Gay pride

Even though gay marriage is legal throughout the entire country, it does not change the fact that discrimination in the LGBTQ community still happens everyday. People who discriminate against those in LGBTQ community should have harsher punishments put against them. To some people this may sound insane, that in 2016 gay people are still be looked down upon, but today I am here to show you some major examples of what goes on everyday right here in our country. Denial of service, suicide rates…

In this generation the words “gay” and “faggot” are used to make people feel bad about themselves and it is made to be an insult. With these words floating around….. “A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are” Present generations often believe that people, who may…

Authorities Arresting and Killing Gay Men, Russian Paper Says” where he writes of the horrors taking place in which gay men are being arrested and some executed in taboo of their sexual orientation all around this Russian republic. “Homophobia in Kenya: is a change going to come?” is another article in the African country of Kenya where another mass…

In the community, some people who are against to and some people who support to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ). In Church, School, Job places, and other places who are accepted to have LGBTQ and others don't. Why? People, we're afraid that LGBTQ has AIDS or HIV from sex and drug spread. The government makes the law for LGBTQ to keep having safe sex and to have equality for all LGBT. Other hands some people don't believe in them same-sex because some people believe in…

The LGBT movement has impacted our society in social and public ways, changing the way we will interact in future years. Before the Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis the Stonewall Riots, and the gay Pride parades, no one paid mind to the idea of equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, they were rather more worried about racial equality. In Jacob…

Homosexuality is a controversial issue in many religious traditions. In the early stages of coming out, rejection of religious tradition is common; but in later stages, when identity acceptance and pride are reached, the need to integrate one’s homosexual and religious identities can became paramount. Sexuality and spirituality are intricately linked. A positive appreciation of one’s sexual orientation is essential to spiritual and psychosocial development. Despite contemporary perceptions that…

1. In what specific ways do lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals together compose a minority subgroup known as the “LGBT Community”? For some background click on the following URL: www.sfcenter.org. The LGBT community now is consider a subgroup because they are joining forces to fight for equal rights. “LGBT people still face both individual and systemic discrimination.” (Sfcenter.org. 2017). This community understands and supports each other because the suffering, discrimination,…

Hey guys! Diana here, and today I want to discuss the importance of representation. Only in recent years have queer characters and relationship wiggled onto the big screen. After decades of the queer community being shoved aside for straight story lines, we are finally starting to see our own blossoming in the limelight. But it isn't all sunshine and rainbows (pardon the pun). As a community, we still face a lot of problems when it comes to media, primarily not being represented at all, and when…

Being gay used to be a very big taboo across many, if not all, cultures. My paper specifically will discuss the connection between religion and people’s thoughts and feelings on homosexuals/being homosexual. Religion has a huge impact on people’s thoughts about being homosexual which also affects the willingness of a culture to accept homosexuality, and many times it also has a deep effect on people who identify as gay. While being gay has stopped being a taboo in recent times in many places,…

This article discusses both the prevalence of homophobia, defined as “a prejudice that leads to hatred and discrimination toward lesbian and gay people” (Croteau & Kusek, 1992, p. 396), and a specific way to reduce homophobia—gay and lesbian speaker panels. Gay and lesbian speaker panels are panel presentations by gay and lesbian people, whereby they share their personal experiences, stories, and engage in a dialogue with the audience. Croteau & Kusek (1992) discuss six previous studies that…