and advocating for lesbian and gay rights and to insist that society not discriminate on the basis of sexual preference. Unlike in the Philippines there are few countries who are now supporting and allowing same sex marriage including Argentina‚ Belgium‚ Canada‚ Denmark‚ Iceland‚ Netherlands‚ Norway‚ Portugal‚ Spain‚ South Africa‚ Sweden. The purpose of this study is to advocate the positive effects of legalizing same-sex marriage in the Philippines and to support gays and lesbian people in their rights
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“Oh you’re gay‚ you’re going to hell” that is a phrase said to many LGBT individuals daily. In a world where being lesbian‚ gay‚ or transgendered is considered an abomination and a misogynistic ideology‚ sometimes coming out gay is harder than it seems. According to the New York branch of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (commonly known by the acronym PFLAG)‚ nearly 4-10% of the entire population is gay. In a highly populated city such as New York with a population of nearly 1 million students
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Gay Rights Legislation Mirissa Branine Northwestern Oklahoma State University Abstract The Road to Equality Introduction There are approximately nine million people in America that represent the Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual‚ Transgender (LGBT) community. That represents 3.5% of the American population‚ with that number expected to rise as new legislation makes it safer and more acceptable for the LGBT community to identify themselves (Williams Institute‚ 2011).
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Ellen’s love life has been complicated‚ she is a lesbian and obliged to listen to people’s prejudices. Her one and only love‚ Jackie‚ dies caused by an incurable illness and she is not allowed to bury her “She has not been allowed to do this one last thing for Jackie. To be with her during the last rituals.” (l.24-25). Because of Jackie’s former husband‚ Roger‚ whom she has left to live with Ellen‚ but he could not accept his wife being a lesbian‚ because of his man-stubbornness and he even tried
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and transgender teenagers are being physically‚ social‚ cyberbullying and verbally abuse based on their sexual orientation. (Hhs.‚ “Bullying Among Hammett2 Children and Youth on Perceptions and Differences in Sexual Orientation”). “Children and youth who identify themselves as lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual and transgender (LGBT)‚ or are perceived to be so‚ can face unrelenting teasing and bullying by their peers.” Teenagers are being treated cruelly because of their choice to be different. Other teenagers aren’t comfortable with themselves and they feel the need to
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On pages 74 through 77 of Fun Home‚ Alison Bechdel chronicles her full realization that she is a lesbian in her own “bookish” way. Moving on from the clinical dictionary definition of the word “lesbian” that she discovered in her early adolescence (page 74‚ panel 3)‚ Bechdel turns to works of fiction and chronicles of others’ experiences with homosexuality which she finds in books at her college’s library‚ as opposed to exploring her sexuality on her own in the real world. This is consistent with
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their religion and culture girls should stay home and worry about marrying an Indian boy. If Jules and Jess were boys‚ it would be completely acceptable for them to play soccer. An example of a sexuality issue is when Paula thinks that Jules is a lesbian because she plays sport and wears masculine clothes. Paula is homophobic and makes ridiculous comments‚ like ‘there’s a reason why Sporty Spice is the only one without a fella!’ Jess’ Indian friend‚ Tony‚ is a homosexual but can’t tell his family
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simple: these men and women are homosexual. Gays and lesbians can serve in the U.S. military but only if they keep their sexuality a secret. This is known as the "Don’t Ask‚ Don’t Tell" policy and has been in effect since 1993. The United States is one of only a handful of nations in NATO that do not permit openly gay individuals to serve in the military (Ottosson 8). The United States should replace this archaic policy and allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military for three main reasons:
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same ways among children of lesbian mothers as they do among children of heterosexual parents” (Sexual Orientation‚ Parents‚ and Children). Society’s belief that having same-sex parents alters the sexual identity of the child is considered false due to the research conducted by APA. An additional association that shares a common belief with APA is the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry‚ abbreviated AACAP. On their website‚ AACAP has an article‚ “Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual and Transgender
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longitudinal study of lesbian families. The study consisted of twenty-five children of lesbian mothers and a control group of 21 children of heterosexual single mothers were first seen at age 9.5 years on average‚ and again at age 23.5 years on average. Standardized interviews are used to obtain data on sexual orientation from the young adults in the follow-up study and on family characteristics and children ’s gender role behavior from the mothers and their children. Although those from lesbian families were
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