Gay community

Summarize: Drug and alcohol abuse in the gay community have been to blame for the domestic violence, which has proven to be somewhat accurate. Drugs and alcohol give the person or persons courage that they wouldn’t normally have when they are sober in which it allows them to become abuser or abusers. All of this information gives a person or individuals to encourage domestic violence in the gay community and its mutual relationship to and of substance abuse, and not only does it affect the…

chose the topic of the misrepresentation of the LGBTQ community in the media because it reinforces stereotypes people have about the gay community and it creates misconceptions about gay culture and other aspects in the community which cause harm to the members of the LGBTQ community outside of the media. Many shows today, not sponsored by or affiliated with any gay friendly media outlets, although…

GRINDR: The demise of the gay community The advancements of the Internet have recreated just how we conduct and sustain interpersonal relationships. Through electronic communication, individuals can interchange frequent electronic messages and join diverse social activities exclusively through cyberspace. Online dating, for example, has profoundly altered the manner of establishing a relationship. Dating app users can link up across vast geographic regions, and send a series of pictures, text…

some sense of community with a group of people who share similar beliefs and lifestyles. This feeling of fellowship allows a person to become more comfortable with who they are through interactions with others who are going through—or have gone through—the same triumphs or hardships. The absence of this sense of belonging could drive a person insane. Feelings of isolation and desolation could run rampant through one’s mind because of the loneliness that comes with a lack of community. For most…

1981. For three years, the gay community was targeted for their actions. Their community was threatened to be torn apart based of an assumption of AIDS being sexually transmitted. For these gay men, the most important thing was to be accepted. They didn’t care if they died from a disease if it meant they died being themselves. Until there was actual proof of this disease being sexually transmitted, all the gay men wanted was to continue to live in their accepted community. The court room scene…

repercussions it is posing on it’s citizens who identify as gay. ‘The World’s Worst Place to be Gay’ is a documentary in which DJ Scott Mills travels to Uganda to investigate the current society in which a person is persecuted for being gay. He had the opportunity to speak with some of the people being victimized and the leaders who are governing this campaign. By witnessing this documentary, one is able to access the…

The deprivation of equality and respect towards the LGBT Community is one of the most controversial, but needed changes in the United States, and respectively over 20,000 gay-rights activist took the streets of New York City on June 13, 2016 for the city’s annual Gay Rights Parade; an iconic photo was taken that highlights three rhetorical appeals that helps convince people of my argument that gays should be completely equal as everyone else. The emotional appeal in Figure 1 is shown through a…

you ever wanted to have children? Marriage? Adoption? Maybe even foster a child? In the recent news, same-sex marriage has become legal. This allows men to marry men and women to marry women. This is a huge stride for many people within the community but despite what some people may believe, this doesn’t solve all of the problems. In the United States, some states allow the people who preform marriage services, like government employees or court officiates, can refuse to do ceremonies…

the roaring 20’s to the most historical concert Woodstock in 1969. The meaning of queer started to change its course in the early 1900’s. More than a decade later, they gay community began to announce themselves to the world and used the term queer to describe themselves in a positive manner. In today’s society, the LBGT community and others have welcomed the word with open arms, forgetting that in the…

being a gay best friend assumes certain spaces of privilege. To be fashionable, one cannot be poor and homeless; to have a sharp tongue, one cannot be preoccupied nursing a black eye. Rickie faces all these obstacles—he…