Kimmey Cheng Ms. Bisharat‚ P.3 English 11A 18 October 2014 Gay Conversion Therapy: For or Against? Our world today has changed drastically since the times of slavery and unequal treatment. Due to documents such as the Bill of Rights and the Constitution‚ everyone is now allowed freedom of religion‚ speech‚ and so on. However‚ there is still a controversial topic about a certain crowd of people going around media and our lives today. That group is the LGBT community. Over the past few years‚ they
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“If you think being gay is a choice‚ why don’t you try being gay‚ just for a while‚ to simply see you can’t? I was born gay‚ just like you were born straight.” -Anonymous. Whether or not people are born homosexual (or choose to be)‚ has been an ongoing debate for a while now and continues to stay relevant‚ especially since there have been multiple studies‚ lots with opposite finds and views. I personally do not believe that people choose to be gay‚ but rather have a trait that they are
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in Burlington gave up to reject gay-straight clubs in its school. This made a sensitive and complex issue of homosexuality‚ which people argued about if the decision of the board was right. In my point of view‚ the decision of the Board ’s was right. The gay-straight club is not only good for Homosexual students but also good for the school. Firstly‚ this policy is able to encourage lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students to come out. The gay-straight club offers these students
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healthy and well-functioning. When you think of a child being raised in a gay community and being often surrounded with the familiarization of lesbians and gays‚ you may think the child will later in life turn homosexual. Some might‚ it’s is their choice and there’s nothing wrong with it. However‚ people that grew up with homosexual parents say that they have never pressured them to follow in their footsteps. Another reason why gays should be allowed to adopt a child is when they have a kid‚ they intentionally
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Julieth Figueredo Final Essay Gay Parenting: What Really Matters Throughout history‚ Lesbians‚ Gays‚ and Bisexuals (LGB) have not been accepted by the majority of societies‚ especially by the ones whose strong religious beliefs cannot bear two men or two women as a couple. Homosexuals have always been discriminated against and judged by society. They have been victims of violence and harassment‚ and their rights have been constantly violated. As a denial to these unceasing mistreatments‚ homosexuals
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What I originally thought had been true‚ in which the way in how gay marriages are uncommon‚ would prove to be a major factor in divorce rate differences. However‚ this proved false‚ given that there is not much difference between gay and straight marriage or divorce rates. This does not change how I view gay marriage as opposed to straight marriage‚ however it does seem to provide a normalization to how gay couples fit in to societies social norms. Not only are homosexual divorce rates almost
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title it "First Impressions‚" but later changed it to "Pride and Prejudice." Nonetheless‚ the title still goes off that premise. Both Darcy and Elizabeth are "pride" and "prejudice‚" because their entire relationship throughout the novel is marked by their "pride" and "prejudice." Now that I think about it‚ that may have been why she decided to change the title. It’s not just their first impressions of each other‚ but instead‚ about the "pride" and "prejudice" they constantly have and must get over
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of the first companies to market to the gay community on mainstream daytime television. Despite the initial backlash; this ad eventually sparked countless other companies jump on the “Gay and Lesbian Advertising Bandwagon”. But what is the motive behind advertising specifically to this community‚ do the businesses take a genuine interest in the gay community or is it strictly for expanding business? Additionally‚ once a business decides to advertise using gay content‚ what is the appropriate way to
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Theme of love and marriage in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The intricate nexus of marriage‚ money and love in Jane Austen’s society is unfolded through the development of plots and characters of her novel Pride and Prejudice. In the nineteenth century’s rural England‚ marriage was a woman’s chief aim‚ both financially and socially. Financially because of women’s dependent position marriage was the "only honourable position"‚ infinitely preferable to the dependence of precarious shabby-genteel
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The role of the social workers in the community working for the alliance of gay and lesbian youth. This essay will explain why there is a need for social workers in the gay and lesbian community. The community through the years has expanded to the bisexual and transgender community. The idea is not to group individuals‚ however to sustain and stabilize the gay and lesbian community it had to be done. With numbers and people willing to work and seek others to combat discrimination caused by their
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