Sexual abstinence

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.…

A stranger to me would be a White man who comes from a family that has lived in the United States since the industrial revolution, and identities himself as gay. I am a Hispanic woman who comes from a family that immigrated to the United States less than three decades ago. I consider myself heterosexual, so this man would be the complete opposite of me. “Living a life were I was mostly trying to fit in and giving myself reasons to think that what I was feeling was not good, made me feel so…

specific groups of people. This type of crime is classified as a hate crime. A hate crime is defined as a crime, usually violent, motivated by prejudice or intolerance toward an individual’s national origin, ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability. In America and around the world there has been many hate crimes that has been committed, most commonly within the LGBT community of people. Dating back to the bible time crimes against gay people has been…

As the world divides people into low, middle, and high class, it really defines us on how we live in the world. Low socioeconomic people affects the world today. In reality, low socioeconomic can affect anyone around us. Socioeconomic status (SES) is often measured as a combination of education, income, and occupation. Low SES among African Americans is linked to HIV/AIDS. Low socioeconomic is a serious health disparity that keeps increasing in the United States. It correlates with lower…

best friends. We were all very unique and a lot of the kids around school who also had participated in the “mega church” as well didn’t particularly like us because we were different. A lot of people would judge us for things we wore, some of our sexual preferences, and things we enjoyed doing that weren’t necessarily the social norm for our genders. But through it all my friends would never return fire on their snarky remarks, they just kind of accepted them, smiled, and then continued on with…

Homophobia VS Sexism The topics of homophobia and sexism have been discussed multiple times through out the Social Issues course in both class discussions, movies we have watched, and in the readings. In one article by Suzanne Pharr, “Homophobia as a Weapon of Sexism,” she describes the issue of sexism and homophobia as coming down to the ideals of patriarchy. Merriam-Webster defines patriarchy as “a family, group, or government controlled by a man or a group of men.” It has been around since…

Sexual assault is when a person is physically forced, threatened, or intimidated. It consists of oral, anal, or vaginal force against the will of the victim. When a person is being held against their will to have non-consensual sex and forced upon someone is an offence. Forcing someone to have sex is a crime and in every state it is a felony but punishable by law depending on the charges held against the suspect. Most sexual assaults and rape that happen in correctional facilities are caused by…

Why does the world hate and discriminate against gay people so much? Do they feel like gay people are superior because they receive some type of special attention? I feel that gay people are human as well. We should always respect people no matter what the circumstance. When you love someone it’s from something that’s deep down inside not matter what others might think. Most people fear gay people presence when in actuality they are here to cause no harm. That’s right they are just as equal as…

HIV/AIDS has been an untreatable and intractable epidemic since 1981. Many people are unsure of the drastic changes and developments made with this disease. The Centers for Disease Control made a timeline indicating the exact order in which the scientist reported their finding. The Centers for Disease Control (2015) noted information publicly from June 5, 1981 to October 20, 2015, indicating how the disease was found to the information we possess in the 21st century. In Los Angeles, California…

Throughout the history of the United States, it has been deemed necessary to disallow employers from discriminating against employees for a vast number of reasons. Under federal law, the protected characteristics are pregnancy, religion, national origin, disability, age, military affiliation, bankruptcy and debt, genetic information and citizenship status. The list has had a few recent additions with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Pay Act of 1963 to include race and sex as well. What…