Sexual orientation change efforts

While the LGBT+, especially the trans, community still has a long way to go in terms of equality, there have been major strides in the right direction. In 2004, Massachusetts becomes the first law to legalize same-sex marriage and give straight and gay couples the same marriage rights under the law. In 2010, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is repealed and in 2011, President Obama states that his administration will no longer defend DOMA. This comes into fruition in June of 2015 when the Supreme Court found…

categories regarding parenting, relationships, and youth just to name a few. People of all ages and religions classifying under LGBT have suffered from violations of their human rights. Curiosity was drawn to these topics, as experience and personal sexual orientation have been directly affected in the past 20 years of my existence, and the progress has been extremely successful. Over the past 20 years there have been many court cases all leading up to expanding the rights of…

“Approximately 40% of people who reported no sexual attraction for others had masturbated in the last month” (Bogaert, 2012). This exploration gives a different aspect of asexuality altogether, suggesting that asexuals have sexuality, albeit with themselves. Just as we see asexuality can encompass…

On Sunday, September 27, 2015 around 7:00pm, my life was changed. That Sunday, I went to a Drag Show at Rick’s Café. It was such amazing experience for me. I have never seen a drag show before, but always wanted to see one. I was really excited when I saw a posting about it in MSU Spectrum Facebook group. Also, my friend told me about it, and he really wanted to go to the show but not by himself. Of course, I was game to go to the show with him. When I walked into Rick’s Café, it seemed like…

This is a question that is gaining major interest and research as the number of homosexuals is increasing. Homosexuals are defined as either males who are sexual oriented toward other males or females being sexually oriented toward other females; sexual orientation being defined as “a preference for [either] same-sex [or] opposite sex sexual attraction and attachment”, this may or may not involve intercourse (Rahman & Wilson, 2003). Researchers are on the hunt to discover whether or not…

case, Arthur Green and other heterosexual coworkers were faced the sexual harassment from his immediate supervisor, Howard Smith and other homosexual workers. The sexual harassment is a type of sexual discrimination that violates the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC defined the sexual harassment as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, visual, or physical behavior of a sexual nature that affects working conditions or creates an intimidate,…

How do you know if you are a product of privilege? Is it the color of your skin, the contents of your pocketbook or that of your parents, or is it the social status of your family? Are you privileged because of who you are or what you are? According to Jackson, “privilege refers to any advantage that is unearned, exclusive, and socially conferred” (Johnson, What is a 'system of privilege '?, 2013). How one is viewed; what makes them different from the next person at any time is a…

When we were young, all we worried about was what mommy’s going to make for lunch, or when the new Dora the Explorer was going to come out. Nobody cared about romance, relationships, or any of that. And yet, once puberty struck, everything changes. Confusion and awkwardness fills the atmosphere of middle school, as if a secret came out and everyone was uncomfortable with it. However, this wasn’t the case for me. Some people may call me childish and immature, but I enjoyed watching cartoons –…

The controversial debate over the aetiology of sexual orientation often takes a dichotomous stance with one side supporting an innate, biological view, and the other as being acquired environmentally. Recently the focus has shifted towards an exploration into innate, biological origins such as genetics and endocrinology, as potential influences on homosexual development. Society tends to fall into the fallacy of thinking that behaviour is an either-or phenomenon, and that these factors are…

Mr. Salazar, I would like to let you know that I admire your work. The article you wrote entitled, LGBTQ Students Need a Safe Alternative to Thrive and Stay in School, is a phenomenal article. We all know that the LGBTQ is a major topic in modern America today. It is a topic that will be here to say simple because Americans is uncomfortable with the thought of LGBT people in the country. Let me just say the thought of new schools for LGBT students is a great thought but it should never be…