Imagine you are gay youth in a homophobic community. Every day your emotions are beaten into the ground by your friends, community leaders, maybe even your family. How would this make you feel? Most likely, you would feel depressed. It is possible you would go to extreme measures like suicide. You would not be alone. LGB youth are almost five times as likely to have attempted suicide compared to heterosexual youth. Five times more likely that other children. That’s a lot. A likely reason for this
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inspired the gay rights movement that led to the landmark decision in the Supreme Court Case Obergefell v. Hodges. This compromise only makes the government endorse same-sex marriages, not the public. In 1969, homosexuality was considered a mental illness and engaging in homosexual acts was considered illegal. Electroshock therapy and lobotomies were often used to try and fix homosexual people. The Stonewall Inn, located in Greenwich Village in New York, was one of the many gay bars were LGBT
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situations that the LGBT community faces in the existing co-educational schools wherein they are enrolled. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth should have the freedom to be open about their identity and ideas in schools and government facilities. Therefore, we strongly believe that there is a need to establish exclusive schools for the LGBT that will strive to protect their right to be safe and visible, and to have their identity embraced rather than belittled and erased. The opposition side
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GAY LESBIAN INTRO- DIANE RICHARDSON AND STEVEN SEIDMAN > history and theory - Homo is learned, inherited identity; deviant/ dangerous - Theories define homo as a separate human or personality type - supporters argued for decriminalization of homo's and to provide them with treatment (disorder); others viewed them as regular people like heater - homo's view them sales as political activists challenging male dominance and heterosexuality - homo viewed through a medical model perspective
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Appendix H Student Name ETH/125 Due Date Instructor’s Name Site Image Thoughts National Organization for Women This site is dedicated to the women’s rights movement, covering such issues as ending sex discrimination, stopping violence against women, promoting diversity, and ending racism. I was very pleased to find this movement covers such a wide variety of issues we face in today’s society. American Civil Liberties Union This site is dedicated to an America free of discrimination
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only being attracted the opposite sex, have always been looked down upon and persecuted especially in the military. This problem must be addressed, all humans should have the basic right to defend and fight for king and country despite sexual orientations. It was only recently that that an act to protect openly gay service members came into play. This was the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy or DADT for short, this policy theoretically lifted a ban on homosexual service that had been instituted during
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social movement of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender plus (LGBT+) community has been a long and strenuous journey. They are at work to demolish homophobia and radiate acceptance for everyone’s sexuality across the country. This movement began in San Francisco, California in 1955 with the first LGBT+ rights group, Daughter of Bilitis, or DOB. DOB was founded by four lesbian couple, who include Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin; their goal was to attain equal rights for gay marriage. DOB followed the
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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Learning Objectives 1) Be able to Understand the Concept of Gender and Gender Identity A. Gender- i. The Way in that Biological sex is Experienced and Expressed ii. Psychological, Social, and Cultural Aspects of Femaleness and Maleness B. Gender Identity i. The “knowing” of oneself as male or female ii. Do I think as myself as a boy or girl, main or woman, or something else
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From American slavery in the 1850s to gay marriage in the 21st century, the debate for equal rights seems to never quite go away. People like Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., or even more recently, Malala, each have made an impact on equal rights. In this cartoon by Tom Stiglich, Bruce Jenner is the one making an impact on equal rights for the LGBT community. As Jenner was once an Olympic runner himself, he seems to be depicted as one in this illustration. Jenner is running towards the
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of the gay couple. The ones that joined in or tolerated the “gay bashers” comments either felt the same way, thought he was free to think and say what he felt and or fell into the social prejudicial stereotypes of what is excepted from men and tolerated from what is considered outside of social norms. The people who did not tolerate or join in broke social prejudicial stereotypes and stood firmly on what they believe to be morally right. One effective way I believe could end negative gay stereotypes
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