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“Jeanette Winterson’s Sexting the Postmorden”.The Lesbian Postmodern. New York, Columbia University Press, 1994. Pg 137-155 It is important to make sure the recommended readings are carefully examined and to apply their context to the essay. This source is a prescribed reading on the novel Sexting The Cherry by Jeanette Winterson. It is an excerpt from the book The Lesbian Postmodern, in particular it is a chapter written by Laura Doan. In this chapter, Doan…

The attitude towards gay/ lesbian has changed in many ways since the 1990’s. Peoples attitude has change in a positive way but there are some where their attitude has changed in a negative way and develop some type of hatred towards them. How did peoples attitude change towards gays and lesbians over the years if they have been around for many years prior to the 1990s. Many people are looking more into that field because of the laws they have passed which are the same sex marriage now that…

Gay and Lesbians in the U.S Marketplace According to a Chicago based market research firm, the gay and lesbian market consists of a population of 18.5 million, along with a total annual income of $514 billion (Vargas 25). Additionally, it is proven that gay and lesbian consumers have a significantly higher purchasing power than heterosexual consumers. Thus, it would make sense for corporations to market their product and services to this market, however, that is not the case. In fact, there are…

will be a book of Jessie and Celina’s lesbian love stories. The book explores the clashes…

In the article The National Lesbian Family Study: 4. Interviews With the 10-Year-Old Children by Gartrell et al., they sought out to collect data on the 10 year old children’s psychosocial development and provide information for health care, and family services professionals, as well as education and public policies in relation to lesbian families. These children are a part of the National Lesbian Family study, a longitudinal study of lesbian families residing in the United States. Three…

collective and cited her partner Jean’s thoughts and feelings about men discounting her difficulties when menstruating. This source shows Ruth Mountaingrove’s early motivation for starting a lesbian separatist community later in her life, important in understanding the goals and ideals of the lesbian separatist community as…

some say you are born a homosexual and others say it is a choice. Either one can be the right answer but there is yet to be proof. Being gay or lesbian is not seen as a bad thing to many people. In the past few years, homosexuals have gained several rights such as gay marriage and adoption. They have also lost a lot of stigma attached to being gay or lesbian because society has become more accepting and understanding that some men like men and some women like women. Finally, they have gained…

Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement The history of gay and lesbian rights in the United States has been a long and difficult struggle. Throughout early history many gays and lesbians had to hide their sexuality for the fear of being persecuted and even killed for their sexual preferences. It was only within the last half of the 20th century that we started to see a large movement for the equality of gays and lesbians in our society. There are still constant struggles that gays and lesbians have to…

orientation. The Lesbian Rights Project, otherwise known as LRP, formed in San Francisco by lawyers Donna Hitchens and Roberta Achtenberg in 1977. The Lesbian Rights Project evolved over time into the National Center for Lesbian Rights (Rudolph). The National Center for Lesbian Rights continues to help lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents (as well as many others) today. In a custody case in 1978, the Washington Supreme Court issued the first ruling in favor of a lesbian couple. Also…

Juan, et al. "Civic Engagement, Religion, and Health: Older Black Lesbians in the Social Justice Sexuality (SJS) Survey." Women, Gender & Families of Color, vol. 3, no. 1, Spring2015, pp. 19-35. EBSCOhost, Accessed 16 Apr. 2018 ezproxy.gsu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=fyh&AN=112467572&site=ehost-live&scope=site. This article wrote by Juan Battle focuses on the experiences of older, black lesbians in the United States of America which is normally hidden from…