LGBT culture

Brigham Anderson was but one of many gay characters to commit suicide because of their inability to accept themselves for what they were. But what about films in which gay characters are martyred, indirectly? Queue the 1980’s AIDS pandemic. Along with AIDS being touted as the “gay disease” came films, such as Norman René’s Longtime Companion and Johnathan Demme’s Philadelphia, in which gay characters ultimately succumbed to the disease. This type of martyrdom contributes ultimate scandalizing of…

The Herek, (2000) study presupposes that the statistics contend that straight individual’s approaches to gay women fluctuate from their attitudes to homosexual males; nonetheless, there is no difference in hostility among these individuals. The Herek, (2000) project states that the inconsistency in power effects points to straight male’s outlooks to homosexual males are reliably more antagonistic than their outlooks to gay females or straight female’s outlooks toward gay men or women. The Herek,…

gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights. The Brunswick Four were a group of four lesbians’ who decided to sing in a Toronto bar called the Brunswick Bar in 1974 where they sang, “a rousing revision of “I Enjoy Being a Girl” – for ‘girl’…

Throughout society, the relationship between a parent and child tends to be very complex. In some relationships, parents try to influence his/her children to look and behave a certain way. By shaping his/her children this way, parents are starting to look at his/her children as a second chance to express the parent’s suppressed wants. Although many people assume that Yang/Liew and Bechdel believe that a child will allow his/her parent to live through them because the parent is the authority…

Pride, which is still yearly celebrated in memory of how far the community has gone in reaching its goal. As claimed by an article, “New York was the birthplace of Pride in 1970, one year after the famous Stonewall in Greenwich village” (The History of LGBT Pride, from 1970 to Now, hrc.org). The celebration of the riot came to be known as, Pride; ultimately serving as an event in which people of the community come together. Due to the actions taken at the Stonewall, the birth of these groups…

take in these children. There is a certain group of adults that are willing to take these children in; however, many have claimed that these adults are in unfit to care for children due to their sexual orientation. In the American Foster care system, LGBT couples are viewed as inadequate caregivers to children due to the claims of people who disagree with their differing sexual…

Tattoos: An Act of Self Expression not Evil Why are tattoos considered unprofessional, and why is this still an issue in the workplace? Tattoos and piercings have become less of a problem in the recent years, but the problem is still there and honestly, it shouldn't have been seen as one in the first place. 1 in 5 Americans have tattoos, that's 14% of the American population and all together 45 million people with tattoos, many that are facing prejudice in the workplace(Statistic). I’m…

According to the book person’s sexual orientation is one’s erotic, romantic and affectional attraction to the same gender, to the other gender or to both. (Pg 370). Questioning is when you go through a period where you’re not sure where you fall in terms of sexual orientation. This is a very confusing time for any young man or women. Someone questioning is someone for whom the question, "Are you gay or lesbian? Are you straight? Are you queer or bisexual? What's your deal?" is one that, at a…

Homophobia Homophobia is a well-known term in today’s world. The origin of homophobia is unknown but the term is credited to George Weinberg who came up with it in the late 1960’s and further publicized and discussed it in a book in 1972. Homophobia can be broken down into two words, homo and phobia. Homo: homosexuals. Phobia: an extreme or irrational fear or something. Altogether, homophobia is an extreme or irrational fear of homosexuals. Fearing or discriminating people because of what sex…

Recently the Authoritarian State surpassed Japan in economy. With the government's censoring on media, western countries are unaware of the real China. While it appears that the Chinese economy is doing well and the country seems to be prospering, there are many internal problems within China. All these problems are addressed in the book From the Dragon’s Mouth written by Ana Fuentes. The book features ten stories about real people that each address a different complication. Fuentes expresses…