Queer

While reviewing the article “When You Are a Gay Boy in America” by Danny Zaccagnino, I learned about many of the positive aspects of the LBGTQ community, while also gaining an understanding of what it is like to live a day in that community. I was entertained throughout the majority of the article and in the end, I could not be happier that he found his angel. While the ending was enjoyable, it was heartbreaking to see some the things he went through and how scary it could be for him at times.…

make sure others are ok and to comfort each other. Some of us write as did Christopher Soto aka Loma, a queer Latinx punk poet, wrote the poem “All The Dead Boys Look Like Me” in the aftermath of the Orlando shooting that went viral over social media with its imagery of sadness, heartbreak, and hope. He posted the poem on his Facebook page with it being shared over and over…

Journal 2: Negative Actions Expressing Prejudice My second journal for reflection is centered on my thoughts, emotions, and behaviors around three negative actions expressing prejudice; antilocution, avoidance, and discrimination. Subsequently, I must admit that I have not really thought much about prejudice in the past couple of years since I try to surround myself with like-minded people. Much to my chagrin, I am discovering that this self-induced segregation may not be ideal for my…

According to Plato, a Greek philosopher, “He was a wise man who invented beer.” Even though this quote is from many years ago, it is still very true, with beer now being one of the three largest advertised products in an advertising industry with an annual revenue of over half a trillion dollars. Nowadays, beer companies, like all other companies, are trying their best to get more attention and win more consumers. Most beer ads target their customers with fantasy, like the Dos Equis 2011’s ad…

indicate a manifestation of the self, a personal alter ego, and not a “real” woman. As such, investigating the different facets of identity present in the performance of Suzanne, a drag queen hostess at Jay’s Bar, offers insight into another aspect of queer characterization through language. For example, Suzanne, though herself white, utilizes African-American Vernacular English to establish a bond with fellow performers, many of whom are people of color (Mann 800). Similarly, some functions of…

A new Forum Research poll, commissioned by the National Post found that 5% of Canadians identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (Carlson, 2012). Although Canada as a country has come a long way in minimizing the issues and stigma attached to gays, there are still some problems surrounding this group of people. With the help of social welfare services and programs, as well as social policies, Canadian LGTB (lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual) individuals are able to lawfully live…

“Family Don’t End With Blood, But it Doesn 't Start There Either.” Adoption is a wonderful thing in this world, it allows children to have loving homes and caring parents that otherwise would be stuck in foster care. America, the land of the free and the home of the brave; all citizens here have rights. Time progresses and as a country America is taking steps to ensure that everyone has equal rights; this includes the rights of women and of the LGBT community. Equality among all citizens in…

TED KELK, AN HONORABLE AND INSIGHTFUL MAN Ted Kelk (b.1927 d.1991) was a strong, passionate and articulate gay man, doggedly directing public attention to the terrible injustice the laws of Queensland imposed on gays, determined thereby to achieve law reform, and as a man of courage, determination and vision, he indeed became the catalyst for gay law reform in Queensland; Queensland born, and brought up on the family farm near Nambour, Ted entered teachers’ training college at only 16,…

this writing, Cohen introduces queer theory as a transformative politics, and criticizes queer theories and activists for their exclusiveness to heterosexuality. She organizes texts and context chronologically to develop her opinions, and at the end, synthesizes these analyses to suggest a political direction for her primary concern. According to her explanation, the term “queer” arose against the homosexual communities’ attempts to enter the dominant social norms. Queer theorists accused it of…

of same-sex couples, and even in sociology. Sociologists studying homosexuality isn’t new, but according to two sociologists from the University of Essex in England, what is new is a type of intellectual movement within the humanities called “the queer theory.” In Arlene Stein and Ken Plummer’s article “I Can’t Even Think Straight”…