Gay community

stereotypes of the LGBT community. That they were perverse, confused, and wrong. I even believed that Trans people were mentally challenged. It was not something I personally believed but what I came to think because of the social, religious, and personal influences around me. My social circle was really small and full of religious people who early on gave me the impression that being gay was absolutely disgusting. I believe my very first experience with the LGBT community was when I was in…

Last summer, the United States officially legalized gay marriage through all fifty states, a big step for the LGBT community and the overall human race in terms of equality and peace; however, not every nation is on board with marriage equality or very welcoming of sexual orientations and gender identities that are different from the binary. One such country is Russia, where the systematic oppression and discrimination of lesbian, gay, and transexual people is evident in its specific laws made…

As a social worker, the idea of being culturally competent is a vital and important one. Many of the clients that we will work with through our careers are going to be different from us in more ways than one. Being able to understand how to appropriately and effectively work with clients who are different than us is a significant part of the profession. Cultural competence also spreads out into being important in regards to the agency an individual works for. Agencies need to make sure that…

other forms from others. While the trend lately has undoubtedly been shifting in favor of gay marriage, with over half of the country now allowing it (with some states attempting to appeal), there is still a battle to be fought so that the LGBT community can be on equal ground with their heterosexual counterparts. Laws passed as recently as last year continue to be a hassle to…

Representative Julio Gonzalez filed a “religious” freedom protection bill that would allow any healthcare provider to refuse services to any person who violated the provider’s moral and/or religious conscience meaning the bill is clearly aimed at gay people even though the bill doesn’t mention sexual orientation. In addition Gonzalez wants to empower adoption agencies to refuse to place children in homes with two lesbians all due to their religious convictions and also allow individuals and…

Being a teenager has its up and downs. However being a gay teen in this day and age comes with a certain set of risks. Studies show that homosexual teenagers are at risk of being cast out by family members, drug and alcohol addiction, and bullying, more so than a heterosexual teenager. David Bender, an editor of Teens at Risk quotes, "[Gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth] get kicked out of homes, abused, and disowned; parents refuse to speak to their child or force them to seek "reparative '…

first realized I was gay, it did not seem like a big difference. Some exciting stuff happened, like gay marriage becoming legal and meeting a group of friends who were also part of the lgbtq community. As time went on I trended towards music, art, literature, almost anything as long as I felt accepted or represented. I became more political as it became clear that more people than I could have imagined would like to take away my basic rights or the rights of those in my community. I could not…

equality and open tolerance for lesbians and gays were seen as radical, shocking, and not yet accepted. Eventually becoming the first openly gay politician, Milk’s influences on society eventually opened doors for others to harness courage to come out and be open about their sexuality. Harvey Milk was a leader and an iconic figure who stood…

been a very positive and happy word. One of the many words that have changed its meaning over the years is the word “gay”. This word has definitely changed over the years and we use it in a completely different way today than we did even as recently as a hundred years ago. The word “gay” has been…

RATIONAL What if I told you that you can’t do anything that you ever wanted to? What if I told you this is because you are gay? What if I told you that none of you get the respect you deserve simply because you are gay? Most of these people spend their lives answering the question “What if” and this is because these people have no hope, they have lost faith in humanity. Being gay is being homosexual and homosexuality in simple words can be defined as a person who is attracted to someone of his…