Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

gender is sensitive to the public. In E.J. Graffs’ “The M/F Boxes” the author argues that society should evaluate their interpretation of gender and sex. Due to the fact that the author is a “widely published author of articles on gender equality and family issues” (Graff 221), she expresses interest in homosexual egalitarianism and enlightens her readers with real life scenarios of homosexual people that go through inhumane experiences throughout her article. The author effectively proves her…

She claims that both black men and women have vividly negative attributes. The scene where George attempts to see his daughter at his wife’s house reveals the contrast between a perfect house of a white person and the black neighborhood, where his family lives, full of garbage. The author also comments, “London is represented as a place where a sleazy underworld, led by working class villains and fed on by ‘foreigners’, is in control” (Young, 1996, p. 124-125). In such an environment, George…

harass, threaten, embarrass, or target another person. No single factor puts a child at risk of being bullied or bullies others. Bullying can happen anywhere – cities, suburbs, or rural towns. Depending on the environment, some groups – such as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender youth, youth with disabilities, and socially isolated youth – may be at an increase in bullying (stopbullying.gov, 2015). Cyberbullying is one the rise due to social media, making it easier to happen anywhere anytime.…

With current bills and city ordinances being pushed and passed to support the LGB agenda, it would seem as if it is getting much easier for gay, lesbian, and bisexual and questioning youth to find acceptance and seek out answers for questions they have in relation to sexual education in relation to their orientation. However, statistics show that lesbian, gay, bisexual and questioning (LGBQ) youth are three to four times more likely to attempt suicide than their peers. Whether self-accepting of…

to providing a range of information, referrals and services to people who are seeking support for their experience of crime. The website contains information relating to support for children, victims of sexual assault and other crimes, and families and friends of missing persons and information about victim’s rights and how to get support throughout the justice system. The types of support offered by Victims Services…

The main character and narrator, Offred, presents her story as an audio diary, which is transcribed into book form by Professor Pieixoto. Offred tells of her life before Gilead, when she has a steady job and a loving family; during the revolution, when she loses her job, money, and family; and under the control of Gilead, when she becomes a Handmaid whose sole purpose is to have babies in a world where fertility rates are extremely low. The book explores many real life issues such as sexism,…

Hollywood films, even and especially the films claiming to be progressive or groundbreaking when it comes to matters of sex, sexuality and gender, remain in the final analysis profoundly hetero-normative and even homophobic in nature. The film Boys Don’t Cry” does not conform to hetero-normative ideals and in fact challenges homophobic views: “Boys Don’t Cry” is perhaps the only film addressing the issue of female Masculinity by a self-described queer filmmaker” (Cooper, B. 49) Kohnen argues…

The Evils of Conformity Conformity is a destructive term that has a much richer meaning than the dictionary definition may give. The word is formally defined as “action in accordance with some specified standard or authority” (“conformity”, Dictionary). Conforming to authority is often necessary for a society to be stable, such as citizens conforming to a government or students in a classroom conforming to the teacher. Despite its often necessity, conformity also causes individuals to suffer…

Since its inception in 1967, the Super Bowl has amassed millions of viewers in the United States and across the globe. Friends and families gather around television screens at homes, in bars and restaurants, and just about anywhere else one can be placed, to watch the big game, the halftime show, and the commercials. Fifty years later, the trend continues, with over 111 million U.S. viewers watching the game live on television in February 2016. (Nielsen, 2016) This number does not include…

on homosexual marriage is a very heated debate in many states in America. The question is should same-sex couples have the legal right to marry or not. The opponents of the same-sex marriage argue that same-sex marriage does not provide a healthy family environment for children development, as marriage institution should do. The proponents of same-sex marriage argue that the homosexuals should have the right to get married because doing so will strengthen the society. I think that homosexual…