Sexual orientation identity

child is raised in and how it could always affect them. Rachel F. Harr, researcher from the University of Michigan started researching whether what the bible says must be the only way of raising a child. The exact question is “Does Parental Sexual Orientation Matter?”, this causes the researcher to participate in a longitudinal study. The case study was done in the case of children who have been adopted. The study involved waves of checking on children in either the mother and father…

Response to Murphy’s “Gay parents Find more Acceptance” By: Ilarion Salgado Jr. Having Gay Parents or lesbian parents has its pros and cons. everyone has their different opinions and some people oppose is or support it but it is termed as the most planned parenthood in the world. It is one of the biggest controversial topics debated. “Gay parents find more acceptance” written by Carlyle Murphy originally published in the Washington post in 1999. The experts in this article Talk about how…

The Effects of Proposition 8 If you were in the LGBT community during the 1800-1900s you would of been thrown in jail and fined up to $1,000. Being attracted to a member of the same-sex could of landed you in jail with a $1,000 fine back then. If an individual was gay in the military you had to keep it a secret from other, especially your enemy because they may target you due to your interest in a partner. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) social movements is a political ideology…

Barack Obama’s Obama-era plan, was recently threatened by Trumps attempt to ban transgenders from the military. The Obama-era plan allowed transgenders to serve in the armed forces, but was put to a halt by President Trump (Diamond). Trump’s actions show a practice of discrimination. Cisgenders and transgenders should have the same rights, which they are given in the constitution. Although the current president of the United States differs in opinion, because of the law of protection in the…

In some of his videos he answers questions from viewers in regards to bisexuality. These questions range from “How he determined that he was bisexual”, “What’s the biggest obstacle that you face”, and “What’s your sexual preference”? (Aquiar, “Ask a Bi Guy”) This is the first video of a three part series where he takes everyone’s questions, RJ also made another series called “Ask another Bi Guy”. In these videos he gives other bisexuals questions from viewers about…

Many of us are aware of the problems many gay men and women experience on a daily basis. Many people frown upon their lifestyle, which leads to “gay bashing”. The “gay bashers” are normally men. Their ages range from 15-22. They often arrive at sights were there are many gay people around mostly gay bars. This article aims to explain why “gay bashers” involve themselves in activities like this with malicious intent. In this study over 20 “ gay bashers” in The Netherlands were interviewed. They…

The year was 1993, Bill Clinton was president and Schindler’s list came out in theaters. That same year Brandon Teena is raped and murdered. Teena had a name change to suit her new identity from Teena to Brandon. After analysis they determined she dealt with identity crisis. He was not alone, today there are several thousands of people who go through the struggle of finding themselves. At a young age we begin to experiment with our bodies and at that point we start testing the waters in regard…

visibility of homosexuals, it has called the ‘universality’ of heterosexuality into question and has demonstrated that alternatives exist to the nuclear family.’ With laws being set in place, making it illegal to discriminate others based on their sexual orientation, homosexuality has become increasingly…

that left customers being discriminated upon by the business owners. However, these cases are started to increase as of lately. The main topic that is at the root of this situation is that of the refusal of services of customer’s base on their sexual orientation. Some cases have seen some business paying fines in regards of not following the public accommodations laws that states have in place. However same-sex couples are still being refuse of services by owners who consider their religious…

Being against gay marriage does categorize you as homophobic. What defines homophobia is when you have “Prejudice or dislike against homosexual people.” Although standing against same-sex marriage and being homophobic is not wrong, having prejudice and dislike against anything does categorize you as “anti” it. In greater detail, the definition of a phobia is “Having or involving an extreme or irrational fear of, or aversion to something.” Therefore having an aversion toward same-sex marriage…