Sexual orientation

parents in their hands. A huge amount of children who are in foster care are not being taken to a loving home because of the belief that homosexual parents are not suitable enough to adopt children. In reality, no matter what their foster parents’ sexual orientation is, every child deserves the chance to have two caring parents. This is based off false claims against homosexual parents, and the growing amount of kids who are in need of parents that will take care of them. In the article,…

The report, entitled “Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health Risk Behaviors Among Students in grades 9-12 in selected sites—Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, United States, 2001-2009,” was released on June 6. The information came from surveys of about 156,000 high school students…

oppression as women, then “women of Color become "other," the outsider whose experience and tradition is too "alien" to comprehend” (Lorde, “Age, Race, Class and Sex: Women Redefining Difference,”). Black feminist believed that differences of race, sexual orientation, class and age were being ignored. They stated that, feminism theory and practice is to “free all women…anything less is not feminism but merely female self-aggrandizement” (Launius and Hassel, Threshold Concepts, 117). Thus, Black…

come out publicly, now we have more and more athletes coming out every year (Griffin, 2012). We see the first state law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation was not passed until 1982 (Griffin, 2012). We then see the second law being passed in 1989 in Massachusetts which outlawed the discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (Griffin, 2012). Since the 1980’s we have seen an increase not only are LGBT people publicly out in all professions and in the mainstream media, but…

Introduction This research paper will focus on the controversial issue of homosexuality, especially in youth, and the problems they encounter, including bullying. The text will look at homosexuality from a social, religious, cultural psychological and utilitarian point of view. Different categories of people have their definitions of homosexuality. It is caused by various factors which will be discussed, including its effects on individual persons and the society at large. Nature of…

but I chose to discuss, hate crimes, who is most likely to be victimized by a hate crime and bullying. A hate crime was displayed in this documentary. The definition of a hate crime is when an offender victimizes someone based on their race, sexual orientation, religion, age, ethnicity, gender, disability or another characteristic (Daigle, 305, 2016 and class notes). When determining if it is a hate crime there are a few indicators to look at. For example, hate symbols, the timing of the…

out to all or most of the important people in their life (28%), in comparison to gay men (77%) or lesbians (71%; Pew Research Center, 2013). The coming out process is often difficult. The fear of disclosing their sexual orientation may also lead bisexuals to hide their true sexual orientation within heterosexual relationships, and to not engage in same sex…

Throughout my life I have struggled with my identity in many ways, but mainly my sexual orientation. I grew up with a religious family, so I had these ideas of right and wrong implanted in my head. I never imagined that I would have to deal issues like sexual orientation because I knew that being a part of LGBTQ+ was wrong according to my family's religious beliefs. Well, I was very wrong about this. When I was in the 4th grade, there was this urge that I couldn't fight. I started to not only…

couples, but doesn’t want to see those couples display affection in public”(Geiger, Kim). It is my opinion that as a society based as a whole most people views this attitude. I do not agree with this concept and believe all couples regardless of sexual orientation should be able to display affection towards one another without the fear of retaliation or harm to them. Public display of affection by same sex couples causes issues all over the world. In 2006, “Zimbabwee passed legislation that…

considered passing the Dignity for All Students Act, which stated that all students between the grades of kindergarten and twelfth would be educated about on the discrimination of race, religion, ethnic background, disability, and of course, sexual orientation (Kafka 59). Many church groups and other Pro-Family Activists disagreed with this bill, claiming that it would make people view homosexuality as a normal and acceptable behavior. With all the opposition, the bill was eventually…