LGBT history

might never have the chance to have a grandchild. To support? Or to convince them out of this crazy way of living? There are several differences between Taiwan and United States parents’ attitude toward homosexuality. In the early time of Taiwan history, people are more likely to strongly oppose the group of homosexuality. It was considered as a “sickness”, or “not ethical”. In the traditional Chinese culture, “Yin and Yang represent the two opposite principles of nature. Yin characterizes the…

The LGBT community consists of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people of the world. This community has been subject to oppression for most of their existence. However, there have also been times when they have been empowered and encouraged to be themselves despite the consequences they can potentially face. The LGBT community has been greatly influenced in both positive and negative ways by several different events following World War II in the United States. One example of an event…

It’s only been in recent years that the LGBT community has gotten decent positive representation in media. LGBT is a topic that can bring stigma, which can lead to misunderstanding and glamorization. Despite this LGBT content in media is slowly pressing forward to creating more realistic content representations that LGBT individual can identify with. Along with gaining the courage to create awareness and acceptance. Starting out the subject of LGBT was considered taboo. This being a fact not…

stances on how to approach the concept and recognition of homosexuals in Islamic and global arenas proves for a challenge. While countries like Albania, Guinea-Bissau, and Sierra Leone are being progressive and recognizing the very basic human right for LGBT individuals to live, Turkey decriminalized homosexuality and allow homosexuals to seek asylum in the country since the 1951 Geneva Convention, and other Islamic countries condemn men to death for the very action. This divide on the issue…

For over a century, the question of what “causes” homosexuality has been preoccupying the minds of scientists and scholars alike. Those whose occupations range from medicine to neuroscience to cultural to cultural and behavioral studies. Is sexual orientation a factor we can determine before birth? Or is it something that is influenced your environment and surrounding factors in your life? Do people in the LGBTQIA+ community choose their identity or are they born with it? Many scientists,…

everyone protected in our U.S. constitution. Prior to this ruling, same-sex marriage was legal in all but thirteen U.S. states. This decision made same-sex marriage recognizable nationwide in all 50 states, a historical moment that will go down in history books forever. Consequently, the supreme court’s decision still deeply divides people across the nation today as well as the notion of “gay rights as human rights.” One of the primary reasons this seems to be the case, unfortunately, is due to…

In our age of progression, we have achieved tremendous strides for minority groups. One of the communities that has experienced positive change over the past year has involved LGBT youth. This group was recently granted the right to same-sex marriage. However, significant acceptance has ceased to exist, especially for people who identify as transgender. The issue has been debated socially when concerning the rights of these individuals. It has gained critical attention through the media, mainly…

think children born into the LGBT community feel after realizing their sexuality is a unique one? As parents, first time or not, you all need to grasp the painstaking reality of who your child is interested in. Parents should accept their children no matter what their sexual orientation because this problem could cause permanent "damages", child abandonment and worst of all, the child may go through a suicidal stage. We're at a crucial in history ever since the LGBT community had taken up a…

The LGBT movement has made significant strides in gaining representation in popular media over the past thirty years. Still, there is a serious lack of LGBT characters in television, movies, and other fiction-based media. The focus of this paper will be on representative divides within the community itself. Though there has been better inclusion of non-straight characters in popular media in recent years, it is a fact that we continue to see a disproportionate number of (white) male characters…

The narratives of transgender, transsexual, cross-dressing, and female impersonating individuals have been left out of the historiography of the civil rights movement and the LGBT movement. The first to write about individuals outside of normative gender binaries were medical professionals in the United States during the mid-nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century. In 1966, The Transsexual Phenomenon was published…