Gay pride

of the worst times for gay people. During this time period gay people were treated unfairly and did not have equal rights because being gay was considered wrong. As a result, gay people could not enjoy the same freedoms as heterosexual people. A freedoms that inhabited was an unhindered social life since many places did not allow gay people. One of the few places where gay people could hang out was at gay bars. However, people were not completely safe from authority at gay bars because they were…

In a utopia, everyone would be gay (genuine) with the way they are and everyone would accept the differences of each other. Unfortunately, we do not live in a utopia and we live in an imperfect world, where not everyone accepts who they are. With today’s society telling people what is and is not acceptable, it is obvious why people seem lost. J.D. Salinger’s, The Catcher In The Rye, is a developing story written in Holden Caulfield, a protagonist, point of view. In the novel Holden emerges lost…

In the book “Ties that Bind”, Sarah Schulman discusses the terrible treatment of the LGBTQ community. She focuses on how the roots of homophobia originate in the house hold at the beginning of her book, then further explains the cruelty in which the group faces on an everyday basis. Sarah Schulman’s main argument of “Ties That Bind” is that the LGBTQ community has suffered enough, and in order to effectively make change homo/heterosexual individuals must bind together. One example is, if a…

noticeably bisexuals, gender-fluid people, trans-gender people, and asexuality. In these communities there seems to be a hierarchy to decide how much anyone belong. Bisexuals in heterosexual relationships are shunned, assumed to be straight, or not gay enough to belong. Transsexual and…

Even using Brokeback Mountain as a Hollywood film example of how sexuality is shown in the media, Rodger Streitmatter’s, “From Perverts to Fab Five: The Media’s Changing Depiction of Gay Men and Lesbians”, states, “In a country that makes not just a virtue but a fetish of rugged individualism-and set against the most identified virtue, Brokeback Mountain strikes a deep and haunting chord, showcasing the story of people who for no good reason are not allowed to love their lives as they would.…

It was during the ’70 of the 20th century in San Francisco, Harvey was living in the gay neighborhood and had witnessed the unfair treatment of…

In our society, there are several incidents where some people believe it is not correct to be in a relationship. One of these, conflicts, interracial relationships, is still happening today. Nearly fifty years since the law was passed and even longer since the end of slavery, and there are still people, who believe such an idea to be disgusting or immoral when in reality, it does not affect society in any way. In 1967, the Supreme Court had decided state bans on interracial marriage were…

One of my roommates in college was gay. He confided in me about his sexual preference, knowing I’d respect his confidence. Back then, gay people were openly ridiculed and rejected and attacked. I wish I could say this was no longer true, but obviously I can’t. We’ve come a long way, but what happened in Orlando and the reaction to it provide harsh reminders of how people hate those who are different from them in some way. Still so much hatred. I’m the associate minister at an open and…

influences today’s youth whom are in charge of our future. LGBT rights have been a problem since the birth of our nation. This issue affects homeless LGBT youth: 40% of homeless youth identifies as LGBT. Another issue is the discrimination against gay and lesbian couples who desire…

Last Year, Homestead High School, sometime around noon. I was faced with a challenge that left me questioning myself and what write. Let's start from the beginning; it was the time that Stanford blood drive would come to Homestead and collect blood. I as always wanted to escape math class and do something good, but mostly not do math. I proceeded to go and sign up; I was given a computer asking about my personal information, going through the questions I stopped. An issue appeared that I was…