LGBT rights opposition

Everyone has that one person that has impacted them in more ways than one during high school, whether it be a teacher, parent, family member or even a student. Rayven was a five-foot tall, Native American girl with a spicy attitude. She had the darkest hair and the deepest blue eyes you could imagine, and she could warm a room the second she flashed her gorgeous smile. There was no such thing as a bad day to her because “every day above ground is a good day,” as she would always say. I had…

LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. It encompasses all of those who do not identify as heterosexual and those who don’t identify with the gender they were born with. As with all minority groups, they have been discriminated against since the beginning. Just like any other minority group, they are confronted by heavy amounts of hate and discrimination. Things like being verbally harassed, physically assaulted, and even murdered have been common problems they have had to…

This Changed My Life for the Better When I was a junior in high school I had a rough time just getting by in life. I had a best friend, who was like a big brother to me. His name was Dakota and I had known him since I was 6 years old. In February of 2014, we hung out every weekend. We went everywhere together such as the mall, late night movies, and one of my favorites, off-roading. One night, I had about an hour left of my shift at work and was planning on Dakota picking me up and going to a…

everyday. To consider and acknowledge how their marginalized status may impact their decision in long-term care planning. For example, many older LGBT fear entering long-term care placement due to their sexual orientation for fear that they will not be accepted or worse be victimized. There is a considerable amount of trauma related experiences for LGBT community and this is important to understand to not re-victimize the individual. This would only create further stress and poorer health…

Intimate Partner Violence Within the LGBT Community Intimate Partner Violence is currently one of the many social problems our society deals with. Society considers an issue to be a social problem when it affects a large group of individuals. Samples of social problems include: poverty, discrimination and violence. Social policies are designed to undertake social problems and help create solutions for them. The introduction of The New Deal in the 1930’s by president Roosevelt is a great sample…

The music industry discriminates against the LGBT community while others accept them. “LGBT” is the acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. (“The Welcoming Project”, 1) Fashion and arts have a large amount of known members in the LGBT community, whereas people in the entertainment industry, such as music and television, are less likely to see members of the LGBT community. No matter who discriminates against a person within the LGBT community, when it comes from a loved one, it has…

hard for them to be accepted, but the people of Russia are making it difficult as well. Russian people are some of the most homophobic people in the world because of this the homosexual community in Russia is afraid to come forward and demand the rights that they deserve in fear of being assaulted or fined by the people of the government. This fear truly emphasizes the effect that Stalin’s criminalization of homosexuality has had on modern day…

gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community tries to avoid adoption because there are many restrictions in some places, but years are going by and many adoption agencies are allowing and even encouraging fostering and adoption by same-sex parents. Some countries have moved forward from the “perfect family” belief and are giving adoption rights to same sex couples. Some countries do not have the same view, that the LGBT…

better than children raised by straight parents. "Children raised in same-sex households may have a better ability to overcome huge obstacles, stand firm in the face of adversity, and make decisions based on emotion and love rather than firm facts" ("LGBT Adoption"). The parents of the children also face hardships, so they are better prepared to help the hardships the children they adopt face. "Because gay parents may have experienced bias and prejudice themselves, they maybe better able to…

Russia. It happens all over the world. The topic is “Human Rights - LGBT” and the paper will focus on Russia. History and Demography With a population of 142.470.272, Russia is a huge country. Out of all the people in Russia only 29.918.757 people believe that homsexuality is an orientation that people are born with. 64.111.622 people believe that being gay is the result of “loose personal morals.” (rt.com/news/russia-gay-law-myths-951/) The LGBT community has been in Russian history for some…