...out the closet. In the 1980’s the average age for coming out was early twenties and getting approval from parents was not so important because the gay child would be out the house by then, now the average age for coming out is 14- 17 years old and most children are living with their parents at this time so approval is everything, it is a place for shelter. The average coming out age has declined over the past years and as a result more than 25 percent of all youth that come out are either rejected by their families or forced out their homes due to the youth’s sexual orientation or gender identity, according to The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Homeless Youth Provider Survey. Most people would think that these youth would get the comfort and support from their families...
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...International Journal of Lesbian, Gays, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Morphological Analysis of Gay’s Spoken Discourse ARIEL B. LUNZAGA abl.slsu.to@gmail.com HERMABETH O. BENDULO VIOLETA B. FELISILDA SOUTHERN LEYTE STATE UNIVERSITY Philippines Abstract The language of gays known as gayspeak has now earned respect from the community and observably been infused in the mainstream language of the society. Language is evolving and with its changing nature, existing language needs to be documented for posterity reasons. Gayspeak is not an exemption. It has to be analyzed especially its morphology. This study focused on the morphological analysis of the language of gays who were studying at SLSUTomas Oppus in SY 2009-2010. Specifically, it identified the common vocabulary of local gays and the corresponding meanings through a self-administered questionnaire and an informal conversation. Based from the information provided by 20 purposively selected college gays, it was learned that gayspeak is simply an adaptation of the mainstream language like English, Filipino, and Cebuano. For purposes of shielding from the chasms of the heterosexuals, gays construct their language through simple reversal, syllabic reversal, simple reversal with affixation, clipping with affixation, straight words with affixation, and connotation through images. It was concluded that the spoken discourse of college gays in the campus violates the rules of English grammar yet used by gays for purposes of expressing...
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...Gender In this video which I did for my final project. I did interview with two people and I asked them questions I got them from (Gender and Race” Sally Haslanger”). In this essay I will talk about the interview and what was the questions and wat they answered and the main points that I got it from the reading. “There are several different ways to understand, and so respond to, questions of the form” (Sally Haslanger). First, I asked them about what is gender? And how do you define them? First answer was “I think gender is defined as sex, which is male and female which is natural we all know because of our knowledge and experience (Ali). The second answer was “gender is sex we have to choose male or female” (Bas). They all agree about what...
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...Bekimon: A fresh take on Pinoy gay lingo [pic]By Karen Flores, abs-cbnNEWS.com MANILA, Philippines - Fair-skinned and well-groomed Bern Josep Persia may be the new face of the gay-speaking community, being the self-proclaimed bekimonpresident in the country. A photographer and a tech support representative, Persia plays different roles (from a call center agent to a newscaster) in a series of videos aboutbekimons, defined as people who are "hard-core users" of gay language -- whether they are homosexuals or not. Most of the terms that bekimons commonly use are alterations of basic Filipino and English words such as workibells (work), kalurkey (kaloka or crazy), teh (ate or sister), anekwaboom (ano or what) and heller (hello). Others are totally unique -- from the popular jowa (spouse or boyfriend/girlfriend) to names of showbiz figures such as Carmi Martin (a term used to refer to karma). The term bekimon (beki is a colloquial word for "gay") took off from the growing popularity of the jejemon subculture, which refers to those who deliberately exaggerate ordinary words by adding or subtracting letters, or by using a mixture of upper-case and lower-case letters, in written communication. On Monday, jejemon was chosen as Salita ng Taon (Word of the Year) in the Sawikaan 2010, an academic conference organized by the Filipinas Institute of Translation Inc. (Read story here.) Pink republic Just like President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, Persia delivered a so-called State...
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...union of one man and one woman. Gay and lesbian individuals cannot perform the main function of marriage which is to produce children of their own. My argument is many argue that it's also unnatural because gay and lesbians can't "procreate." They have to look at other alternatives to become parents such as adoption, surrogates, or sperm donors. I ask how this is different from heterosexual couples with infertility problems turning to these same alternatives to be able to have children. A family is what you make it, what you do to create that family is the couples choice, gay, or straight. It doesn't matter if there are two dads, two moms, or a dad and a mom. Another thing I would like to address is the statement many have made about same-sex couples that do have children will make their children turn out gay. That is not even remotely true. All of my gay and lesbian friends are the product of straight parents. One of the debatable issues is legalized marriage. Brandon stated that Most of us acknowledge the fact that there should be some limitation over same sex marriages due to the fact that you have to consider health and social reasons. For example if a woman is in love to two men, she would not be allowed to marry both men even if both of them agree to do so. Many look at homosexual on behalf of becoming an item as perverted or it shall be an illegal act. Some tend to look down on gay marriage or lovemaking because they say that gays and lesbians...
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...film, the two characters are recently out of high school. Marty and Bobby are really close friends; they are always hanging out together. The relationship these two have is complicated due to the fact that Bobby is a very aggressive and abusive, both physically as well as mentally. Marty does not seem to be as smart as Bobby as it is revealed in the movie that Marty dropped out of high school, while Bobby is supposedly attending college. Bobby and Marty enjoy drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana as it is portrayed throughout the film. At the beginning of the film, Bobby and Marty meet Lisa and Ali. All of them end up meeting up at the beach to engage in sexual acts. Soon after, Lisa ends up becoming Marty’s girlfriend. The plot starts to build up and Bobby’s abusive behavior begins to show in many scenes. Some of these scenes include Bobby forcing Marty to go up on stage at a gay bar to make money for them and punching Marty over and over after he accidentally crashes Bobby’s car. One theory that is applicable to this film is Sutherland and Cressey’s Theory of Differential Association. Marty becomes emotionally distraught about Bobby’s years of abuse and doesn’t know what to do anymore as he is venting to Lisa. The idea comes up to kill Bobby, which Lisa is the one to introduce to Marty and they then begin to get more friends involved. As his murder is planned, it is obvious how close his friends become while sharing the negative times they had with Bobby. In this theory...
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...Moonlight The film “Moonlight” is told in three chapters that uses the boy’s name as it evolves over time Little, Chiron, and Black, with each played by a different actor. The film starts off with a young, gay black boy named Chiron, who is referred to as “little” being chased down by a group of bullies from his school. Chiron comes from a broken home with no father figure and a drug addict mother (Naomie Harris). When a local drug dealer named Juan (Mahershala Ali) and his wife Teresa (Janelle Monáe) takes a sudden interest in Chiron, he immediately looks up to them as mentors, despite Juan’s involvement in his mother’s drug habit. Several years later, Chiron (now played by Ashton Sanders) has grown into a lanky high school...
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...1. Introduction Philadelphia—the first Hollywood film to acknowledge HIV and homosexuality stars Tome Hanks in 1993. This film shows discrimination in hiring and firing, which are disability and sexual orientation. Discrimination exists in all places, at all times, not just in Canada. Even so, people still feel confused about the bounds of hiring and firing. The definition of this phenomenon is the different treatment of two equally qualified individuals on account of their age, gender and so on. In order to protect the rights of employees, governments establish laws and regulations to restrain employers’ behaviors. At the same time, moral standards can be a looser and more elastic limitation and judgments on people’s actions. To simplify, laws are clear rules written on paper, but moral standards are not clear and depend on different people. So, what is the boundary of employment? My answer is that law is the basic standard, and moral is the justice, and whether there are discriminations or not should be measured both sides—the employees’ and employers’. 2. Kinds of Discriminations Age discrimination One of the global issues is the rapidly aging population. There will be 77.3 million people with a life expectancy of 83 years, which is an estimate by the U.S. Disease Control Center 2010, for the first wave of baby-boomer generation from 1946 to 1964. At the same time, people are working longer than before, because people are living a healthier and better...
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...Although people call television the idiot box, it could play a key role effortlessly. In the past, media has led society to believe that same-sex relationships are not acceptable. Achieved by displaying strictly heterosexual relationships on almost every television show, and leaving no room for possibility of homosexuality. Even though most television shows are American, they are still televised nationally including Canada, influencing minds in positive ways. The first reality show to cast a homosexual character on national television was MTV's 1992 "The Real World", which follows the lives of 7 strangers, with different backgrounds, personalities, and sometimes religious values living under one roof. One of the seven cast members, being gay, announced his lifestyle not only to his roommates, but to the world. This came off as a huge shock to the entire house, but after living with this male cast member for a number of weeks, his roommates quickly realized he's just a regular individual. "The Real World" continues after 26 seasons to choose...
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...ill, from then on he was placed in foster care which helped him develop his sense of humour. Around the age of 15, Eddie was writing and performing his own routines that would develop his talent; Murphy took heavy influence from the likes of Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby, incorporating their humour in to his own comedy. His early comedy career was recognized for its frequent swearing and lampooning a diverse group of people, including gays, obese, white, blacks and others. Murphy gained attention as...
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...Hindi Cinema and the society. Different viewpoints are looked from and observed in Indian popular culture, such as the non – acceptance of homosexuality by some quarters, the crude stereotyping and the slowly emerging new wave of thought that treats the subject with a compassionate eye, and gives it a humane treatment. Submitted by : Vivek Maheshwary 0800206 INTRODUCTION : Many Bollywood movies have explored various social issues such as child marriage, polygamy, dowry system, casteism and terrorism. However, homosexuality, a taboo subject in Indian society and religion, has yet not been fully explored in Bollywood. “Homosexuality refers to sexual behaviour with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a homosexual orientation.” Gay refers to male homosexuality whereas lesbian refers to female homosexuality. Jab pyaar kiya to darna kya, Jab pyaar kiya to darna kya, Pyaar kiya koi chori nahi ki, Chhup chhup aahein bharna kya.. The above song is from the movie Mughal-E-Azam can be translated as ‘What is there to be afraid of if you have loved? You have only loved someone and not stolen anything, then why you are hiding and sighing’. This song may well apply to the homosexual couples in Indian society who despite of their love for each other can’t come out in a society which disapproves of such relationship and the imposition of heteronormativity. Heteronormativity is the cultural bias in favour of oppositesex relationships of a sexual nature, and against same-sex...
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...morphology and semantics of Filipino Language spoken by the youth today lingo in Angono, Binangonan, Taytay and Cainta. Related Literature The number of homosexuals in the Philippines continuous to grow and they are in the mainstream of about almost everything. Gays are creative and talented. Even the language that they are using cannot be simply overlooked at. Using their creativity and wit, they were able to make the language much more colorful and meaningful. Now a days, gay lingo is no longer exclusive to homosexuals but slowly accepted by the Philippine Community. Yes, it has been accepted in the past recent years. In the talk show ‘Katok mga Misis!’ of Giovanni Calvo and Ali Sotto. On their segment ‘word of the day’ they feature a gay word which became a household word in the Eighties. The coining of the word ‘badaf’ which means babae dafat and ma at pa for the contracted malay ko at pakialam ko (Ladlad 2, pp.42, 23). Another example of variety show which showcase our openness for the Homosexual is ‘It’s ShowTime’ in ABS-CBN, with one of the hosts, Vice Ganda. (https://ph.news.yahoo.com/vice-ganda-slang-dictionary-083641238.html) There is his invention of distinct and initially perplexing words to add to the "gay lingo." These have eventually been picked up not only by other stars themselves but also by normal Netizens and rabid showbiz fans in their daily conversations. Sample words are: “Shunga" While it has been a term that's already been widely used long before Vice...
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...Post-9/11, around 2003 and 2004, the Iranian transgender community suddenly experienced a spike in Western press media coverage. The nature of such press often focused on the juxtaposition between Iran’s policies on Iranian trans individuals and their rampantly homophobic sodomy laws. Oftentimes the narrative presented on mainstream television is laced with shock in recognizing the Iranian government’s financial support of sex-reassignment surgery for trans individuals, a right given “after years of petitioning and repeated inquiries [from] Iranian trans woman and advocate, Ms. Maryam Khatoon Molkara.” What typically follows this recognition is some form of anti-Islamic rhetoric stemming from the possibility that gay and lesbian Iranians...
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...GAY LINGO Ayon sa Websayt na www.wikipedia.com noong ika-2 ng marso (2010), ang gaylingo ay bernakular na wikang hango sa wikang Ingles at wikang Filipino. Ito ayginagamit ng mga baklang Filipino kung saan pinagsama-sama dito ang elemento ngTagalog, Ingles, Ispanyol, manaka-nakang galing sa Nippongo, mga pangalan ng mgaartista, kilalang mga gamit kung saan nabibigyan ng panibagong kahulugan tungo saisang kontekstong kakaiba. Ayon kay Santos (2007) sa kanyang pag-aaral na may pamagat na “Ang GayLingo sa Panahon ng Impormasyon” ay sinasalamin ng wikang ginagamit ng isang taoang kanyang kinalalagyan sa lipunan o social status. Pansinin natin na sa gay lingo, bagaman itinuturing na wika ng mga bakla, hindi naman lahat ng mga bakla aygumagamit nito at hindi rin naman limitado sa mga bakla ang paggamit nito, may mgababae at babaeng bakla ring tumatangkilik sa gay lingo. Samantala, kapag may isanglalaking gumamit ng gay lingo, maaari siyang husgahan agad ng mga tao o ‘di kaya’y maging kontrobersyal at kwestyunin ang kanyang pagkalalaki. Dagdag pa dito ang gay Lingo ay isa sa barasyon ng wika sapagkat sa panahonngayon ay hindi na maitatanggi na mayroon na itong espasyo sa loob at labas ng pang-araw araw na pamumuhay ng mga Pilipino maging sa paaralan sa larangan ngpakikipagtalatasan. Ayon kay Rubrico (2001), Ang lenggwahe na ginagamit ng mga bakla o gay lingoay para sa kanilang grupo lamang. Wala silang intensiyong ipagamit ito sa hindi nilakauri. Ito ay sekretong lingo o argot...
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...this much needed leisure. They add char to our otherwise dull and boring life. They refresh our tires nerves and mind. Picnics and outing are a part and parcel of the life of students. These are arranged by the school authorities off and on. Last week the principle of our school decided to take the students of 10th class to Jallo Park for a picnic. For this purpose Sunday was fixed as on that day there is a lot of hustle and bustle at Jallo Park. Our class teacher Mr. Ali also agreed to accompany us. The students paid Rs. 50 each towards bus charges and light refreshment which was to be provided by the school. Two buses were arranged for this purpose. Every student was required to take his own lunch packet with him. All the students reached the school on the appointed day at about 8:30 a.m. The buses also arrived in time. We had arranged for deluxe buses which were very comfortable. Many students arrived with transistors cameras and tape recorders. All the students were dressed very smartly in their shirts or gay dresses. Our principal and the class teacher arrived at exact 9:00 a.m. All the students boarded the buses and we started at 9:15 a.m. When the buses moved the students started singing in a chorus. They clapped sang and dance collectively. Within twenty five minute we reached the picnic spot. It was winter season. Many other schools had also organized their picnics to Jallo Park on that day. The scene at Jallo...
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