Orientation week

the expression of sexual identities, understanding it, and owning it. These figures inspired the open expression of sexual identities that were clearly something other than heterosexual through their art forms. In the Harlem Renaissance, sexual orientation (homosexuality and bisexuality in this case) is both embraced and acknowledged as something that is portrayed through actions and behavior. In “A Spectacle in Color,” those who were queer identified or had “homosexual/lesbian” tendencies…

Prejudice Based on Sexual Orientation Hello Toowoomba Region Council. How many people here today have a clear identity of sexual orientation? Most of you know your sexual orientation very well, how many of you are heterosexual. The result is almost the same. Heterosexuality covers the majority of the population, social prejudice against gays and lesbians is becoming an unignorable issue. Many people hold their attitude or opinions because other people do. You will think the opinions hold by…

One’s sexual orientation or one’s preference of a partner, be it same-sex (homosexual), the opposite sex (heterosexual), or both sexes (bisexual), is influenced by the developmental processes of the human body. People are constantly developing in stages from conception to adulthood, and our development is expressed in Psychosocial Stages by Erik Erikson. The crucial time period regarding sexual orientation usually begins during adolescence around the age of 12 and continues until around the age…

Over the past couple of weeks we have been on the topic of privilege, which is something that has been around for hundreds of years. From whites and blacks to even men and women there has been always some sort of privilege in some form. One of the readings that was interesting was “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”. It has been twenty years since Peggy McIntoch wrote this article, and every thing that she has written is still relevant today. Right away in the beginning of her…

In the book, it stated that Shane Dawson is a male homosexual, worked for a company called Entek International. During his work as an employee for the company, he received judgmental comments in regards to his sexual orientation by his co-workers, which actions were improper in work environment. For this reason, Dawson works became deteriorated. His work results became worse as the comments became more and more intense. This might happen because he did not have anyone to support him mentally.…

Chapter 3 was interesting and its starting to give me a better understanding of sexual orientation. Sexual orientation is how you identify yourself, sexual behavior and attraction. There are many different categories that people identify themselves as. Everyone knows the fundamental groups, heterosexual, gay, and bisexual; their plenty more that I personally wasn't aware of until this week. Asexual is someone who doesn't desire sex, and pansexuals are attracted to everything and don't categorize…

After coming out as gay, his family was unsupportive and he eventually cut off all contact from them. He is having trouble making friends that will accept his religion and sexual orientation, even in the LGBT community. He tried to handle depression on his own before coming to therapy, which he refused to do for six months because he thought that it was pathetic to ask for help. Being alone, he says that he feels isolated and often…

In many of today’s societies, heterosexuality is seen as natural and superior to its opposite of non-heterosexuality. Willis (2007) states that “oppositional and hierarchical concepts of sex and gender are crucial for making heterosexuality appear as the dominant and ‘natural’ configuration” (p. 185). Placing heterosexuality as the norm discriminates against anyone who doesn’t quite fit into that category. However, without the presence of non-heterosexual categories, the concept of…

as women, then “women of Color become "other," the outsider whose experience and tradition is too "alien" to comprehend” (Lorde, “Age, Race, Class and Sex: Women Redefining Difference,”). Black feminist believed that differences of race, sexual orientation, class and age were being ignored. They stated that, feminism theory and practice is to “free all women…anything less is not feminism but merely female self-aggrandizement” (Launius and Hassel, Threshold Concepts, 117). Thus, Black feminist…

Last week I read chapter two of Anzaldua’s Borderlands/La Frontera. Through reading the chapter, I learned more of how oppressive the Chicano culture can be toward all of its members. When I speak of all its members, I mean those who view themselves as homosexual, bisexual, or even members who display behaviors that are uncharacteristic to the Chicano culture. Oscar Casares’ Brownsville, details how patriarchal societies overlook women compared to men. However, Anzaldua broadens the spectrum of…