Orientation week

Loving a child and loving the same sex couples who want to give them that love Chrystine webb American literature May 9 2018…

In many of the larger cities in America you will find gay neighborhoods or better known as “safe havens.” How are these considered safe havens when all they attract is antigay violence and discrimination towards the gay community? May victims such as Don and David were harmless and just going about their daily lives by simply walking home when they were raided by high schoolers. Gay white men are at risk of daily discrimination and both physical and verbal violence from homophobes or according…

Human Sexuality PSY312 14 October, 2015 Hypersexuality Should Not be a Mental Disorder in the DSM Hypersexuality is a mysterious topic to researchers. How do you study something that some may take pride in and others may be too ashamed to share? Truly the only way to study hypersexuality is through the lens of other mental disabilities that cause distress to a person’s well being. As such there have been many correlational studies that look at hyper sexuality when in tangent to other…

choices and sexual orientation. Though they are marginalized groups, they are socially challenged. The legalization of same-sex marriage has enhanced acceptance of homosexuality. Bisexuals and transgender individuals are also challenged socially. However, since the general acceptance of sexual choices, Americans are advocating for equality for these…

of supporting these young people,” Howard Wechsler, EdD, MPH, of the CDC says in a news release. “Any effort to promote adolescent health and safety must take into account the additional stressors these youth experience because of their sexual orientation, such as stigma, discrimination and victimization.” (Gay Teens at Higher…

LGBT citizens are no strangers to violence and abuse directed toward them due to their orientation. Whether the violence comes from family, strangers, or even the police, the targets of many attacks, from something as small as online harassment to something as drastic as the Pulse nightclub shootings, are LGBT people, especially people who are black, Asian, or Latinx (known colloquially as POC). In a 2016 survey of survivors from reported anti-LGBT attacks, more than 61 percent identified as POC…

Currently in the Church of the Nazarene, individuals are being discriminated against for being involved in homosexual activity. As a Church, we have developed a mission statement that expresses our goal to go into the World and make Christlike disciples. We, as the Church of the Nazarene, should be open to changing our views of homosexuality and be concerned with the intent of making disciples, even if we do not agree with their lifestyle.. This paper will argue from the view of a rule…

Version 10 I was at a Finding Nemo attraction in Disney World when my mother made a comment about disliking Ellen Degeneres, that was the first time I remember hearing someone speak negatively of homosexuality. It didn't bother me as a 7 year old; I didn't know any better because I didn't fully understand why she disliked her. I knew that our religion wasn't very accepting of homosexuality, but I only had a vague understanding of it at the time. It was one of those things that wasn't really…

In Tony Kushner Angels in America, it speaks to a time in our nation's history, in particular, the early 80s, through the year 2000, where AIDS had affected primarily the gay community. No one knew anything about AIDS, or why it seemed to plague the homosexual community. Originally, the virus was labeled as a gay disease/cancer. One can argue that perhaps a certain segment of the homosexual population was not practicing safe sex. In addition, the virus also affected bisexual men, heterosexuals,…

In this paper I will discuss the laws more in-depth, how they affect Kaiser Permanente specifically, and some recommendations on how to support fully inclusive healthcare. Background In 2007 a law to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender…