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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…

In this book he discusses the role of same-sex marriage should not be the goal for gay rights activists. When gay activists insist on equal benefits as same as straight people, the book argues that it stigmatizes queer people who choose other types of relationships. Meaning that the activist should not just focus on just legally be married, but not…

historical homophobia, paired with invisibility of lesbian and gay seniors impacts their ability and willingness to access mainstream health care and social services. This integrates into my analysis a discussion of issues that lesbian and gay elders face within the current healthcare system (Brennan-Ing, 2014, p. 45; Fabbre, 2017, p.73; Gabrielson, 2011, p. 330). This article demonstrates the effect historical homophobia has on lesbian and gay individuals’ use of services (Johnson, et al.,…

express their opinions, but gay people can’t unite and prove their love like any other straight couple… I personally find this outrageous, as a country, the whole 23.13 million of us, we have invested our trust in you to create a successful and overall happy environment to live in. But how can you claim you’re doing us justice, when you’re denying approximately 2.31 million Australians the right to marriage. There are two reasons for someone to be homophobic. Either you’re gay yourself and…

agreeing with Pascoe, being homophobic builds masculinity because you are asserting your dominance over the person you called a “faggot”. Also, since masculinity is referred to masculinity, being called a faggot could be represented as telling someone gay. I agree with Jeremy, which is a person who was quoted in this article, “To call…

follows the lives of five families with a gay or lesbian child. It also shows how they all responded to homosexuality in different ways and the pain and suffering they face every day. The struggles the Christian families faced after finding out about their gay or lesbian child was hard as well. The film demonstrates it is possible to have acceptance in the Christian community, living as a gay or lesbian for example, Bishop Gene Robinson. The first openly gay bishop, to be blessed by an…

being lesbian, gay, bisexaul, transgender, as well as other sexual orientations. It is to be noted that most of the research done about the LGBT community is predominantly on those that identify as gay or lesbian, and that there is still a lot of research to be done on those that identify as Transgender or Bisexual in the LGBT Community. Those that identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender are apart of the counter norms of sexuality. “Discrimination and inequality faced by gays and…

Review of Same Love by Macklemore ‘Underneath it’s all the same love’, Hip-Hop artist Macklemore’s hit ‘Same Love’ released in 2012 reached an astounding 162 million views on YouTube. ‘Same Love’ promotes the legalisation of gay marriage in America, a very topical debate at the time of its release. Macklemore’s hit encompasses an eminent evident message of equality, an equal world where people aren’t discriminated against for sexual preference. Macklemore allows the listener to understand to the…

They then introduce four competing perspectives that they will test their data against (p. 1260-1262). The first perspective is that rural settings are harmful to gay and lesbian people compared to urban environments. The second perspective posits that rural settings are more beneficial. “According to this perspective,” they write, “rural residents are thought to be in better mental shape than their urban peers because…

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…