LGBT rights opposition

individuals – ALP politicians, barristers, doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, civil and human rights organisations, clergy, academics etc. The Association for Gay Law Reform in Queensland aimed for complete equality before the law for homosexual and heterosexual citizens. Many thought Ted expected too much, too soon, but the organisation enjoyed the support of human and civil rights groups, in Queensland and across Australia, and in 1990 the Queensland Government voted to…

Pat O’Hara OAM Pat O 'Hara took pride in her role in forming the Queensland Association of Gay Law Reform (QAGLR) with Ted Kelk. Initially they published Queensland Gay Action News and lobbied Brisbane politicians from Cairns, but when Ted moved to Brisbane because of his health, and then the Brisbane branch of QAGLR took over the lobbying activities, Pat kept the home fires burning. A lifelong activist, Pat formed the Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL) along with three other women in 1975. Based…

In this revision of my micro essay, “Gender, Sexuality, and Sports in Check, Please!,” I will focus on the idea of being queer in sports, namely hockey, and how masculinity and sports culture in the webcomic’s world affect these characters (in this case, Jack Zimmermann and Eric Bittle). In order to support this idea, I will be using several of the comics, ranging from year one to the most current update, and analyzing certain aspects of them in depth. This would differ from my original essay,…

family gatherings or at dinner when Hakim Sahib is there, nor allowed to leave home because of being a shame to the family. Just because he has a phallus, he is asked to behave like “a man." Even Zainab, his sister, who fights with Hakim for everyone’s right in the house, fails to understand his feelings and asks him to act like a man so that he won’t be othered/objected from the society. However, Saifi evinces that he is not a male but a female because he feels…

UNDER THE UDALA TREES Operational Definition of Terms and Acronyms • Heteronormativity - Societal lifestyle and standards that prioritize heterosexual marriage and encourage the assumption that heterosexuality is the acceptable sexual orientation • LGBT - acronym standing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender • Othered -To treat a person or groups of people as different and alien to oneself. • Lesbianism -refers to sexual and romantic desire…

to arrest them. After the arrests, the police would publish their names in the paper and they would lose their jobs and be outed to their families. In the 1960s with all of the civil rights movements, homosexuals began to feel the liberation. Since these groups were being militant and trying to fight for their rights there…

It is well-known to our society that discrimination against LGBT community has risen up to our attention nowadays. Since LGBT community gain acceptance, there is still a lot of individuals or groups who practice discrimination towards them. When the civil rights was made at the first time, there is no question that it was conducted to embrace all of human race, including homosexuals like Dawson. Despite the on-going…

In the documentary Before Stonewall the experiences of the LGBTQ community throughout the 20th century are highlighted and discussed. The documentary begins in the early 1900’s. Many speakers at the beginning of the film set the stage, stating that during the early 1900’s getting caught as a gay individual meant being arrested, thrown in an asylum, beaten, or even resorting to suicide. The word “homosexual” was thought to be dirty, and individuals who were called homosexual were thought to be…

Have you ever wondered why elementary schools or any schools in general do not include sexual orientation in the curriculum? We do not start to learn about queerness until we are placed in a higher academic environment. Why is that? Is it because they do not think grade school students are mature enough to handle the information? Or is it because they do not want to influence homosexuality as acceptable? I was never taught about the LGBQT community until I started taking communication classes in…

The importance of representation on various media platforms amounts to an on-going struggle with socially marginalized groups and the dominant cultures – within this hegemony the characters on offer are largely white and heterosexual with only few exceptions here and there. With some network shows trying to normalize having people of colour in prominent roles, and displaying natural and neutral queer romances, we are narrowing the gap between these marginalized groups and equal representation,…