Gay pride

Diversity Experience June 2015, the United States Supreme Court made same-sex marriages legal in all 50 states. People across the Nation are divided on this issue. I found myself feeling indifferent on the Supreme Court’s decision. I know I would never want to marry a person of the same sex, so the decision by the Supreme Court had no effect on me personally. Some religions are against same-sex marriages, and consider homosexuality as a sin and immoral. I grew up as a Southern-Baptist, and I too…

judge because he is gay. People bully him because they believe it is “wrong” to be gay because the Bible says so. I find it ridiculous. I am a Christian, and I believe in the word of the Bible. However, I also believe the bible was written in a time where a lot of the things today were never even thought of so of course they were considered unholy. A lot of people who are Christian have a problem with a person being gay and say many terrible things about people who are gay. I know the Bible…

The world today is going through a problematic, judgmental, and controversial shift. The U.S. today is going through a population increase due to illegal Mexican immigration. Homosexuals or gay people are fighting for their rights to further the peace of the marriage equality vote. The U.S. is trying to protect the American people from the horrific incidents of the terrorist group ISIS. The world is going from bad to worse and it seems every day there is a new problem arising dealing with these…

always has been discriminated against being lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people known as, LGBT, have fought for equal rights since the 1950s. With many Americans frowning upon the LGBT lifestyle in this time period, it is keen to knowing that soon enough, the LGBT community would take action. On June 28th, 1969 in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, one of the most memorable moments in LGBT history took place. Stonewall, a popular gay bar was raided with police forces that quickly…

In the reading, Capitalism and Gay Identity, D’Emilio challenges the idea that gay men and lesbians have not always existed, but emerged because of free labor created by capitalists. However, in my opinion towards the emergence of homosexuality, I disagree with D’Emilio’s concept that homosexuality results from a specific time period when capitalism arose, and I would argue that although attractions among same genders appeared uncommon prior to the twentieth century, homosexuality has…

The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) community has it hard enough already, but adding bullying and harassment for being themselves is unnecessary. In 2011 statistics show that 82% of LGBT youth had problems with bullying due to their sexual orientation (Teaching Tolerance). Bullying is only the beginning; it leads to depression and possibly suicide. It is okay to be different; certain people just do not know how to handle it. People should not have to suffer from bullying. LGBT youth…

healthier lives, there remains no cure”(Human Rights Campaign, 2016). HIV affects the LGBT community most frequently, LGBT, stands for “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, and it refers to a broad…

the fact that a heterosexual couple does not have the ability to love a child more any more than a homosexual couple. The author of the second article would also advocate that the homophobia needs to stop in the United States. It is unfair to keep gays and lesbians off of television, and it is unfair to act like they don’t exist. The author Nico Lang makes you question how much of the homophobia is still around in the United States. I never realized it was as big of a problem as it still is.…

Whether it is bisexuals and trans* individuals on one side, with gay men and lesbians - both monosexual identities - on the other, or with bisexuals paired with gay men and lesbians as a cohesive group of deviant sexualities against heterosexism, or with bisexuals grouped with all of the other identities that ‘love men’ against lesbians, or with bisexuals against…

unsecure, unsafe, being bullied, and not feeling welcome. The GEC knew they had to do something to change this so they gathered, all of its groups, Queer Inclusion Club, The LGBTQ of OU, Mosaic, and Sexperts, together they created a list of issues with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students on campus. That developed into a 20-page document that incorporated concerns with public bathrooms and exercise facilities, inclusive healthcare, equal opportunity, academics, and safe places for…