Heterosexism

It has been 38 years since The Criminal Offences Act (1980) was passed, partially decriminalising male homosexuality. This was a monumental moment in Scottish LGBT history. We've certainly come a long way from the rampant homophobia and discrimination of the past, but there's still much of that same prejudice present in modern society. In the past year alone, one in five LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) people have been the victim of a hate crime. Furthermore, this number is…

In Chrys Ingraham’s “Heterosexuality”, she discusses an angle of women’s oppression that stems from heterosexuality being normalized in society. This normalization is not natural, and is instigated because it helps men stay above in power. It is a social institution that has a bias in favor of heterosexuality and romanticize heterosexual relationships and related rituals. The main argument of Chrys Ingraham’s “Heterosexuality” is that heterosexuality is not something people are born with or…

Diversity in practice of a culture: In a similar manner, dating a person within the U.S is a common practice. One might want to imagine that the practice of dating a person is prohibited in Pakistan. This is partially true because more than a decade ago, Pakistan introduced websites for online dating with positive claims that supported the Islamic ideology of marriage. Given that, these dating websites are used as a tool to find a good marriage proposal, it is important to point out how much…

What would you do if you were madly in love with a person and you wanted to spend the rest of your life with them, settle down get married. But what if everything you wanted could never happen. Because your not aloud too. Someone else has the right to tell you that you cant get married to your partner that you cant walk down the isle celebrate your day with family and friends. What would you do if your partner got sick and then you weren't aloud to go and visit them even worse what happens if…

Marriage equality has been a long time argument across the United States. While the law passed in 2015 by the Supreme Court granting marriage equality, there are still arguments, primarily fueled by religious views, of what a marriage is. Therefore, dividing the country and leading the United States down a path that infringes on constitutional rights of the people in the LGBTQ community when it comes to marriage. One must ask, what would it take to bring the United States out if it is current…

LGBT CIVIL RIGHTS In the recent years things have became widely accepted across this country and being homosexual is one of them. Now in the past it was looked down upon always and is still looked down by some people today. Though this has changed vastly with more people accepting people as who they are then just based of their sexuality. That is why I support the decision of legalizing gay marriage in our country. Our country is based on Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, by passing…

One of the groups that oppose the amendment are Marriage Matters, their website contains several stories of people of a wide diversity of gays and lesbians as to why they want to marry. The mission of Marriage Matters is to educate people on the fact that homosexuals desire to be married for the same reasons as heterosexuals want to be married and denying them that right is against their civil rights. Marriage Matters claims that “allowing same-sex couples to marry does not change the meaning of…

“Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is marriage between people of the same sex, either as a secular civil ceremony or in a religious setting” (Same-Sex Marriage). Americans have been expressing their judgment about gay marriage since the 1970s. An evaluation argument can be either good or bad, with having a strong or weak evaluation. The evaluation I will be analyzing is an article about Anti-Gay Marriage Ban Arguments. In my opinion, the author’s evaluation arguments, overall, were…

• The reason that I believe that many educators move toward heterosexism is because in many parts of the country; religion is a very important part of students and the community’s daily lives. With that in mind, many of the LGBTQ youths issues are hard to discuss because they are in direct conflict with what many students hear within their church. I do not believe that anyone would approve of discrimination; however I do believe that many educators do not want to wade into personal issues that…

Before Stonewall it was a crime to be anything than heterosexual. Before Stonewall it was a crime to be anything than heterosexual. The way was paved by the two faces of the riots Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, and their effects after the riots. Stonewall changed the way people say people of the LGBTQ community and pushed the fight for equality forward. While the fight for equality was a group effort the one of the main person who lead the community into the new age of gay liberation was…