LGBT rights opposition

Women did not have as much freedom or rights as they do now. There were certain jobs that they were expected to have and certain ways they were expected to act as women so, not too many women were working in big offices and heads of big companies. They were either supposed to be at home with…

Caitlyn Ralston Professor Jelinek ENC1102 10-20-16 Offensive Word Essay There are many things in this world that change over time. One of those things being the words and language we speak. We may think we know what a word means but everything has a past, and a hundred years ago that word could have meant something completely different. Words that we find very offensive and demeaning today have had a different meaning in the past and could have been a very positive and happy word. One of the…

Literature Review Most literature on parent/child coming out issues pertains to adult LGBT children and is written by social workers, psychologists, and physicians. Very little has been written regarding parents and adolescent coming out conflicts, and even less so about LGBT minorities. Key words: adolescence, coming out, gay and lesbian adolescents, Latino parents and youth, parents, intergroup conflict, social identity, family influence, teenage suicide, parent-adolescent conflict, religion…

Whether substance abuse within this population is a cause or an outcome, it is noted as being related to other factors including mental health issues and the experience of chronic social stigma (Grant et al., 2011; Oliveira & Mullgrav, 2010; Ray, 2009). For the general population, substance abuse is recognized as a coping mechanism and this focal population uses substances at comparatively higher rates (Ray, 2009). An increased risk of substance abuse stems from high levels of stress,…

from the belief that being gay or transgender is somehow wrong, sinful or immoral. The subtleties of these prejudices can be cunning. For example, there are many public and private companies in South Florida who have created safety nets for their LGBT employees and offer them the same benefits that they offer their straight employees. This can lead to some confusion, leading the public to believe that employment discrimination is not real. However, the fact that the Employment…

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…

A Man of No Importance Essay A Man of No Importance is a musical about a young man, Alfie, and his journey of self discovery. Alfie realizes that he is gay, when at the time the play was set, this was a very unpopular idea. Alfie’s story mirrors that of Oscar Wilde, Alfie’s hero. A Man of No Importance is set in Dublin, Ireland in 1964. This impacts the characters in many ways. There are small cultural aspects that are affected by this. For instance, the characters speak with a Dublin accent,…

Most animals live and travel in groups for survival. As a pack or herd, they are able to protect each other from predators, find food more easily, and reproduce. Being around others of the same species gives them a sense of security. While some argue that humans do the same, people are more complicated than animals. They group together for more than just safety. People have stronger emotions than animals do. They are able to recognize humor and appreciate beauty; they are self-conscious…

The project that I had to participate in was getting involved in community activities and to get everyone to come out to the diversity and leadership conference. The purpose of this conference was to get everyone to come together and learn more about each other and also to get a better understanding of those from different backgrounds as well. The group that I was assigned to was group A which was the marketing team. My role in the group was to get everyone to come out and register for the…

Ada Evbuomwan Mid Semester Reflection A large portion of the class has been focused on diversity and inclusion. Due to my previous education in college level sociology and psychology courses, my knowledge on my social identities did not change. I have always made it my duty to understand the various social and biological concepts that society uses to define us and determine our status. Although my knowledge was not altered, the presentations by the GLBT Center did improve my communication…