LGBT history

Reverend Dr. Phil Snider. Kerry Washington, known for her role as Olivia Pope in the television series Scandal, delivered a powerful speech after being honored for her contributions to the LGBT community at the 2015 GLAAD Media Awards. Among the primary audience were fellow supporters and members of the LGBT community, such as Channing Tatum and Ellen Degenerous. The secondary…

rejected from their families. The LGBT homeless community receive rejection from families and shelters. “According to one study, 26 percent of gay teens were kicked out of their homes, when they came out…

The deprivation of equality and respect towards the LGBT Community is one of the most controversial, but needed changes in the United States, and respectively over 20,000 gay-rights activist took the streets of New York City on June 13, 2016 for the city’s annual Gay Rights Parade; an iconic photo was taken that highlights three rhetorical appeals that helps convince people of my argument that gays should be completely equal as everyone else. The emotional appeal in Figure 1 is shown through a…

Gay rights has been a controversial topic for decades among religious people due to the fact that America’s foundation, along with the Constitution, being under God’s authority. The Declaration of Independence states that “we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.” Two hundred years ago, people were more open minded than some of people in today’s society. As time goes by, individuals have…

the crazy stereotypes of the LGBT community. That they were perverse, confused, and wrong. I even believed that Trans people were mentally challenged. It was not something I personally believed but what I came to think because of the social, religious, and personal influences around me. My social circle was really small and full of religious people who early on gave me the impression that being gay was absolutely disgusting. I believe my very first experience with the LGBT community was when I…

Throughout human history, homosexuality or otherwise non-heterosexual actions or orientations were a common, albeit often small facet of life. However, when the predominantly homophobic Abrahamic religions of Christianity and Islam swept across the globe, conquering and colonizing lands and cultures far removed from their own, so too did their latent homophobia spread. In China, when parts of it were subjected to colonial British rule (among other powers vying for control in the region), the…

As a group, we all collectively perceive that the progress on LGBT equality in sport, although slow, is a good start in a long battle in diminishing inequality. We can see, through history, how long it took for the sports industry to slowly accept diversity in sports in terms of one’s sexuality. Back in 1975 no gay, transgender, bisexual, or lesbian athlete dared to come out publicly, now we have more and more athletes coming out every year (Griffin, 2012). We see the first state law…

The battle for equal rights among LGBT individuals has been and continues to be a difficult and lengthy ordeal. Even in present time there is no such thing as equal rights. This is especially made evident when non-LGBT individuals concern themselves in matters that have a direct impact upon gay individuals and families. A large percentage of the population choose to express their conservative ideals ultimately resulting in discrimination against individuals who do not share their traditional…

been an ongoing struggle as far back as history can recall, and it is unfortunate that it is still an issue today. We have made tremendous progress for women, African Americans, and other minorities, but we are still in the midst of full rights for the LGBT community. It would be unrealistic to say that this community now has complete equality, especially when states like North Carolina pass laws allowing discrimination and refusal of treatments to the LGBT community. It is our social…

The queer community has always existed, and as long as it has existed, so has homophobia. The Stonewall riots were a direct result of the oppression of LGBT individuals, when a group of New Yorkers decided that they had had enough. The riots may have only been an isolated event, but the events that followed helped to shape history for LGBT individuals forever. Just years before the riots, these individuals were hiding “in the closet” and afraid to be themselves. It was the loud and open…