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sexual identity. Even while growing up, children learn to fear people who are not heterosexual. Once children hit puberty, they learn to use taunting labels such as queer and fag, using these terms to ostracize those around them that are gay. When people perceive gay men, they are viewed as betrayers and traitors who must be punished and eliminated. They are then not even viewed as being real men. When people…

of Trevor Blackman-Wulff who faced a problem that more people have been dealing with recently: homophobia, racism, and bullying. The writers’ purpose was to inform everyone how bullying related to homophobia should be a thing of the past. With more gay rights all over the world than ever before, homosexuals should be seen as normal people now. The writer wrote this to tell us about the struggles that these people often face; problems that should be non-existent because we are all humans. A…

Born in October 30, 1930, Timothy Findley grew up in Rosedale area of Toronto, Ontario. Although his childhood was spent in a rich neighbourhood, the Findleys suffered a financial strain due to the Depression. As a child, Findley developed double mastoids, then pneumonia; he mostly stayed away from brutal plays, spending most of his time at home. Due to his sickness, it was natural for him to develop a solitary nature. Looking back, childhood was not the best time of his life for Timothy. By…

Diversity Activity Reflection Savonna Huff Forsyth Technical Community College In choosing to watch a film for the diversity activity, I chose to watch “The Laramie Project”. reporters chose to create a movie on the murder case of the homosexual college student Mathew Shepard, whom attended the university of Wyoming. The reporter who traveled to Laramie Wyoming were homosexual as well, a few of them where not sure about going because they were afraid that since Mathew Shepard was murdered for…

One huge problem for early LGBT rights movements was religious opposition, especially christian opposition. For over 2000 years, Christians have seen being gay as immoral (“Gay”). Many of them refer back to the biblical sections that many Christian followers interpreted as anti-gay (Slick). One of the most commonly referenced verse, “Leviticus 18:22, ‘You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination’ ” (Slick). Leviticus 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male…

makes life so unfair? Well, social justice is a very large part of that. People all over the world face discrimination and harassment for things they cannot help, and that is not right, but it is the way things are. People of color and the LGBT community are both large groups of the minority and they both face a lot of discrimination and social justice issues. The two words were combined in the 1800s, and it was often used in Catholic text. Some non-Catholic writers also had unrelated use of…

When I read the 2016 article, “Children’s TV Has a Representation Problem” by current writer and filmmaker for Huffington Post Will Bryson, I had many thoughts on what he was saying. I agree with his statement that when two same-sex characters trying to have some type of romantic relationship in kids TV the networks automatically see this relationship as “salacious and inappropriate” like Bryson says. Even though I agree with this, I have to disagree with him on the fact that children TV isn’t…

“Don't Ask Don't Tell” was a policy enacted on the military in 1993, this policy allowed for a US soldier no matter what rank, gender, race, or religious affiliation, who was gay or lesbian to be kicked out of service if their sexual orientation became known. In 2010 congress had repealed this discriminatory policy. In the summer of 2012, the Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, which had forced the federal government to deny more than 1,000 federal…

Being against gay marriage does categorize you as homophobic. What defines homophobia is when you have “Prejudice or dislike against homosexual people.” Although standing against same-sex marriage and being homophobic is not wrong, having prejudice and dislike against anything does categorize you as “anti” it. In greater detail, the definition of a phobia is “Having or involving an extreme or irrational fear of, or aversion to something.” Therefore having an aversion toward same-sex marriage…

Reparative or Conversion Therapy (also known as Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE)) refers to counselling and psychotherapy that attempts to eliminate an individual’s sexual desires for members of their own sex. Until 1973, homosexuality was considered a curable mental illness by the American Psychiatric Association(APA). The APA and other reputable organizations now consider conversion therapy to be unnecessary, ineffective, and potentially dangerous. Despite the APA’s, (and several other…