Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

NOT ALONE If you’re LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning), and going through a tough time, you’re not alone. Whether you’re trying to figure out your own identity or want to learn how to talk to others, it can be hard to know where to find support. Being LGBTQ does not mean you have a mental illness, but it does put you at a higher risk for mental health challenges because of the stigma and discrimination you may face from family, friends…

bed. Most prisoners who are in solitary confinement spend at least twenty three hours a day in the cell. On the rare occasion a prisoner may be allowed outside for an hour or less each day, but all are denied physical contact or visits from family or friends. As a result, a person may go years or even decades without physical contact with another human. Most of the prisoners develop severe psychological stress that started when they were put into isolation. The majority of those prisoners…

Part Two: Long-Term Care Facilities According to the Director-General of the WHO Organization (2000), Health care (and long-term care) can be catastrophically costly. Much of the need for care is unpredictable, so it is vital for people to be protected from having to choose between financial ruin and loss of health . . . . The other peculiarity of health is that illness itself . . . can threaten people’s dignity and their ability to control what happens to them . . . . Health systems have a…

organisational barriers” (Halfhill). There are some things in our modern day society that are just taboo, to some people. A social barrier is a wall keeping people from living their life in a safe and accepting environment. People who are, for example, gay are legally allowed to get married, but does that really mean that they are treated equally? Are they really treated the same as a straight person would be treated? The majority answer is no. Social barriers are a very common issue in our…

him. That kid went through hell. Compared to him I went through a Disney World Resort® called middle school. I stuck up for him and tried to reach out to him to know he had a friend with me. I think now about how I would go home and how it would effect everyone in my family, especially my mother, and what his mother and family went through. It must be the most horrid heart destroying act for a mother to send her child to school knowing the horrors he or she will go through. Later down the road I…

For example, the group or terrorist group ISIS behead prisoner of war, any people who do not agree with them, and any gays or lesbians. If groups like these are unhappy with the invading or with other countries they should devote their energy and time to groups like the United Nations, their own government, or even nearby government so they can hold meetings or peace treaties…

having serious consequences if caught, Sebastian saw himself as a “Robin Hood” helping people that are defenseless and unable to support themselves. Although having a good cause behind his work, and trying to help Taylors family battle the powerful Leyland school, and wealthy families, the act of hacking is…

know what sexual violence is, itś when someone forces or manipulates someone else into unwanted sexual activity without their consent. This could be with a spouse or anyone you know. It could be a family which as heartbreaking as it sounds it happens. It could be a stranger or someone you are even friends with. It happens to every and anyone such as a baby, a child, a teen, an adult, even the elderly. Forms of sexual violence consists of rape or sexual assault, child sexual assault or incest,…

Juvenile crime is overwhelming throughout the country and most states have enacted laws allowing convicted juveniles to be tried as an adult and sentenced to death for serious crimes. This case addresses the issue of whether sentencing a youth to death for a crime he or she committed during the age of sixteen and seventeen is cruel and unusual punishment in violation On evening of January 7, 1981, in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Kevin Stanford, age 17 years and 4 months committed the murder of…

other choice. If a man objected to the discriminatory nature of the joke, he would almost certainly be questioned in effect to his masculinity, and would be suspected of perhaps being gay or effeminate. This would lead to humiliation which is the primary fear or men. Even a coworker jokingly saying "what, are you gay or something?" can cause anxiety in the most masculine of men. The accused would question himself in his head, worry that perhaps his guard of masculinity had been let down,…