Orientation

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…

However, we still have more than just race to bring awareness to. Sexual orientation is one of the most understated topic that is not being well cared for. Same-sex marriage law passed in 2015, with it must come the administration and enforcement of their right and safety. Although the safety aspect might not be as tested, however…

In the article it talks about some of the struggles of being transgender. In class the term was defined as someone who identifies themselves as the other sex but they haven’t gotten the surgery to physically change their anatomy. The article has several different athletes talk about their personal experiences in regards to how they orient themselves. In a normal society it is a difficult enough to have to cope with family and school. However with the added stress of being an athlete it bring up…

Evolution of Problem These days’ teens are coming out as LGBT in their early teens, as early as thirteen years of age. 1.6 million youth are homeless each year with 40% of them identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. These numbers are disproportionally high because 7% of the youth population in the United States is LGBT (“True Colors,” 2016). Each year $4.2 billion is spent on homeless assistance programs with less than 5% of this funding, $195 million, allocated for homeless…

As Kinsey points out (in regards to sexuality), “the world is not to be divided into sheep and goats. Not all things black nor all things white” (Kinsey, 1948). Kinsey’s revolutionary scale, as pointed out by Diamond (2008, p. 256), has been massively taken out of context and been divided into rigid “gay/lesbian, straight, and bisexual” categories. Despite Kinsey’s attempt to be anticategorical, we as a society seem to constrict ourselves to categories regardless. I speculate that this because…

Gay But Not Happy: The Impact of Queerness on Mental Health Introduction Four years prior to his suicide, 16-year-old Bobby Griffith wrote in his diary: "I can 't let anyone find out that I 'm not straight. It would be so humiliating. My friends would hate me, I just know it. They might even want to beat me up. . . . I guess I 'm no good to anyone . . . not even God. Life is so cruel, and unfair. Sometimes I feel like disappearing from the face of this earth" (Miller 88). After realizing he was…

same reasons that straight couples do. They just want the same opportunities as straight couples have such as the benefits of marriage including insurance, immigration, inheritance and money. When two people love each other, regardless of sexual orientation, they usually want to celebrate their love by uniting as one and having the law recognize their love for each other through marriage. Along with the giddiness of being legally married comes a few other benefits like sharing insurance and…

This is a slight decrease from the 2012 year. The majority was due to racial bias at 48.5% of the crimes; the next three highest are due to sexual orientation, religion and ethnicity; followed by disability, gender, and gender identity which constituted for a total of about 2% of the offenses (“Latest Hate Crime Statistics Report Released” 2014). One critique involving the Uniform Crime Report data is…

Legal Defense Network attorney, “Recent polls … show that the majority of Americans think gays and lesbians should be able to serve without hiding their sexual orientation” (qtd. in Persky). Incredibly, most people when asked about the subject do not care. Instead, going on to say that as long as they do their jobs, the sexual orientation of their fellow soldiers is unimportant. This claim is backed up in an article by Huffington Post which states that “70 percent of the armed forces do not…

the theories that adolescence experiences in life. When a high school student say that they are gay, lesbian, or bisexual, or when they say they are attracted to same orientated people, are more likely to attempt a suicide. According to my own values and ethics, I shall not be with same sex person. This is not the rule that is being applied to my religion. Although, for me it does not matter if a person choses to be gay, lesbian or bisexual. Everyone must do what makes them happy and who they…