improvements in the way society deals with discrimination‚ we still have a very long way to go. Gay and lesbian youth are two to three times more likely to commit suicide than other youths and 30% of all completed adolescence suicides are related to sexual identity. Parents‚ teachers‚ students – everyone needs to be more open about homosexuality and there should also be an understanding that being gay or lesbian is perfectly fine – as long as their happy‚ you should be too. Well‚ let’s face it
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deviance‚ sociologists have linked homosexuality to hormones‚ genes and the brain (Taylor‚ Thio & Schwartz‚ 2013). Hormonal theory does not describe a cause of homosexuality. Genetic Theory describes the cause of homosexuality as people being born gay. The brain theory is much more in depth about the cause of homosexuality. It states that the size of a person’s hypothalamus will cause them to be homosexual or not. Gay’s hypothalamuses were less than half of the size of straights’. The sociological
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Michael S. Kimmel – Reading Reflection I found “Masculinity as Homophobia” by Michael S. Kimmel to be a great read. I found it to be interesting to see how men perceive themselves in society. The reading focuses on the idea of power and men‚ along with the implications that come with trying to be seem and feel as the powerful one in society. The reading starts off with the idea of Freudian psychoanalysis of power within males and what causes it. Having a father to compete with‚ and try to prove
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Restaurants John Howard King’s College‚ London Discrimination against lesbians and gays is common in the workplace. Sole proprietors‚ managing partners‚ and corporate personnel officers can and often do make hiring‚ promoting‚ and firing decisions based on an individual’s real or perceived sexual orientation. Lesbian and gay job applicants are turned down and lesbian and gay employees are passed over for promotion or even fired by employers who view homosexuality as somehow detrimental
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After it fled the streets of New York twenty-two years ago‚ “The Normal Heart”‚ written by Larry Kramer‚ has been revived at the Berkshire School theatre. As the curtains were drawn‚ the audience stood applauding the cast for their incredible job well done in the new production about the AIDS epidemic‚ specifically homosexual Aids‚ in 1985. Although Larry Kramer wrote the play twenty-two years ago‚ it felt like we were back in 1985 fighting the AIDS epidemic. As a classically structured drama and
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1. General Overview The Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual‚ and Transgender (LGBT) community is a community based on celebrating individuality‚ sexuality‚ pride‚ diversity‚ love‚ and acceptance. Also known as the gay community‚ LGBT people believe in promoting LGBT rights and fighting for social justice. UCLA School of Law (Gates‚ 2011) conducted four national studies and two-state-level population based studies. The results determined that there are approximately nine million adults in the United States that
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Claudia Giffin Tattoos Cultural Anthropology December 1‚ 2013 Tattooing is an art of expressing person identity. Some people use tattoos in order to show memory‚ make a statement‚ or for showing designs they like. Ever since 8th grade‚ I knew I would be getting a tattoo in the future. Body art and scars have always been very interesting subjects to me as I see them as a way to express yourself and for others to see them‚ as well. In the near future‚ I will be getting two tattoos that
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You would have to be delusional if you think racism‚ sexism‚ and homophobia no longer exists in our community and overall society. From racial profiling‚ police brutality‚ and media portrayal to gay slurs‚ lack of respect‚ treatment‚ and extreme hate crimes to slutshaminng‚ the women’s wage gap‚ We cannot ignore the everyday injustice that we not only witness‚ but suffer from. I believe that we need to take a stand and to fight against the oppression that we have been suffering from for far too long
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The Supreme Court decision consenting gay and lesbian couples the right to marry in all the states was a landmark victory for the Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. It was a hard fought victory spanning years of hard work and activism. Nonetheless‚ even in the wake of that substantial step in the court’s ruling‚ many members of the LGBT community still have work to do (“How So-Called ‘Equality Act’ Threatens Religious Freedom”). This comes to the realization that several same-sex
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Nature vs. Nurture You got your dark brown eyes from your dad‚ and you got your height from your mom…but where did you get your love for roller coasters and devotion to sick animals? I believe you got those traits from nature. In the nature vs. nurture debate there was a tie about which one was right‚ but I believe that Nature has more of an affect on you than nurture does. The fact that identical twins can both be separated at birth not knowing that they had a twin and do almost exactly what the
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