Sexual orientation identity

in effect, the rhetoric was if the state has a ban on it, why are we teaching it. However, there are resources for teachers who are dedicated in teaching on gay and lesbian issues. One resource is Getting Ready for Benjamin: Preparing Teachers for Sexual Diversity in the Classroom by Rita Kissen. In this book, language about LGBT issues are addressed and help teachers incorporate it into their…

life. It is a time to spend with friends and family and seals a lifetime promise. Rauch definition of marriage is, " Marriage is a deal between a couple and society, not just between two people: society recognizes the sanctity and autonomy of the pair-bond, and in exchange each spouse commits to being the other's nurse, social worker, and policeman of first resort" (cite). Every marriage is a little different and is within its society of the bigger society. These benefits, give me a legal…

The first interesting thing attracts me in this article is its title --- “Gay Bars and Broadway: They Go Together”. I think “gay” is a sensitive but controversial topic. And I am a person who never go to gay bar, but it doesn't mean, I oppose homosexuality. On the contrary, I think they are brave, they do not mind how people think about them, just be who they are. That is a reason why I choose this article, and the other reason is, I really want to know, how the broadway connect with the gay bar…

The Obama administration has now issued new "guidelines" that allow public schools across the country to "allow transgender students to use toilets and dressing rooms that match their chosen gender." After President John F. Kennedy declared 55 years ago that the US would bring people to the moon, Barack Obama now wants to bring boys or young men to places where they have never been before. Who can use which toilet? North Carolina's "bathroom policy" prescribes to transgender students what…

This video is called “Who Sounds Gay?” This is an opinion piece that was made by a man named “David Thorpe.” He interviews two men with two different sounding voices. One who has a stereotypical “gay voice” and one man who has a deeper more masculine sounding voice. As it turns out the man with the feminine voice is a straight man and the man with the deeper voice has the “gay voice.” As class we have not touched on our connection of voices and the sexualites of humans. What I could connect to…

Same sex marriage became legal on June 26th, 2015. So, why is there still discrimination? It’s legal right? The discrimination against homosexual athletes in American sports is out of control and needs to be changed immediately. How would people feel being looked down upon being one of the only openly gay athletes in the United States? Before 2014 there was not any openly gay athletes currently playing professional sports in the United States. This shows the fear humans have when it comes to…

armed forces by President Bill Clinton. While the ban was still on, they had to keep their sexual orientation in secret. More than 14,000 gay, lesbian, and bisexual soldiers were discharged in the army. The LGBT were allowed to serve, however, they couldn’t come-out publically. Not until December 22nd, 2010 President Barack Obama signed a law that gave…

Diversity is a topic that not everyone takes caution for, yet it is a critical aspect in today’s society. In my perspective, diversity is very important because it recognizes people with different backgrounds, skills, experiences, and attitudes as well as conveys new, unaccustomed ideas. In my personal experience, diversity plays a significant role in showing how I’ve developed throughout my life, not only personality-wise, but how my social skills have taken a turn for the better as well. I…

straight, there’s a greater risk of substance abuse disorders for members of the LGBT+ community, and we’re also twice as likely to experience some form of bullying than those who are straight. 90% of LGBT+ teens reported being bullied because of their sexual preferences. This isn’t an issue I can fix alone, or something that can be solved overnight, but as a proud…

because of his sexuality, and Alexie because of his race. However, they each had different methods of handling this marginalization. Cooper hid his differences from the world. He is confronted by both his classmate and his mother about the his sexual identity. Both times he denies it out of fear, and both conversations linger with him. His mother's reaction is especially shocking to him. "My longing was wrong in the eyes of my mother, whose hazel eyes were the eyes of the world, and if that…