LGBTQ Inequality in America People inequality has been present throughout American history. One of the biggest issues nowadays besides women and racial inequality is lesbian, gay, bisexual, Trans, and queer (LGBTQ) inequality. Here are some facts. Some states do not even recognise queers or others in the spectrum. Also the first World Pride occurred only half a year ago. Gay marriage is allowed in forty out of fifty states. Suicide rates are highest among LGBT n America. So, is true…
In contemporary society, where everyone craves for an individual identity, socially approved principles of femininity and masculinity, resulting from female and male bodies respectively, have presided over the chance of self-expression for each person in both the civic and personal dome. Femininity and masculinity are structured and well thought-out in a divergent binary, which causes to be the mishmash of male/feminine and female/masculine “atypical” and publically obnoxious while crossing…
Previously, there was a ban that stated transgender people could not serve in the United States military. On Thursday June 30, 2016, the Pentagon announced that they intend to do away with the ban. Their decision is based off “principle.” The announcement was made by Defense Secretary Ash Carter. He has been studying different sides of the issue for almost a year. “Why is this a big deal?” one may ask. This is because the ban will remove one of the last military service barriers, while repealing…
struggle. From her accident she feared that her life was not at its fullest potential and that is her reasoning for becoming a female. Since the transition she could no longer continue her racing career because of society’s current understanding of transgender…
and that a person can be whomever they aspire to be. Transgenders are included, they feel very strongly about this issue and fight for who they are. It appears the government is treating people with gender identity issues just as colored people were treated in the past. Sadly, they are discriminating against them and not giving them the same rights as everyone else; they should not be required to fight for them. Truthfully, I believe Transgender people should have the right to choose which…
This fear is completely understandable and it would be ignorant to believe that it isn’t a possibility; but in reality, there is no evidence of this ever happening in any of the states that have already passed laws in favor of transgender bathroom rights. Michael D. Evora, the executive director of Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights; Karen Richards, the Vermont Human Rights Commission; Jim O’Neil, spokesman for the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights in Opportunities; William…
Borrowing the genre of melodrama, Almodóvar’s award-winning film, All About My Mother (1999), features transgender and post-queer study of sexuality. Apart from presenting two pre-op transgenders, the film renders a variety of “abnormal” intimate relationships, including the protagonist, Manuela’s family without a father, Huma’s ultimately failed lesbian relationship with Nina, and the family formed at the end of the film, constituted by Manuela, Rosa’s baby, and queer girlfriends. These unusual…
electroconvulsive shock therapy to try to stop people from being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. Today, while some therapists still use physical treatments like aversive conditioning, the techniques most commonly used include a variety of behavioral, psychoanalytic, and other practices that try to change homosexual feelings or alter a person’s gender…
The Transgender Desegregation of Restrooms There has been a long and hard-fought effort in this country to provide equal rights for citizens that would afford them the expectation that they will not be discriminated against based on gender and would allow these individuals similar and unrestricted access. This was put into federal law by the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and efforts continue to establish a constitutional amendment to solidify these and other equal rights. The federal…
Have you ever felt oppression? Have you seen people kicked out of their homes, beaten, or bullied to the point of suicide simply for a part of who they are? These are all issues that affect people within the LGBT+ community. Transgender and gay people alike both suffer for practically no reason. Trans-people can be told that they’re “not a real girl/boy” or that they’re just trying to be a special snowflake. Gay people can be kicked out, fired from their job, beaten, and all for just the…