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Research Portfolio Mishna, Faye, et al. “Bullying of Lesbian and Gay Youth: A Qualitative Investigation.” The British Journal of Social Work, vol. 39, no. 8, 5 Jan. 2008, pp. 1598–1614., academic.oup.com/bjsw/article/39/8/1598/1624782 Bullying occurs in schools, home, religious spaces, public areas (eg: malls) on the street, public transit, online “Conversion Bullying”: Occurrences where LGB people are harassed to change their sexual orientation and comply to heteronormative ideas the American…

discrimination against the lesbian, gay, and transgender community. The LGBT community feels discriminated since they are restricted and not allowed to participate or enjoy music that they like. In addition, they feel that preventing individuals from an event is unethical since they have the right to support and participate in what they love. However, by including transgender people into the music festival it will allow for society to improve their views on the lesbian, gay, and transgender…

Bisexuals face discrimination from both the heterosexual and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities. This discrimination may impact bisexuals' decisions regarding the sex of the person they choose to date. Despite being attracted to both sexes, 84% of bisexuals engage in opposite sex relationships (Pew Research Center, 2013). The mechanisms underlying these dating decisions are unclear. The present research focuses on exploring three possibilities as to why this disparity…

Page 153 in Fun Home, Alison illustrates the situation that almost threw him out of the closet. Being caught with a young man and beer in his car. Now, that situation is not something you’d want to have over you. Bad enough that men of the gay community in the 1960’s were portrayed as older men who prey on young boys or pedophiles. In a 1960 propaganda titled “Boys Beware” produced by Sid Davis Production for the Inglewood Police Department, it was used to inform the public about these mentally…

Sexuality and Homophobia “Come on, let’s go play house!” I heard this statement so many times as a child. The only thing is, I grew up in a neighbor that was mainly girls at the time, so when we would play “house”, pretending to have our own family consisting of a mother, father (although there usually wasn’t a male around), and a child; it got really awkward. Most of us grew out of it and promised to never speak of that phase again. However, some of us grew up and became extremely cautious…

whether bisexuality is "just" a phase. They did so by conducting a study that looked at almost 80 non-heterosexual women for ten years. In the end, the researchers concluded that bisexuality in women is a distinctive sexual orientation just like being gay, lesbian or straight. Another study out of the Kinsey Institute at the University of Indiana found the same thing in men. and explain that their findings confirm that bisexual men are members of a distinct sexual…

000 American veterans and 15,000 people in the military forces today that identify as transgender. The American military’s repealed policy is another blatant act of discrimination of homosexual and bisexual people. The policy prohibits any openly gay, lesbian, or bisexuals from serving in their military. It was instituted by the Clinton Administration…

want the to deal with these problems. If there was an openly gay person on a sports team, many of the less acceptant people on the team may be uncomfortable with changing around you or you just being there in general. This can cause you to not want to, or possibly not even allowed to participate on the team, even if it is something you really enjoy. Also, even though a lot of new legislation has made it easier for someone who is openly gay to serve in the military, there is still a stigma around…

his religion never accepted homosexuality. Jennings states his religion view toward homosexuality as “Gay people were twisted perverts destined for a lifetime of eternal damnation” (688), which uses harsh language to describe and give a negative view towards homosexuals. When an individual thinks of “twisted”, they picture something that is not normal, and when they…

concerning their sexuality. Compiling data to constructing the historical overview identified how the LGBT community was placed in a single category, and oppressed by the dominate majority who considered their behavior deviant. Organizations fought for gay rights, but some also fought for women’s rights and other civil rights and liberties that were not afforded to them. This causes me to think closely about the hardships African-Americans suffered during the civil rights. What was the struggle…