Ballenstedt‚ B. (2010‚ May 18). Stalling same-sex benefits?. Retrieved from http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2010/05/stalling_same-sex_benefits.php Balsam‚ K.F.‚ beauchaine‚ T.P.‚ rothblum‚ E.D.‚ & Solomon‚ S.E Belge‚ K. (2010‚ April). Gay and lesbian adoption. Retrieved from http://lesbianlife.about.com/cs/families/a/adoption.htm Craft‚ C Defense of marriage act. (2010). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_Marriage_Act Friedrichs‚ E. (2010). Which equal rights are denied
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status of persons based on their "homosexual‚ lesbian or bisexual orientation‚ conduct‚ practices or relationships” (Romer v. Evans‚ 1995). The U.S. Supreme court held it violates the Equal Protection Clause. The opinion in favor was filed by Justice Kennedy‚ while the dissenting opinion was filed by Justice Scalia. The referendum‚ Article II sec 30b of the Colorado Constitution‚ read as follows: NO PROTECTED STATUS BASED ON HOMOSEXUAL‚ LESBIAN‚ OR BISEXUAL ORIENTATION. Neither the State of
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Violence Against Women Information Around the world at least one woman in every three has been beaten‚ coerced into sex‚ or otherwise abused in her lifetime. Every year‚ violence in the home and the community devastates the lives of millions of women. Gender-based violence kills and disables as many women between the ages of 15 and 44 as cancer‚ and its toll on women’s health surpasses that of traffic accidents and malaria combined.1 Violence against women is rooted in a global culture of discrimination
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astonishing figure is often presented as fact but is often criticized to be highly overestimated by academia. (Refer to Appendix 1 for figures presented by other institutes). Studies by National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles reviews that lesbian increased from 2.8% in 1990 to 9.7% in 2000 while gay reported to rise from 5.3% in 1990 to 8.4% in 2000‚ depicting upward trends that are consistent with reports published by other institutes. Before concluding that homosexual population had indeed
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College | Homosexuality | Same-sex marriage: A true social problem | | Tabitha K. Robbins | 3/28/2013 | Author Note This paper was prepared for Sociology 1020‚ Section WW1‚ taught by Professor Marsha Hupfel. In today’s society‚ Gays/Lesbians are fighting for equality rights. For the past several years’ politics‚ religious groups‚ and individual society has battled the legalization of same-sex marriages with some success and some setbacks. States currently recognize civil unions but decline
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is law. Not only is the law made by man‚ that is a law made from the Bible. Why you think God made a man and a woman‚ man has what woman wants‚ and woman has what man wants‚ it’s as simple as that. I’ll fight tooth and nail to keep that law." For lesbian and gay people who live in one of the 82 countries where homosexuality is criminalised‚ the world is not getting better: it is getting significantly‚ demonstrably worse. The irony – it’s actually not an irony‚ it’s a source of great shame‚ but it
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His main focus‚ is on how women who were lesbian or transgender were more likely to be sexually assaulted then men. Do you want against states that the dominant strain of research on intake we are violence with has focused on homophobia‚ overlooking the role of sexism in the misogyny” (65)? He keeps
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Sexuality and Development The LGBT member self-identity is a women named Amanda White who I interviewed for this paper. Amanda is thirty three years old and has been a lesbian her whole life. Amanda says she can remember even far back as grade school when she remembers she was fascinated in a special way by a particular girl in her class. Amanda says her thoughts were not particularity sexual she was only eleven years old
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as possible. There is only one issue preventing them from getting married‚ not financial issues‚ and there are no love triangles. Depending on where they live‚ their marriage may not be recognized in the state they live in. The right of gay and lesbian couples to marry has been debated for many years with valid reasons supporting but the proponents and supporters. The minute a human being is conceived‚ it is already endowed with the rights that are given to it by the United States Constitution
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As the world becomes more complex so do the problems of the client’s therapists treat. Gay and lesbian men and women seek counseling to help them overcome their problems just like their heterosexual counter parts do. Unfortunately‚ for gay and lesbian men and women these problems are centered on their sexuality. This is mostly due to the intolerance of others in their community‚ workplace and relationships. A therapist must not only understand the challenges they face but keep their own personal
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