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    So when he considers the fact that he might be gay‚ he cries to his mother. Something interesting I noticed‚ however‚ was the fact that Ben was only in third grade when he introduced this thought to himself and his mother. Why is a third grade boy crying‚ let alone worrying‚ about his sexuality? How does he even know that it’s such a huge controversy going on in this world? But then you look back at the third line and notice he said his uncle was gay. I’m assuming that someone in his family has made

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    For decades‚ the American Psychiatric Association has recognized that being lesbian‚ gay‚ or bisexual is not a mental illness and that trying to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity is ineffective and dangerous (Boone‚ 2017). The majority opinion of professionals is that conversion therapy simply does not work. The abuse

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    for myself” (99). The father is displayed as being gay‚ with his feminism ways and the daughter is shown as being a lesbian‚ with her masculine ways. Their outside is masking the inner identity‚ such that her father is too hesitant to wear pearls. The different orientations they had make up the missing part for each other to be socially accepted in what is defined as normal in the society. Alison being a lesbian and her father being a closeted gay man summed up their sexualities and their

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    today‚ marginalization was aimed at an entire race or group of people. African Americans and the elderly were some of the main groups marginalized in the past. The main groups segregated today are people of Middle Eastern origins and people in the gay and lesbian community. Many works of literature have addressed this issue of marginalization‚ including Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. In the past‚ marginalization was a large part of society. First off‚ African

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    portray Reinaldo Arenas’ life‚ they both have their own strengths to show the persecution he suffers. In Arenas’ novel‚ he begins his story talking about how he and his mom lived on his grandparent’s farm. Arenas talked about how he discovered he was gay at a very early age‚ but also spent a lot of time talking about the bestiality that ran rampant throughout his village. Arenas spend a large portion of the beginning of his book talking about how all of his cousins and friends would have sex with different

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    But many people hated him because of his sexuality‚ he was an openly gay person and during the 70´s many people did not support the LGBT people at that time that being homosexual was a sin because the bible said so‚ people would call the LGBT ¨FREAKS¨ because of their sexuality. But Harvey wanted to make a difference and show San Francisco that they were the same outside but different on the inside. Harvey was the first openly gay elected official in the history of California‚ where he was elected

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    genetics or not. It has been a huge social debate for awhile. Some people think sexuality is‚ in fact‚ genetic and some think that someone’s sexual orientation is choice. Finally‚ that question has been answered. There was a study conducted on 818 gay men (409 pairs of openly homosexual brothers) by collected blood and saliva samples. All these men shared prominent patterns in two regions of the human genome- one on the X chromosome and one on chromosome 8. Researchers of that experiments had a theory

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    later decides to defend Andrew in court‚ this was very interesting to me and I still do not completely understand why a character who is supposed to be homophobic decided to defend an openly gay man‚ Joe stated his reasoning to be because the law had been broken and it doesn’t matter how he feels towards gays but if the law is broken justice must be served for anyone. This to me was an admirable quality for the character that he is willing to set aside his personal feelings in order to provide what

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    I grew up in a very small‚ extremely conservative‚ town and was surrounded by these beliefs for my whole life. I attended church every sunday‚ went to school in town‚ and would spend time with my friends during the week. Everywhere I went‚ being gay was seen almost as a social crime‚ let alone the religious crime it was in the church. As a young‚ impressionable‚ child I heard so much about this topic that by the time I was in Kindergarten‚ this belief was also solidified in me. In her article‚

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    In this essay the author‚ Becky Birtha discusses the struggles and hard ships that many gay couples face when they try to adopt children. The big question discussed in this essay was‚ should same-sex couples have the same right as heterosexual couples when it comes to adopting children. Throughout the essay Birtha points out key facts that disrupt the thought that same-sex couple’s children are more likely to turn out homosexual themselves. She dishevels this by pointing out a study done that shows

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