CHAPTER I RESEARCH PROBLEM 1.1 Historical and Conceptual Background 1.2.1 Historical Background Filipino gay language or swardspeak language is a vernacular language derived from Englog (English- Tagalog) and is used by a number of gay Filipinos. It uses elements from Tagalong‚ English‚ Spanish‚ Niponggo‚ from celebrities’ names and signature brands hat giving a new context of this unique language. A unique trait of swardspeak is that it immediately identifies the speaker as homosexual
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The Community of Laramie’s Views on Hate Crime The Laramie Project is a play about the aftermath of the people from Laramie reactions to the kidnapping and horrible death of an open gay Matthew Sheppard. Furthermore‚ there are various themes throughout the play but Moisés Kaufman wanted to focus on several perspectives towards homosexuality in the Laramie community at the time of Matthew’s death. The play has many themes about prejudice‚ hate crimes‚ and conflicting issues. The most significant
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Transgender People Deserve Equal Rights Most transgender people face discrimination every day here in America. New laws are being written to protect transgender people‚ but it can take several years before those laws are passed and go into effect. With or without these laws transgender people are being discriminated against. The United States lags far behind in establishing transgender equality and a majority of all states still do not have civil rights protections for transgender Americans
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The children’s benefits of Gay Adoption out weight the negative effects. Gay adoption has been a very controversial topic for many of years. Gay adoption is pretty self-explanatory. It’s when a same sex couple adopts a child or children from foster care or an orphanage. Some people believe that gay adoption is wrong‚ and against many religions because two people of the same sex should not marry or adopt children. If two people are happy together leave them alone. If they are not hurting‚ or bothering
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LGBT Community Recently there has been a lot of media coverage on the LGBT+ community‚ since it is a very controversial topic. Just recently people started to acknowledge the presence of gays‚ transgender‚ and many other people of the LGBT community. That doesn’t mean that people who are not a part of the community have not been around until recently. These people are not a problem and do no harm to others by being themselves. The only impact it would have on someone is seeing people like that
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From as long as one can date back‚ there has always been a history discrimination towards others among the general populace. First and foremost‚ there have been numerous accounts of judgement upon homosexuality making claims stating that it is an immoral choice‚ a mental disorder‚ or religiously unjust to be homosexual. These accusations stem as the cause of why members of the LBGT organization are shunned to society and constantly victimized‚ simply based off of the lack of knowledge towards the
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In the LGBT community most society view homosexuality as if something is wrong. The public do not acknowledge women and women‚ or man and man as a "couple". This can go for many things‚ which one is being treated equally as a relationship more or less if they chose to believe in something different from heterosexual "couples". However we all know that same sex couple are not being recognized rather they are doing something good or bad. The way society blank out the homosexuals‚ and make the LGBT
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On the other hand‚ Connor and Oliver’s relationship also contains innovative ideas. Firstly‚ the short-termed‚ heartless stereotypical representation of a gay relationship is replaced by the status of the most committed couple out of all the other heterosexual couples from the show. By the winter finale of the second season‚ all heterosexual couples have broken up for one reason or another‚ leaving the gay couple as the longest-lasting relationship. Secondly‚ the drama approaches the subject of HIV
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Lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ and transgender (LGBT) people in the Philippines have a distinctive culture but limited legal rights. Gays and lesbians are generally tolerated‚ if not accepted‚ within Filipino society‚ but there is still widespread discrimination. The most visible members of the Filipino LGBT culture‚ the Bakla‚ are a distinct group in the Philippines. According to the 2002 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Survey‚ 11% of sexually active Filipinos between the ages of 15 and 24 have had
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Reflective paper to assigned readings April 1‚ 2014‚ Session 10 In the chapter 8 of Counseling & Diversity‚ Choudhuri et al. discuss and define various essential constructs of sexual orientation‚ and offer a historical context of discrimination and prejudice against LGBT people. A person’s sexual orientation can be heterosexual‚ homosexual‚ bisexual‚ or questioning‚ and all of these sexual orientation should be considered to be normal. However‚ there has been a long history of negative judgment
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