Sexual orientation

effect on an individual, like we learned at Residency II. Per Bailey (2015) the bullying and torment of LGBTQ students and adult leaves them as silent victims and makes them a “silent sexual minority” (p. 69). Furthermore, our society has a long history of norms that restrict those who choose not to conform to those sexual norms, this alone is oppressive to those who identify as being LGBTQ (Bailey, 2015). The video of Judy Sheppard with Ellen, shows what can happen and will continue…

never see a homosexual couple. John Lewis said “We cannot keep turning our backs on gay and lesbian Americans. I have fought too hard and too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual orientation.” Throughout the years there have been many cases where homosexuals were discriminated against. We would believe…

the bigger realizations that can happen in high school is “coming out” or just realizing that aspect of yourself. This can be very difficult for people whose sexual orientation is anything but hetero. It can also be harder on those are not only part of LGBTQ+ but also are a racial minority. This study set out to uncover what impact being a sexual minority youth has on social interactions between peers, specifically if homophily plays a part in this integration. Homophily in the module as when…

This is a slight decrease from the 2012 year. The majority was due to racial bias at 48.5% of the crimes; the next three highest are due to sexual orientation, religion and ethnicity; followed by disability, gender, and gender identity which constituted for a total of about 2% of the offenses (“Latest Hate Crime Statistics Report Released” 2014). One critique involving the Uniform Crime Report data…

Members Legal Defense Network attorney, “Recent polls … show that the majority of Americans think gays and lesbians should be able to serve without hiding their sexual orientation” (qtd. in Persky). Incredibly, most people when asked about the subject do not care. Instead, going on to say that as long as they do their jobs, the sexual orientation of their fellow soldiers is unimportant. This claim is backed up in an article by Huffington Post which states that “70 percent of the armed forces…

A hate crime is an offense, usually violent, motivated by the prejudice of one specific status a single individual holds, i.e., sexual orientation, religion, gender, ethnicity, ect. These crimes are driven simply because of the hatred one person feels towards another. An individual is targeted because of something about themselves a single person or group of people do not approve of. Hate crimes are the highest priority of the FBI’s Civil Rights program and each year an estimated 1,200 crimes…

Another study I found was by J. Michael Bailey, called “Sexual Orientation of Adult Sons of Gay Fathers”. Bailey conducted a research study on 82 sons from gay fathers. From Bailey’s results, 90% of the sons stated that they were in fact, heterosexual. One last finding was by the American Psychological Association, (APA), which said “Research suggests that sexual identities (including gender identity, gender-role behavior, and sexual orientation) develop in much the same ways among children of…

There are three skills that practitioners are encouraged to practice: (1) create a safe environment for LGBT youth; (2) assess, don’t assume, a LGBT youth’s sexual orientation. (3) help youths work through the stages of the coming out process.Creating a safe environment for LGBT youths allows them to be comfortable in disclosing sensitive information within the therapeutic process. Some of the ways a practitioner…

The stamp of homosexuality does not bring out a different demeanor in Jin-Ho as it does with Sang-Jun. Because his character is designed as such, Jin-Ho automatically falls into the ‘girl’s best friend’ and ‘lifestyle’ gay personas. There is lack of dialogue on his homosexuality on Jin-Ho’s part; whenever Gae-In brings up his homosexuality, Jin-Ho avoids answering, making Gae-In the character that proactively builds the narrative around his sexuality. Jin-Ho’s explicit statement about the issue…

In Sudbury, Ontario there is a program called Sudbury Pride, this program is non-profit and is designed to take donations from the public in order to create events in the community where homosexuals can gather together in support of their sexual orientation. (Fierté, 2014). In continuation, another social policy issue that LGTB may face is bullying. At any age an individual can be bullied and even though there are consequences such as assault and harassment…