Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

nuclear family was the predominant family form television shows such as The Donna Reed Show (1958-1966) were…

studies have shown where teens primarily get their information on sexual and reproductive health. The majority come from family and friends having 36% influence, and the internet or websites at 28%. Although these sources can be somewhat helpful, a teenager can still get many mixed messages from what their friends tell them, to what the beliefs and values are of their family, and most cannot always believe everything on the internet. So why are teenagers still choosing to have sex with not…

trans-people live in, they are faced with whether or not they are accepted by marriage, religion, surgery, adoption rights, identity documents such as birth certificates, driver’s licenses, and passports. There are many transgender events and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities…

suicide; they could be driven to suicide by what they think of themselves or by what happens to them on a daily basis. It can be hard to understand why anyone would hurt themselves on purpose. When learning that someone in their Bailey 1 (“bell”) own family has committed suicide, most people are shocked and upset (“Helping”). When people try to take their own life they are often trying to get away from a situation that seems impossible to deal with, and many…

how it will affect someone else or the consequences of their actions. One example seen in human nature still today is the social caste system of high school. In high school, everyone wants to hang out with the “cool kids” and will ditch their old friends in a second for a chance at five minutes of stardom. They will lie, cheat, and steal to get to the top of this competitive environment, careless as to whom they would throw under the…

Women belong in the kitchen and men should be the breadwinners for the family. That is the standard way of thinking for the majority of our world. Gender roles have been around for centuries and are present in our lives from the day we are born. People are placed into roles causing them to hold certain values about their gender and the opposite sex. The societal normative for gender roles says we have ‘boy toys’ and ‘girl toys, ' ‘boy clothes’ and ‘girl clothes, ' and ‘boy jobs’ and ‘girl jobs.…

However, this production used it scenic design to highlight how feminine qualities within the context of the play was reason for discrimination. This can be connected to modern day culture where lesbian relationships are still underrepresented in media. The production basically used the set to acknowledge the missing demographic of the tale, this choice did not distract from the author’s intended message, rather it added an extra dimension. The…

Sandra Fahy, assistant professor at Sophia University in Tokyo and author of the monograph: Marching Through Suffering: Loss, Survival, and North Korea, has said, “I heard economic hardship was the m ain reason, but really, for anyone who is gay or lesbian, or has mental health issues, life in North Korea is really tough.” Both of these topics show that people in North Korea really go through a lot, just while living there, and it's not fair to any of…

comments, taunting, threatening to cause harm; second type Social Bullying(or sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships) including leaving someone out on purpose, telling others not to be friends with someone, spreading rumors about someone, and embarrassing someone in public; and the last type is physical bullying(involves hurting a person’s body or possessions) including hitting/kicking/pinching, spitting, tripping / pushing, taking or…

Can someone intentionally walk away from a person in distress on the street? People assume that onlookers nearby will help the distressed person by assisting or phoning emergency services. Yet, most people will not lend a helping hand. For example, in 1964, there was a bizarre crime in New York City; a young woman named Catherine Genovese, commonly called Kitty, was murdered and thirty-eight onlookers witnessed the act and yet nobody came to her assistance or phoned the emergency services.…