LGBT culture

Gay Marriage and Equality Gay marriage, these two words can make people go from being completely civilized, to arguing like crazy. This is a very sensitive topic for many people, and I honestly don't know why it has to be. I am fully supportive of the gay marriage law and rights. I think that through the years we have had this image of what a perfect society is supposed to be like. Trying to make the perfect society has ruined us we no longer accept people for they are, we only accept people…

All four of the articles show the disparities that exist within the work environment. “The Glass Escalator” by Christine L. Williams showed how men not only face a huge advantage in female dominated careers but also discrimination. “The Global Woman” by Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild tell how many immigrant women are leaving their home countries at alarming rates to take on domestic jobs elsewhere. “The Globetrotting Sneaker” by Cynthia Enloe is about how many companies…

Born in October 30, 1930, Timothy Findley grew up in Rosedale area of Toronto, Ontario. Although his childhood was spent in a rich neighbourhood, the Findleys suffered a financial strain due to the Depression. As a child, Findley developed double mastoids, then pneumonia; he mostly stayed away from brutal plays, spending most of his time at home. Due to his sickness, it was natural for him to develop a solitary nature. Looking back, childhood was not the best time of his life for Timothy. By…

week before. It was the tail end of the Civil Rights Movement, but the Gay Rights Movement hadn’t even begun. The Stonewall Riots were pivotal in the creation of the LGBT rights, and their impact can be seen to this day. Prior to the riots, gay rights were practically nonexistent in America, and the only resources members of the LGBT community had pre-Stonewall were gay founded social clubs, such as Daughters of Bilitis and the Mattachine Society. These organizations mainly focused on activism…

“If men were equal in America, all these Poles and English and Czechs and blacks, then they are equal everywhere, and there are really no such thing as foreigners; there are only free men,” said Michael Shaara author of The Killer Angels: a Novel of the Civil War (1975) This quote packs a powerful message. There are several different meanings that I have taken from this quote. The first being that that all of mankind was created equal and gives he gives examples ranging from Blacks to Czechs,…

Diversity Activity Reflection Savonna Huff Forsyth Technical Community College In choosing to watch a film for the diversity activity, I chose to watch “The Laramie Project”. reporters chose to create a movie on the murder case of the homosexual college student Mathew Shepard, whom attended the university of Wyoming. The reporter who traveled to Laramie Wyoming were homosexual as well, a few of them where not sure about going because they were afraid that since Mathew Shepard was murdered for…

X-Men: Last Stand When a private laboratory supported by the government finds the cure for the mutants by using the DNA of a powerful boy. The mutants now have the option of giving up their powers and become fully human,or retain their uniqueness and remain isolated, but their society split. Magneto opposes and decides to join a force to fight against the government and kill the mutant boy. Meanwhile Jean Grey with being powerful and uncontrollable, She destroys Cyclops and Professor Charles…

The two trends relating to coming out for gay teens is that of being left by family and friends and that of being bullied by peers, yet “The Internet also has eased isolation for gay teens, offering a place for socializing and support, says Stephanie Sanders of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction in Bloomington, Ind.” (Elias, 2007) Before the internet, gay teens had to make big decisions on who to tell and when to tell them due to fear of being isolated, yet…

Most people, myself included follow the assumption that everyone we meet is heterosexual. We follow this assumption until we are proven right or we are proven wrong. This assumption is called heteronormativity. It is following the speculation that everyone is straight until proven guilty. It is popularly believed that, “Heterosexuality prescribes what is proper intimacy, who is a proper citizen, and what is a proper family” (Steinbugler 423). It is this quotation that summed up the belief that…

One huge problem for early LGBT rights movements was religious opposition, especially christian opposition. For over 2000 years, Christians have seen being gay as immoral (“Gay”). Many of them refer back to the biblical sections that many Christian followers interpreted as anti-gay (Slick). One of the most commonly referenced verse, “Leviticus 18:22, ‘You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination’ ” (Slick). Leviticus 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male…