LGBT

because it was an important date for many, but also it caused a stir and became a controversially topic. Even though the LGBT community is being accepted more gradually, there are many challenges that face them which include workplace discrimination, catholic protests, and being discriminated for being different. This topic carries an importance, because being part of the LGBT is not part of the norm, or people say it’s a disease and that it’s morally wrong. This is a political issue, which…

note explaining everything. What would you do? Almost half the world is accepting of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community. However, there are still a numerous amount of cases dealing with LGBT suicides due to bullying and discrimination. These cases are a nightmare. This is why the LGBT community needs to have more rights because it makes equality not that big of an issue, makes the LGBT community feel more comfortable with talking to people about their sexual orientation or…

Discriminating against LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) and its consequences is something that people maybe never seriously think about, although many people get affected by it. The show, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” elaborates on the issue of LGBT discrimination. The Equality Act of 2015 is a bill passed by the House of Representatives and Senate, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, gender, identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes. Yet, this…

Idea Paper: Why the LGBT Community Should have Equal Rights in the Workplace There was a man named John Gaspari who was discriminated against on his job because of his sexual orientation. Gaspari worked for FMC Technologies where he thought he could be a good employee until he was fired. He was often harassed, and called names at work by his supervisor. He then took the issue to FMC’s Human Resource’s manager, but nothing changed after that, so he filed an EEOC complaint and a law suit against…

Africa has been publically battling human rights violations and homophobia, both political and culturally, targeted at the LGBT community in Africa. This battle has gained worldwide media coverage and garnered support to help fight confront the contention and contempt felt through the community. In Africa under the apartheid homosexual acts were punishable by death and years within prison. Black lesbians were under a constant threat of being raped and activists were injured and even murdered; as…

When lgbt+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual +) couples make the decision to adopt, there are times that they are denied that right. There are myths that children who are raised up in an lgbt+ home are treated poorly and become corrupt. That myth also believes that a kid could become mentally ill if they grow up in an lgbt+ home. Lgbt+ couples should have the same adoption rights as heterosexual couples and children growing up with lgbt+ parents are not corrupt or unloved. In a 2010 Australian…

Pride Events to the LGBT Community” was written by Eileen Patten a researcher for the Pew Research Center in 2013. This article provides the reader with statistics on individuals that are actively participating in LGBT events that are also known as “Gay Pride” events. The author incorporates the importance of the LGBT events, because she wants the reader to realize that community in particular is one that is growing at rapid rates. This article gives accounts on how events in the LGBT community…

Meeting with the Spectrum group today (an LGBTQ group of students on campus) was the essence of social advocacy that includes actions that would benefit individuals, groups, and the campus society itself. After speaking with Abby & Destinee from CICI, it is clear that separate LGBTQ groups need to work together and learn about each other. Hence, I am trying to be a liaison for the Prism group (LGBTQ faculty and staff), Spectrum, Student government LGBTQ senator, and the chairperson for the…

Why shouldn't the LGBT community have equal rights!? It's estimated that there is only two hundred and twenty nine million gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people in the world, that’s 5 percent of the seven billion people who inhabit this earth! However this number doesn’t stop hateful, disgusting bigots from saying that there is a "gay agenda" to turn their children gay. Egypt, Nigeria and Sudan are only three of the seventy nine countries in the world where being gay and lesbian is…

homosexuals( Stocks Thomas). In truth, the sexual liberation of the LGBT community did not happen overnight. The process to gain acceptance took several decades and still transcends to today’s society. Often, transgender movements intersected with homosexual protest and incorporated the same ideas. As a result, transgender people were able to have several successful protests to assert their rights. (cite transgender history pg. 59). LGBT rights are still very emphasized in politics and…