Gay Liberation

Influences of Sexual Behaviors Throughout the course of history, natural law inadvertently created a culture that in and of itself bears a certain level of responsibility in shaping the sexual behaviors of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations. The principles of natural law as standards have been applied to theories of ethics, politics, civil law, and religious morality (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2011). Digress to 636c, and the dialogs of Plato, who’s writing…

The most effective way to reduce the risk of suicide for homosexuals is public policies and campaigns to improve the family context for lesbian, gay, bi and trans (lgbt) kids. Furthermore, there should be laws that don 't allow how businesses, churches and government institutions treat and discriminate against lgbt people. Moreover, those rejected by their families are eight times more likely to commit suicide. “When a teen comes out, the same expression of love and support is called for, Wagner…

today’s society and the fear of not meeting established social norms, people are torn between embracing their sexual orientation with pride or being too ashamed to come out to the world. Coming out means making it public and acknowledging that one is gay, lesbian or a bisexual. For example, in the memoir, Fun Home, narrator Alison Bechdel portrays the effects of suffocating societal conceptions of sexuality on an individual, particularly in the parallel conflict between her own sexual awakening…

discreetly until the Stonewall riots of 1969 for the acceptance of people who are gay in society. The Stonewall Riots were a major turning point for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) community. It was beginning of societal awareness of the persecution and needed rights of the LGBT community. This seminal conflict eventually led to increased social acceptance and legal rights for this community and by 2015, gay marriage became legal in all 50 states through these uncompromising…

Scott Kugle took on the amazing challenge of writing a book about a topic that is usually kept silent in the Muslim community: homosexuality. In the past, it has always been easy to ignore the fact that homosexuals are an important group of people in religion and society. Historically, the LGBTQ community has been repressed and oppressed throughout society, and Kugle took up the mantle of finally bringing this group representation in the Islamic religion. Kugle structures his book, Homosexuality…

how a human should be treated, just because it is not “normal”. Assumptions about what causes homosexuality have raised many questions and new researches among psychologists, sociologists, and biologists. Biological study and social changes through gay…

Throughout human history, homosexuality or otherwise non-heterosexual actions or orientations were a common, albeit often small facet of life. However, when the predominantly homophobic Abrahamic religions of Christianity and Islam swept across the globe, conquering and colonizing lands and cultures far removed from their own, so too did their latent homophobia spread. In China, when parts of it were subjected to colonial British rule (among other powers vying for control in the region), the…

taken away by things like drug laws or laws restricting what type of sex you can have. When the Gay marriage law was passed it became something significant in the LGBT community. This means they are starting to get accepted by most. In our communities and society its self denying someone’s rights due to their gender, race or sexual orientation is classified as discrimination. Therefore, to go against gay marriage and not allowing either two people have the same sex to get married to is a form…

thirst for it. I would die for it.” (Fornes 1362) The darkness she describes is her miserable environment, whereas the light is the change that she seeks to achieve. Furthermore, Mae mentions that she is willing to die to experience the sense of liberation from her current situation. Her reality has become so bad that she was willing to escape her current existence by experiencing death. Death, to Mae, was an experience that would enable her to free herself from the gloominess of her natural…

Education and Sexuality: Different Processes of Liberation It is common practice to define a period in history by the experiences of the people living during that time. However, this presents an issue when those few experiences are generalized and expanded to represent an entire population during a given time period. When considering the two texts Loose Change: Three Women of the Sixties by Sara Davidson and Migrant Daughter: Coming of Age as a Mexican American Woman by Frances Esquibel Tywoniak…