such as sarcasm to make people see how absurd about people’s…

Olivia Clark Mrs. Fitzgibbon AP Literature & Composition 26 October, 2015 A Separated Gene Dumbledore is gay. At least, that is what J.K. Rowling told Harry Potter fans; and, of course, many minds were blown. Now, does that mean Rowling’s intentions for Dumbledore’s sexual orientation suddenly trumps millions of fans’ interpretations? According to new critical theory, an author’s intent holds no power over a reader’s perception. This circumstance can be flipped to include John Knowles work A…

about homosexuality. Because of this Harvey Milk had a very rough childhood, and he had to hide his sexuality for a big part of his life. But in 1977 Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Which made him the first openly gay political figure in US history. The story of Harvey Milk teaches us that you can persevere and make a difference when you are facing persecution. (Aretha) Harvey Milk’s parents were Morris Milch and Minerva Karns. Sadly his dad died when he was…

problems about homosexuals adoption has been raised. The amount of children’s in orphans are bigger than the amount of couples that want to adopt them. So it does not help to forbid homosexual couples, when I am sure they would love to have a kid. Gay couples have just the same parenting skills and resources as other…

described and experienced variously as a psychological process or journey; decision-making or risk-taking; a speech act or matter of personal identity; a rite of passage; liberation or emancipation from oppression; an ordeal; a means toward feeling gay pride instead of shame and social stigma; Focusing on the themes of alienation, acceptance, courage, fear, journey & love. These themes will be explored by symbolically representing them in an episodic manner, filmed specifically to emphasize the…