Gay

Milk(2008) is a film that depicted a time where it was politically incorrect to be openly gay, and Harvey Milk challenged the norm and succeeded in being openly gay in politics. The memory we have of Harvey Milk in a social aspect and the cultural memory that was created was told in the recorded tape of his own personal memory. Through critical cultural studies and the public memory that has taught us about Milk, we are able to learn of his achievements and the change he created in politics and…

One huge problem for early LGBT rights movements was religious opposition, especially christian opposition. For over 2000 years, Christians have seen being gay as immoral (“Gay”). Many of them refer back to the biblical sections that many Christian followers interpreted as anti-gay (Slick). One of the most commonly referenced verse, “Leviticus 18:22, ‘You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination’ ” (Slick). Leviticus 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male…

San Francisco, California, as a gay. Gay people were frequently depicted as social freaks and regularly confronted serious police mercilessness. This film tends to numerous political issues focused on the gay rights development. Be that as it may, there are a few that are essential in the film. Milk, composed by Dustin Lance Black, sensationalize political issues by passing on the centrality identified with changes in American culture and tending to segregation gay people confronted day by day.…

“Heterophobia” Is a term that the straight community has formulated to describe the prejudice and oppression the LGBT community enforces on them. Their idea of heterophobia is when their gay acquaintances display uneasiness or dislike towards straight people. When we talk about homophobia we’re discussing an oppression and hatred of gay people that has lasted centuries. To this day there is not one anti-straight law, nor is there an anti-cisgender law. They’re not denied jobs for being…

DeGeneres came out as gay on national television during an episode of her sitcom. She pioneered the way for gay and lesbian representation in public television. At first, the feedback was good and viewers were supportive, then the criticism of Ellen’s new lifestyle grew and the show ended up getting canceled after the last episode of the season. A year later in September 1998, a new gay character emerged on the popular sitcom, Will and Grace. Will Truman was the first openly gay male character…

been a very positive and happy word. One of the many words that have changed its meaning over the years is the word “gay”. This word has definitely changed over the years and we use it in a completely different way today than we did even as recently as a hundred years ago. The word “gay” has been…

1900’s getting caught as a gay individual meant being arrested, thrown in an asylum, beaten, or even resorting to suicide. The word “homosexual” was thought to be dirty, and individuals who were called homosexual were thought to be mentally unwell sexual deviants. Gay men even had to use “signals” such as wearing a red necktie or a matching necktie and handkerchief to alert to other gay men that they were available without drawing attention to themselves publicly. Gay men and women…

America you will find gay neighborhoods or better known as “safe havens.” How are these considered safe havens when all they attract is antigay violence and discrimination towards the gay community? May victims such as Don and David were harmless and just going about their daily lives by simply walking home when they were raided by high schoolers. Gay white men are at risk of daily discrimination and both physical and verbal violence from homophobes or according to Wayne Myslik, gay bashers. In…

It's estimated that there is only two hundred and twenty nine million gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people in the world, that’s 5 percent of the seven billion people who inhabit this earth! However this number doesn’t stop hateful, disgusting bigots from saying that there is a "gay agenda" to turn their children gay. Egypt, Nigeria and Sudan are only three of the seventy nine countries in the world where being gay and lesbian is illegal, if you are caught with your partner three…

described and experienced variously as a psychological process or journey; decision-making or risk-taking; a speech act or matter of personal identity; a rite of passage; liberation or emancipation from oppression; an ordeal; a means toward feeling gay pride instead of shame and social stigma; Focusing on the themes of alienation, acceptance, courage, fear, journey & love. These themes will be explored by symbolically representing them in an episodic manner, filmed specifically to emphasize the…