Orientation week

Finally, there is the issue of violence as a major health issue among LGBT women. Violence is a global issue for women. LGBT women are more vulnerable to hate crime-related violence due to discrimination and marginalization related to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Intimate partner violence is a significant issue. Approximately, 35% of women worldwide having experienced intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence within their lifetime (WHO, 2013). Women in…

Although society strives to make everyone happy, it is an utterly impossible feat; someone will always oppose another and a compromise cannot always be settled. These disputes and discrepancies bring to light the different positions on varying debates. Recently there has been a dispute over transgender restroom use. The dilemma: should transgender people use the restroom they identify with or birth gender? Although many feel that transgender people deserve the right to choose freely, that…

The Obama administration has now issued new "guidelines" that allow public schools across the country to "allow transgender students to use toilets and dressing rooms that match their chosen gender." After President John F. Kennedy declared 55 years ago that the US would bring people to the moon, Barack Obama now wants to bring boys or young men to places where they have never been before. Who can use which toilet? North Carolina's "bathroom policy" prescribes to transgender students what…

This video is called “Who Sounds Gay?” This is an opinion piece that was made by a man named “David Thorpe.” He interviews two men with two different sounding voices. One who has a stereotypical “gay voice” and one man who has a deeper more masculine sounding voice. As it turns out the man with the feminine voice is a straight man and the man with the deeper voice has the “gay voice.” As class we have not touched on our connection of voices and the sexualites of humans. What I could connect to…

Same sex marriage became legal on June 26th, 2015. So, why is there still discrimination? It’s legal right? The discrimination against homosexual athletes in American sports is out of control and needs to be changed immediately. How would people feel being looked down upon being one of the only openly gay athletes in the United States? Before 2014 there was not any openly gay athletes currently playing professional sports in the United States. This shows the fear humans have when it comes to…

armed forces by President Bill Clinton. While the ban was still on, they had to keep their sexual orientation in secret. More than 14,000 gay, lesbian, and bisexual soldiers were discharged in the army. The LGBT were allowed to serve, however, they couldn’t come-out publically. Not until December 22nd, 2010 President Barack Obama signed a law that gave…

Diversity is a topic that not everyone takes caution for, yet it is a critical aspect in today’s society. In my perspective, diversity is very important because it recognizes people with different backgrounds, skills, experiences, and attitudes as well as conveys new, unaccustomed ideas. In my personal experience, diversity plays a significant role in showing how I’ve developed throughout my life, not only personality-wise, but how my social skills have taken a turn for the better as well. I…

The adversity faced by LGBT+ individuals everyday is a problem I would like to help solve to the best of my ability. Statistics show that LGBT+ individuals are more than two times as likely as straight individuals to have a mental health disorder, such as depression or anxiety disorder, suicide attempts are three times more common among people who are bisexual than people who are straight, there’s a greater risk of substance abuse disorders for members of the LGBT+ community, and we’re also…

The complexity of the development of one’s sexual identity while growing up in a devoutly religious home is a multifaceted complexity; many religions remain unclear in their positions on sexuality. Sexualities other than heterosexuality are hardly discussed, and when they are, they’re connoted with terms like “abomination” or “unnatural.” However, even heterosexuality remains a grey area in many religions. While being heterosexual may mean being free from persecution, the sexual acts of…

"People fear what they don't understand and hate what they can't conquer." -Andrew Smith This quote is supported by the experiences of Bernard Cooper and Sherman Alexie. Both authors belong to historically marginalized groups, Cooper because of his sexuality, and Alexie because of his race. However, they each had different methods of handling this marginalization. Cooper hid his differences from the world. He is confronted by both his classmate and his mother about the his sexual identity. Both…