Orientation

How much do changes in the structures of families in Australia reflect changing attitudes to gender roles and sexuality? Modern times has seen the change of family structures shift into a more fluid dimension. Changes in family structures significantly reflect changes in gender roles and sexuality resulting in creating a path to complete equality and allowing a normalisation of all couples. Australia is beginning to officially recognise sexual or gender diverse people with protection laws and…

seek support from others with similar experiences by forming together on Facebook and calling themselves “404.” The current societal perception of this issue enables the restriction of information to teens regarding sexual identity and sexual orientation. Homophobia being a societal norm eliminates the existence of any support that an individual might normally receive when struggling with personal sexual identity. Not only is homophobia a societal norm, but it is also implied…

Culture is defined by shared beliefs, customs, values, country of origin, and institutions relative to a group of people. However, culture not only encompasses the objectives of shared traditions, geography, and religions, it also includes shared perceptions such as gender, cognitive processes, and various types of interpersonal relationships that are deemed as highly relevant to the majority of a group (Baruth & Manning, 2012). Because of the fluidity of culture, people can be identified by a…

As defined by the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS), comprehensive sex education programs start in kindergarten and continue through 12th grade. While abstinence-only supporters believe that sex education programs expose the children to sex too early, which in turn leads to more sexually active youths, this is not true. These programs provide the youth with “complete, accurate, age-appropriate sex education that helps them reduce their risk of HIV/AIDs,…

A topic we often heard about but, don’t really pay any attention to is homosexual families. This topic has recently been attracting a vast amount of public attention and has stirred up many controversies that will be talked about in this paper. However lets talk more about the background behind the topic; just this year alone the LGBT community has made some astounding advancements in accomplishing equal recognition. On June 26 of this year same-sex marriage was legalized by a 5-4 vote by the…

his administration have done many things to try to expand the equality of lgbtq members. He has worked with Congress to pass a law that extends to the Federal hate crimes to include attacks on individuals actual or perceived identity and sexual orientation. This means that if anybody tries to create an attack on a certain individual that is involved with the LGBTQ, it would count as a federal crime. In addition, Obama accomplished the mission of stopping the discrimination of people. According…

Basically 10 years after Matt’s death and his parent’s founding of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, they have changed the way the nation looks at hate crimes towards sexual orientation in order to have a better understanding for court cases (The United States Department of Justice). After hate crimes based on race, sexual orientation has the highest number of hate crimes. Entering the 2000’s and 2010’s, the United States has made some extensive progress in establishing marriage equality for same…

This emphasizes the assumption that his own peers are not accepting of his orientation. Although his schools prom theme is “Let the Dreams Begin”, Paiva knows that he will not be able to achieve his dream in highs school. He declares “My dream began a long time ago. I’m just waiting for it to come true (2)”. This line creates a strong…

thousands of gay and lesbian students are verbally and physically harassed in schools all around the world. In the small town of Ashland, Wisconsin, Jamie Nabozny was being physically and verbally tormented by classmates for years due to his sexual orientation. Nabozny’s school and district neither protected Jamie, nor punished the bullies. (Transition Word) For instance, (Supporting quote) they would say, “boys will be boys.” (Introduction Strategy) Statistics prove that 1 in 4 teachers see…

because society was not tolerant, the current generation has the ability to reveal their identities to society without being discriminated based upon what they identify with. The authors argue that parents who were forced to suppress his/her sexual orientation and societal wants look to his/her children as a means to a second chance. Overall, the authors of Fun Home and The Shadow Hero argue that due to societal advancements in tolerance, the parents who had to live in the older generation…