1 Dattani’s On a Muggy Night in Mumbai: A Homosexuals’ Odyssey Dr. Prakash Bhadury Assistant Professor‚ Dept. of H & S. S‚ NIT‚ Hamirpur‚India Research Article by the Author to be published in an Anthology shortly. Abstract: Gay and Lesbian relationships are branched off as two separate identity of homosexual behaviour and the issues relating to it has been a matter of intense debate in India and abroad in late 20th century especially‚ when in a post-war era the issues of identity crisis
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The Portrayal of Gays and Lesbians on TV‚ and How Viewers React Matthew Wood There are several ways in which gays and lesbians are portrayed on television‚ many of which‚ arguably‚ create problems both for the programme maker and for the viewer. Homosexuality is still not fully accepted in today ’s society and traditional patriarchal portrayals of both men and women are still dominant‚ with few exceptions to such images. This is‚ perhaps‚ particularly true of men. Whilst patriarchal images of
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by Louie Gohmert in the article Texas Congressman Wants To Put Gay People On An Island To See If They
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the gay population in Brazil. It concluded that high social status gay men only interacted with other gay men in contrast to those in the middle and low class who interact with men of both homosexual and heterosexual preferences. This‚ therefore‚ puts gay men of low social status at a greater risk for HIV/Aids than those who are less unfortunate. Alcohol in Brazil is also heavily promoted as a leisure context and is seen as a social norm for males to consume. (Carlos F. Ca´ceres‚ 2002) Gay
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Write a critical appreciation of Barbara Kingsolver’s “The Lacuna”. Barbara Kingsolver’s extract demonstrates a key number of themes relating to the divide between the land and the sea‚ personifying the fish in the sea and dehumanising the people on land‚ pushing the boundaries between both worlds. The comparisons between the fish and the humans reflect society as a whole and the problems that plague us. The underlining theme that essentially becomes the most important in the given extract is that
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whether or not they will end up gay or heterosexual. Any role that the environment‚ or nurture‚ plays in the determination of someone’s sexual orientation is minimal at best‚ but the role of nature in this determination is drastic. Take the case of Jamie Nabozny‚ a 21-year-old-gay-man who recently sued his former high school (Ashland High School in Wisconsin); three administrators were found liable for not protecting him from years of verbal and physical abuse for being gay. When he went to this high
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Gay‚ Lesbian‚ Bisexual‚ and Transgendered Rights Throughout history there has been many different groups that have encountered discrimination. The main group has been the African/African-American population for many years. Other groups have been the Irish‚ Chinese‚ Mexicans‚ and the Jews‚ just to name a few. Those groups all endured prejudice based on ethnicity; the new group is facing prejudice because of their sexual orientation. The Gay‚ Lesbian‚ Bisexual and Transgendered community experiences
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Anti-Gay “Scouts of Honor” was a video that shocked me to know that the largest youth movement in the country‚ in which values are treating everyone equally and standing up for what you believe in‚ would ban gays to be a part of their organization. One in five boys in American are a boy scout. In Petalima‚ California‚ troop # 174‚ a twelve-year-old boy by the name of Steven Cozza started an anti-gay stand by the name of “Scouting for all”. They held petitions and set up stands at local grocery
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The fourteenth amendment was written in 1868 but it is still relevant today. The amendment states ‚ “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens‚” using the restroom is a pretty basic privilege. Forcing people to use the bathroom of the sex they were assigned at birth would be going against this amendment. Trans people would be endangered by using the bathroom of their sex they were assigned at birth. If a man of trans experience walked into
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same as racial minorities. Omi’s argument can be complicated by David Bergman’s argument that LGBT members have the same interests‚ feelings‚ and do not represent the stereotypes as the media portrays them to be (Bergman 17). He also argues that‚ “Gay acceptance has been fueled at least as much by market forces as by a sense of justice”‚ American consumerism has put members of the LGBT community on a level playing ground (Bergman 17). Bergman is making the point that consumerism has created a greater
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