Gay Liberation

In the poem, Captivity by Louise Erdrich, a deeper meaning of the hardships and liberation of captivity are shown. The overall meaning of the poem the author is expressing to the reader is that one should follow the word of god while being held in captivity, but to not limit themselves to being narrow minded and limited in terms of thinking. The narrator of the poem is expressing to the audience that the experience of her capture was eventually an eye opener to her. It is a unique experience…

Frederick Douglass Education allows us to see the world in a new light and gives us opportunities to better ourselves. To be educated can mean many things but in many ways becoming educated can liberate us. It can liberate us from socio-comic strains or simply from our own stubborn opinions. Through the process of becoming “educated” we can learn to see things from a whole different perspective. For Frederick Douglass, education allowed him to become aware of the cruelty and disgusting truth…

Being a homosexual in the 21st century can be an emotional experience due to the lies that are said about them. By using satire, LZ Granderson in the TED Talk, “The Myth of the Gay Agenda,” presents humor, personal journey, and emotional connections, which creates a convincing argument towards the audience about love and respect. First of all, Granderson is a humorous person throughout his speech. LZ Granderson uses verbal irony to be humorous and stir up the audience in a positive and funny way…

They then introduce four competing perspectives that they will test their data against (p. 1260-1262). The first perspective is that rural settings are harmful to gay and lesbian people compared to urban environments. The second perspective posits that rural settings are more beneficial. “According to this perspective,” they write, “rural residents are thought to be in better mental shape than their urban peers because…

targeted towards this subject. In the 1990’s researchers at the University of Chicago established three criteria’s to be homosexual: 1. Sexual attraction to the same sex. 2. Sexual activity with one or more of the same sex 3. Identifying oneself as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Homophobia is the hatred or fear towards homosexual people. This global epidemic has impacted the lives of men all over the world. Heterosexual men wisely choose the jobs they do, the sports they play, the food they eat and…

Alfred Hitchcock is well known for bringing queer characters into his films. He’s also well known for exposing those queer characters in a negative light, making them murderers, or simply reinforcing the thought of the time that gay persons had mental illnesses. Due to the laws at the time concerning cinema, directly having queer characters in your film was hard to do. Yet, Hitchcock made it possible by implying, through the use and manipulation of technical elements of cinematography, that the…

upon lifestyle and choices. There are different types of savagery employed against a LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) individual or groups. Furthermore, it can have a huge impact upon the individual’ lifestyle. Moreover, this paper, will explore the causes and types of violence perpetrated against LGBT community, its impact, and the means of preventing its occurrences. LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) groups are the most hated and heavily targeted groups due to their…

misrepresentation in the media brings a portrayal of the gay community as sexually deviant (Bersani 199). Seen in the exaggerated portrayal of promiscuity in gay bathhouses where gay men would participate in “the orgiastic behaviour of multiple partners, one after the other, where in five minutes you can have five contacts,” (Bersani 199). It is realized through Bersani’s work that the AIDS health crisis is not focused on finding a cure, but on the sexual appetite of gay men and the heterosexual…

Page 153 in Fun Home, Alison illustrates the situation that almost threw him out of the closet. Being caught with a young man and beer in his car. Now, that situation is not something you’d want to have over you. Bad enough that men of the gay community in the 1960’s were portrayed as older men who prey on young boys or pedophiles. In a 1960 propaganda titled “Boys Beware” produced by Sid Davis Production for the Inglewood Police Department, it was used to inform the public about these mentally…

“anti-gay propaganda”. This law bans propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations among minors (Chance 2). There are those who believe that Russia is standing on weak, wobbly wooden legs and these laws purposely serve as a distraction tactic from the internal and systematic problems within their country (alliteration of w; metaphor). But why cause so much suffrage, pain and harm amongst your own people (rhetorical question)? It is to our concern as humans to address and help fight for gay…