LGBT

Historically, the rights of LGBT people in Russia have been very rocky. Following the October revolution in 1917, homosexuality in Russia was legalized. This law was not enforced, however, and abuse of homosexuals continued. Unfortunately, in the year 1930, article 121.1 of the Russian criminal code stated that sex between two men was a crime. Each year, 500 to 1,000 men would be imprisoned for “muzhelozhstvo”, or “men lying with other men”. The duration of a sentence for this “crime” was five…

give it to you, but it can be taken away by things like drug laws or laws restricting what type of sex you can have. When the Gay marriage law was passed it became something significant in the LGBT community. This means they are starting to get accepted by most. In our communities and society its self denying someone’s rights due to their gender, race or sexual orientation is classified as discrimination. Therefore, to go against gay marriage and not allowing either two people have the same sex…

Women and LGBT Equality Ever since the 1900s and earlier for women, the women and LGBT communities strived in order to gain social and legal equality in the United States. Following the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment that gave women the right of suffrage, women in the United States fought to stop discrimination based on sex. The first movement for LGBT rights started in 1924. While women have successfully achieved social and legal equality in the US from the 1960s to present time,…

The term ‘LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community” is used to describe the community of people with varied sexualities, romantic orientations, and gender identities across the world that differ from society’s version of “normal”. While the legalization of marriage between same-sex individuals being declared a constitutional right by the Supreme Court is a definite step in the right direction, America is still a long way from fully recognizing the LGBT community. The LGBT community…

discrimination against LGBT’s. LGBT stands for those that are: lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, sometimes there might be a Q at the end (LGBTQ) the Q stands for queer which some people prefer to be identified as. In turn, this sparked consciousness for LGBT Rights. LGBT rights are the equal and social rights for homosexuals compared with heterosexuals (Dictionaries). Not only has equal rights for…

important part of stopping these reoccurring tragedies. From now on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender will be referred to as LGBT. Many alterable factors affect LGBT mental health including suicide prevention, bullying, and culture. In relation to suicide, there are many disparities between non-heterosexual youth and heterosexual youth. Suicide rates among LGBT youth are significantly higher than suicide rates for heterosexual youth (Hatzenbueler, 2011, p. 896). Suicide is an…

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…

adolescence, but you face the additional ridicule of being “different”. A lot of times, you are socially out casted, tormented and bullied. I want to analyze the social and economic effects that gay people face in their lifetimes. Many members of the LGBT community grow up facing many hardships. These hardships, pave the way for the…

home can be a small family built up by the people they loved, also can be a community established by the entire Asian American. For APA LGBT, the home is not always make they feel peace of mind. It is easy for ordinary people to have access to the support and understanding, recognition, and care of the family, friends, and ethnic groups, but is hard for APA LGBT. “Identity” is a determination of individual’s self-identity, and based on the inter-ethnic communication. According to Alice Hom…

with the statement that is “all men are created equal”? The truth is… we cannot. Not everyone is treated equally in our world; whether it be women against men, or sexual minorities, such as people in the LGBT community, against heterosexual people. The healthcare for many people of the LGBT community is not the best and does not support the needs of most of the people included in the community. Many lesbian women and gay men have been diagnosed with HIV over the course of the past few years.…