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many diverse learners in today’s society, the lesbian and gay community is one that still receives criticism. Having the opportunity to witness the GLIDE presentation provided me an educational view in a gay and transgender perspective. This is my first time hearing about The GLIDE organization. After witnessing the impact of their presentations, I believe it is important for successful teachers to have knowledge of students within the gay and lesbian community. One lesson I learned. From…

Other changes which may be considered as reflecting a changing or variable Zeitgeist, are the emergence of a variety of genres, an increase in the number of female and lesbian filmmakers (albeit mostly in the arena of independently produced lesbian-themed films), a gradual shift from tragic endings to more optimistic, yet sometimes implied, endings of reconciliation and overcoming a difficulty, as well as a shift in the intertextuality and interdiscursivity of films, namely by changing from…

psychology and how black and lesbian feminist still faces the same prejudices and calls for a re-vision. One example is section six “The Historical Denial of Lesbianism” written by Blanche Wiesen Cook to address the homophobia displayed. In that section the author used a biography of Miss Marks and Miss Wooley for a case study to explain how women view each other in social, feminist…

Lesbian Representation in The Kids Are Alright Sexual orientations portrayed in movies and on the screen try to resemble real life relationships. The only time they do show an exact image of a character’s orientation when it comes to someone who is heterosexual and not any homosexuals. In early productions before the 1950’s, characters who were usually gay, lesbian, or queer were not given a title of being homosexual, but instead were given certain traits. Gay characters were sissy and feminine…

disgust, though are lesbian and gay couples really that bad? The divorce rates have been declining recently, but will gays and lesbians slowly start to make it incline or are their relationships going to last? Obviously, each case is different but how do they compare to straight couples? In the studies: Relationship Outcomes and Their Predictors: Longitudinal Evidence from Heterosexual Married, Gay Cohabiting, and Lesbian Cohabiting Couples and…

or TV show. The L Word and Saving Face are two lesbian stories released within a year of each other, yet the effort of the two stories to appeal to various audiences was vastly different. Premiering on Showtime in 2004, The L Word focusses on a group of lesbians and their daily lives and drama. It was the successful TV series that featured lesbian characters and sexuality as the forefront of the plot. The NY Times put it “Before ‘The L Word,’ lesbian characters barely existed in television.…

Lost and found youth is a nonprofit agency that helps gay, lesbian, and transgender people who are homeless. These are teens that have been put out the home and disowned by their parents because of their sexuality. Homeless teens that are gay or lesbian are more likely to be involved in drugs, prostitution, and are more likely to be assaulted. The lost and found nonprofit youth agency provides housing, counseling…

percent of American people supported allowing gays and lesbians to adopt while fifty-seven percent were opposed (“PBS”). However, a study released in 2006 by Pew Research found that public approval rates among Americans are on the rise. In addition to the people of America supporting gays and lesbians adopting, the Child Welfare League of America and the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute does as well. The CWLA’s official position on gay, lesbian and bisexual parents is that they are as well…

believed among many people that two parents of the same-sex are unable to provide a stable and safe environment to raise children. A same-sex couple is just that, a couple where both partners are of the same sex, either two men or two women. Gay and lesbian parents are equally as capable as straight parents to care for a child. These children can grow up normal, healthy, and happy in settings that are secure and reliable. Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, expressed on…

Current United Methodist theological conversation presents heterosexual as the normative expression of human sexuality, dismissing gay men and lesbians entirely. UM Church policies ignore the presence, voice, and experience of gay persons, sending the message that they do not matter and that their spiritual existence is irrelevant. This circumstance presents an unjust narrative that silences and prohibits individuals from participating fully in creation and contradicts the mission of the Church.…