Gay

Boys Scouts of Americas has come under heavy scrutiny about its ban to allow openly gay scouts into the organization and has finally decided to lift it. In a statement by Wayne Perry, BSA President, he said “While people have different opinions about this policy, we can all agree that kids are better off when they are scouting.” The decision to lift the ban was a move in the right direction towards progression and acceptance. Originally, W.D. Boyce founded Boys Scouts of America (or BSA) in 1910…

The individual becomes immersed in gay culture, attending meetings, rallies, and events, reading literature, and associating only with other gay individuals or “pro-gay” heterosexuals. Much pride is felt toward the lesbian and gay community, and anger is directed at the rest of society. At this point the individual is very likely to be out to most individuals. Cass suggests that if individuals routinely experience negative reactions when they disclose their gay identity, then they will likely…

particularly homosexual men. Homosexuals portrayed in media rarely stray from the fashionable, sassy, flamboyant characters whom viewers have become accustomed to. One of the more common stereotypes of homosexuals is that of the gay best friend. What may seem like a great opportunity for gay visibility in media is truly a reductive generalization that does more to perpetuate stereotypes than to allow…

though moralizing discourses, moralizing, practises, and religion.”(cited in Krinsky, C. 2013, p.134)The contemporary example of moral panic issue surrounding ‘gay-propaganda’ law in Russia was justified by the Russian politician Vitaly Milonov, as the need to protect children from being corrupted and uphold Orthodox Christian moral values as gay people stand as threat to those values. (Available at:…

twenty-seventh, 1969 the Stonewall Rebellion, also known as “the emblematic event in modern lesbian and gay history” had started. It was a time where police and agents from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board were called in to look for violations of the alcohol control laws in a bar named the Stonewall Inn because it was believed that they did not have a liquor license. Most of the raids were common on gay bars and the regular routine for patrons. Although most were fearful that their names…

used by today’s society“That’s so gay”, contradicts the old positive meaning of the word gay; which used to mean happy, cheerful. Gay has shifted from a neutral meaning in to a pejorative insult to negatively replace the word stupid and feminine;…

1960's, New York created police vice squads that's purpose was to raid gay bars and baths. They began using decoys to solicit and entrap gays. By 1966 over 100 men a week were arrested as a result of this effort. Police raided this Mafia-run bar several times but never escalated.(Stonewall Uprising). On June 28,1969, the Stonewall Inn was filled with customers. In this time period, it was not uncommon for police to raid gay establishments. It was just after 3a.m. when police raided the Inn…

States. Some laws that help prevent assault against homosexuality are “Religious Freedom”. Which allows gays to have freedom to express themselves in public. People believe that gays should not show there love to…

LGBTQ people have to confront in their lives. There were years of my life I hated myself for being gay. Growing up as a kid being called gay was the ultimate insult and remark a person can make to devalue someone. Before I even know what the word gay meant I knew from the context people were using it in that it was something no one wanted to be. I deeply internalized that. Add in the message that being gay is the ultimate ticket to hell and it’s easy to see how someone who is…

the fight for equality. In the 1960s when it was normal for homosexuals to be persecuted by police, the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar, was raided by the police who began arresting the patrons. On June 8, 1969, members of the gay community and sympathisers alike took a stand and refused to cooperate with the police. This stand not only raised awareness to the lack of rights for the gay community, but helped bring an end to the raids and the undeserved arrests. The 1960s was an era of darkness for a…