Homosexuality and psychology

The documentary film "Paris is Burning" directed by Jennie Livingstone, gives us an insight into the lives, dreams, and aspirations of the gay/ homosexual community of New York. It focuses on the glamorous aspect of the community, the "Balls" which provide an outlet and an arena to distinguish themselves, to shine, to be recognized, admired, and to be proud. The article "The Homeless Community of the Piers" by Rob Maitra, parallels the same main theme, but it focuses mainly on the lives,…

The Most Common Issues Faced by Gay Couples It often amaze me how little is known of gay couples relationships. Most straight people usually think since gay partners are same-sex, they won't have any relationship problem as each of the partner knows how he would like to be treated. This is by far, a wrong assumption! Gay couples, just like every other person out there, has issues in their relationship. These issues come in various forms, it may be too much or not enough sex, lack of attention,…

The Social Democratic Party has been prevalent in many countries for many years. In places such as Germany, The United States, and Canada, this party exists and can also be called the “Socialist” party. The basic ideologies and beliefs center around the idea that the government should have more power to institutionalize enabling access to resources that help people, which has to do with a more powerful federal government. Their ideals also include the belief that all people should have equal…

In today's day in age, distinctive sexualities and sex characters are rapidly turning out to be more acknowledged in standard society. In spite of this change, there are numerous individuals who trust that having an alternate sexual introduction or sex character is a decision that is disapproved of. With a specific end goal to discredit this conviction, examination and science of the mind is fundamental. Looking into the mind on the premise of sexuality is a genuinely new point of discourse…

Cultural Competency Assignment: The LGBT Culture Throughout its history, the United States has symbolized equality of opportunity for people of all races, origins, religions, and creeds. Despite these founding principles of equality and acceptance, the United States has also had a long history of denying basic rights to certain groups of people that live within the land. Still, most Americans describe our culture as the “melting pot” in which people from around the world contribute their own…

Homosexuality is becoming a more common practice in the world today. Some problems that homosexuals go through involve conflicts between different groups that they affiliate themselves with. In extreme cases, gay Catholics are denied their right to get married or to enter the priesthood. They are almost always accepted into every church and are encouraged to participate to an extent. Catholics are strongly against homosexual acts and homosexuals are strongly for them. Not everyone has the…

Groves 1 Jared Groves Ms. Ayers English II 10 - 31 - 16 The Stonewall Riots The Stonewall Riots were protests about gay rights and the beginning of the gay rights movement. It refers to the violent raids and arrests on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village at the Stonewall Inn (“White House…” par. 1). It happened June 28, 1969, in New York. It took place at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. Most who protested were LGBT people (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender). They all protested…

Reading the survey, I ended up actually doing the survey. Because I wanted to see where my thoughts and views honesty were. The questions really made me think about my values and what I see as normally. I know its about being heterosexual and straight but all I could think about is the opposite and asking the questions with the word homosexual rather than heterosexual. And how that I have really conflicting ideas about sexuality and gender identification. I believe that people should be able to…

The impressive recalcitrance of Kim Davis, written on September 3, 2015. The article is about Kim Davis, a devout Christian who works as a county clerk in Kentucky. Kim Davis refused to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples and was willingly to go to jail for her religious beliefs. Kim Davis was jailed on September 3, 2015 for five days after defying a federal court order to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Defying the Supreme Court, in her plea, she states that she could not sign…

Gay Marriage Talking about being gay has always been a sensitive topic for people, but recently on June 26, 2015, gay marriage was legalized in all fifty states in the United States and with that has caused ups and downs when it comes to society still having issues with acceptance. With that said, now all people are allowed to marry whomever they please without judgement, but that still does not stop people from sanctioning the people that are a part of the LGBTQ population. Gay couples have…