LGBT

Nowadays Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender (LGBT) adoption is legal in the U.S, but like many rights it hasn’t always been legal. It is more accepted now that people of the LGBT community should be able to expand their family in other ways since they can't conceive naturally. Unfortunately, there are plenty of kids to “go around” because there are a lot of kids in the foster system. It is not fair to dismiss the rights of people based on their sexuality. It's not about who you love, but if you are a caring person and how you treat people. The people of the LGBT community should be able to adopt and make a real family as they desire. A real family doesn’t have to consist of the stereotypical gender roles. Not that long ago, there were quite a few states that banned LGBT adoption ( VA, MI, ND, NE, et… ). LGBT can give kids a good home. Being gay or lesbian isn’t the only thing that matters when it comes down to caring for children. They are not stealing the kids, but rather trying to provide loving homes. (Joint Adoption Laws - Family Equality Council.) (Foley, Katherine Ellen. ) (LGBT Adoption Laws.)…

The LGBT(lesbian gay bisexual and transgender) community has always faced oppression,Although same sex marriage is legal now in all states it was a very difficult process it took are country many years to pass a law where a male and a male can be married or a female and a female.Most LGBT people have experienced anything from mean comments to crazy stares and have to face being unaccepted from some of the closest people to them.Many LGBT people still get oppressed to this day,the problem isn't…

lead to higher levels of depression, suicide attempts, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS infection in LGBT+ youth. With such a group already having a heightened risk of experiencing these problems, rejection and abuse can become the tipping point for many. In the LGBT+ community, hate is not uncommon. But when it is coming from a parent or sibling, it becomes extremely personal and damaging. According to Dr. Caitlin Ryan, who lead research done by the Family Acceptance Project on the effects of…

The immersion into the LGBT group gave me insight into the issues concerning this population. My observations show members of this group experience distress from discrimination and stigma. To illustrate, Johnny, my cultural guide, disclosed he suffers from anxiety and depression because of homophobia, work place discrimination, and lack of protection under the law. In addition, at my first gathering, other LGBT group members admitted feeling depressed and stressed out over the Orlando shooting,…

Although, in many countries progress has been made with the legalizations of same-sex marriage, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community discloses that they fear exposing their sexual orientation at the workplace due to facing negative consequences. It is estimated that 40 percent of the LGB community and 97 of the transgendered community face discrimination in the workplace. This issue is on a societal level thus the government has to enforce regulations and laws to ensure the LGBT…

In this essay, it will be looking into the world of the LGBT community and what that means for people 's experiences involving and surrounding crime and victimisation, and statistics on LGBT crime starting with, "Almost half (48 per cent) of all lesbian, gay and bisexual people have been the victim of some type of crime or incident in the last three years." (TGBCS, 2013). It will also look at types of risk factors that are experienced in the LGBT community, to which tends to have an impact on…

battle, but will continue to push forward. It 's not a battle for citizens of the United States, but the world as a whole striving for equal opportunity. LGBT+ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and then the plus is for Asexual and Queer/Questioning. A large amount of students in Junior High and High School are now identifying as a part of the LGBT+ community, yet…

If you are not a part of the LGBT community then you might not have understood or even realized the amount of discrimination that society, specifically employers, place on these individuals. What’s even more astonishing to think about is the fact that it doesn’t stop there. The wage gap in regards to the entire LGBTQ. plus community is not easy to measure because of the lack of access to information about the majority of the community. There is a lack of information to be found for a LGBT people…

Parents are from a different generation they did not grow up in an accepting world. Taught to judge the different parents are having a hard time tolerating their children who identify as LGBTQIA. According to the LGBT Homeless Youth Provider Survey, forty-six percent of youth run away because of family rejection while forty-three percent cited being forced out of their homes by parents (Cray, 11). This environment of an intolerant family causes youth to make the decision of living on the street…

The adversity faced by LGBT+ individuals everyday is a problem I would like to help solve to the best of my ability. Statistics show that LGBT+ individuals are more than two times as likely as straight individuals to have a mental health disorder, such as depression or anxiety disorder, suicide attempts are three times more common among people who are bisexual than people who are straight, there’s a greater risk of substance abuse disorders for members of the LGBT+ community, and we’re also…