LGBT

Even in Oklahoma, the pride parade here has been around since 1988. Going on for so long and so strong for almost 28 years. Bringing in thousands of people for the equality of love. Also having an organization called “Freedom Oklahoma” which helps LGBT people from all over the state. Many of people advocating on social media, proudly posting pictures with their partners on Instagram, and fighting on twitter for the right of equality. It is amazing to live in such a time as this, where everyone…

The Fosters and the fundamental values of being different The ABC Family original series The Fosters takes several aspects of underlined debates around LGBT parenting. Offering an alternative to both views, a model of queer parenting that neither assumes the heterosexuality and gender normativity of any child, nor waits for children to “come out” before showing acceptance. The Fosters explores the fear and possibility of queer childhood and the hope of healthy yet different queer relationships.…

The Challenge of Diversity Is homosexual ethical or not? There are now more and more homosexual. Although the life standard has been improved and the educational level of people has also been raised, the concept of homosexuality still cannot be accepted. American Supreme Court has made 50 states nationwide same-sex marriage legal at 2016. However children of homosexual family are often discriminated, ridiculed, and even labeled AIDS. Seeing that, I want to ask “who would deliberately choose to…

In contrary to heterosexuality, in Hannon’s (2014) article, Alasdair Macintyre once stated that “facts, like telescopes and wigs for gentlemen, were a seventeenth-century invention.” Something akin to this can be said about sexual orientation: Heterosexuals, like typewriters and urinals (which are deemed obviously for gentlemen), were inventions of the 1860s. Contrary to their cultural presumptions and the lies of what soon came to be referred to as “orientation essentialism,” “straight” and…

The individual becomes immersed in gay culture, attending meetings, rallies, and events, reading literature, and associating only with other gay individuals or “pro-gay” heterosexuals. Much pride is felt toward the lesbian and gay community, and anger is directed at the rest of society. At this point the individual is very likely to be out to most individuals. Cass suggests that if individuals routinely experience negative reactions when they disclose their gay identity, then they will likely…

When Therapy Contradicts itself Conversion therapy (also known as reparative therapy) used to “fix” people who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender (LGBT). This is a cruel therapy that was called reparative therapy in the early 20th century because it was said to repair the indivual in order to fit the norms of society. Electroshock therapy was the most popular form of conversion therapy because it was believed to give consequences of pain for actions that were “abnormal.” Most…

and also here Jacob’s friends describe his character. In the documentary, Jacob is described by his friends as a Nazi, racist, Caucasian, teenage male. Jacob kept a journal and would often write racial slurs about Jewish, African Americans, and the LGBT community. Many of his friends thought that this was simply a phase and that Jacob would eventually grow out of it. Sadly, we will never know if Jacob would have grown out of the phase, because two days after his attack at Puzzles, he was…

something to shame. Being gay is being attracted to the same sex; that 's it. There still has been much backlash between various religious groups ,but as a secular society where religion should not have any influence in what a government decides. Therefore LGBT citizens should have full and equal…

The first movie, How We Got Gay, the title says it all. How we got gay tells the powerful story of the struggle for gay rights, from the 40’s and 50’s to the present day. It talks about the secret lives gay people were forced to live, at a time when homosexuality was illegal and police harassment had become a fact of life. What was interesting was that the documentary explored what life was like for gay people at a time when homosexuality was seen as a mental illness, and to be openly gay was…

Two Boys kissing is the catalyst for a major paradigm shift in the discourse of gay YA fiction. This just might be the discourse the LGBTQ community has been waiting for to finally shift the power away from heteronormative society. Two Boys Kissing is a blitzkrieg on what is considered a limited future by those within this community. Before this novel, queerness was seen as limited and a lifestyle choice that embraces certain death. Leviathan has penned a narrative that attempts to disrupt these…