LGBT history

In 2013, a survey took place on LGBT Americans, and 92% of them said society has become more accepting in the past decade. Today, homosexuality is still facing discrimination and equality issues. Even though, there has been positive growth toward homosexuals, people still struggle to accept it. It is important to have an open mind toward homosexuals because they are no different, they are have a unique ways of loving others. Although, there are negative attitudes toward homosexual people,…

Throughout the history of activism within the LGBT+ community, there has been a common goal to promote openness and acceptance. By employing a strategy modeled after the civil rights movement, which mainly focused on assimilation into the dominant institutions as a means of acceptance, activist groups have received their fair share of criticism. In 1997, Cathy J Cohen, a Black lesbian author and social activist, published the groundbreaking article “Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The…

life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. During the time, in which the founding fathers declared this, America found itself trying to escape from religious and government pressures in Great Britain. Unfortunately, America has gone down its own history of oppression, starting with the persecution of Native Americans, slavery, women, and what has gone unnoticed for some time, homosexuality. Those who pushed for the advancement of gay/lesbian rights were both successful and unsuccessful…

Many LGBT individuals and families are arbitrarily excluded from some housing opportunities in the private sector. 11% of the 2008 survey responders reported having been evicted due to bias. It also showed that 1/5 of respondents claim that they have been homeless…

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 in 1978, the first state to begin to accept adoption applications from LGBT parents, without disregarding them simply because of the parents’ homosexuality, was New York (Rudolph). The first known gay couple in the country to…

Homophobia can have various harmful emotional and mental effects on individuals and their peers in the community. There are a number of strategies that can be put into effect to lessen the terrible effects, and to promote health and well-being. These include governmental programs, sexual education improvement and media inclusion. By including a sexual education program that includes safe sex for homosexual relationships, instead of purely heterosexual, the outbreaks of Sexually Transmitted…

America People inequality has been present throughout American history. One of the biggest issues nowadays besides women and racial inequality is lesbian, gay, bisexual, Trans, and queer (LGBTQ) inequality. Here are some facts. Some states do not even recognise queers or others in the spectrum. Also the first World Pride occurred only half a year ago. Gay marriage is allowed in forty out of fifty states. Suicide rates are highest among LGBT n America. So, is true equality guaranteed to all…

The Gift of Marriage America is the land of the free and has been since its creation. Throughout its history many people have gone through persecution, from women to race, there has always been persecution in one way or another. The problem we are faced with today is the persecution the homosexual community is facing today. The homosexual community has gained the right to be married, but many people are still in opposition to this, and many people still discriminate against and violate the…

added rainbow emojis to tweets with the hashtags #lovewins and #pride. Facebook offered a rainbow filter/overlay to put on profile pictures and more than 26 million people worldwide did so. Snapchat added a rainbow-colored filter that said "Making History" on it and even Google put rainbow-colored banners on its…

These programs include, but are not limited to the following. When students arrive to Rutgers the resource center provide a Welcome Week packed with events and programs to familiarize students with the University, their peers, and the center. Past Welcome Weeks have included a Movie Night, Queer Club Fair and Social, where students are able to meet some of the many LGBTQA organizations on campus. The week continues with a LGBTQA International Student Brunch where students enjoy a complimentary…