Bisexuality

Boys Scouts of Americas has come under heavy scrutiny about its ban to allow openly gay scouts into the organization and has finally decided to lift it. In a statement by Wayne Perry, BSA President, he said “While people have different opinions about this policy, we can all agree that kids are better off when they are scouting.” The decision to lift the ban was a move in the right direction towards progression and acceptance. Originally, W.D. Boyce founded Boys Scouts of America (or BSA) in 1910…

In recent years, the LGBT movement has gained steam and successfully fought for the rights of gays and lesbians. Gays and lesbians enjoy more social acceptance than they did 20 years ago. This social acceptance, however, is not enjoyed by all members of the LGBT community, as transgender and transsexual individuals are still discriminated against with far more vehemence than gays and lesbians. This discrimination is explored in the film Boys Don’t Cry and the novel She’s Not There, by Jennifer…

Religion and the LGBT community are two groups that tend to clash; however, in reality there should not be a divider between the two as faith continually proves God’s unconditional love for His children. The essay “Gay Marriage: Our Mutual Joy,” by Lisa Miller, explains to the readers the truths behind the Bible and about God’s love towards homosexuality. In comparison, the article “The Religious People Who Give Us Hope,” by Stevie St. John, displays several religious leaders supporting the…

Brigham Anderson was but one of many gay characters to commit suicide because of their inability to accept themselves for what they were. But what about films in which gay characters are martyred, indirectly? Queue the 1980’s AIDS pandemic. Along with AIDS being touted as the “gay disease” came films, such as Norman René’s Longtime Companion and Johnathan Demme’s Philadelphia, in which gay characters ultimately succumbed to the disease. This type of martyrdom contributes ultimate scandalizing of…

The Herek, (2000) study presupposes that the statistics contend that straight individual’s approaches to gay women fluctuate from their attitudes to homosexual males; nonetheless, there is no difference in hostility among these individuals. The Herek, (2000) project states that the inconsistency in power effects points to straight male’s outlooks to homosexual males are reliably more antagonistic than their outlooks to gay females or straight female’s outlooks toward gay men or women. The Herek,…

Heroes and “Ordinary People” Changing the World Heroes are seen as not ordinary people, but really they are just ordinary people. They are the people who create change in the world. Although they may not be saving the world from meteors or protecting the city from super villains, they are there, slowly fighting for their rights. In this case, they are fighting for their rights as homosexuals, people who identify as gays or lesbians. A group of people who created a spark in Canadian history on…

Throughout society, the relationship between a parent and child tends to be very complex. In some relationships, parents try to influence his/her children to look and behave a certain way. By shaping his/her children this way, parents are starting to look at his/her children as a second chance to express the parent’s suppressed wants. Although many people assume that Yang/Liew and Bechdel believe that a child will allow his/her parent to live through them because the parent is the authority…

Foster The People “Nationwide, more than 463,000 children live in foster care” (Foster Care Statistics). In America, there are hundreds of thousands of children who are without a proper home or without someone to love them. These children are left to feel alone and isolated. Is that how a child should feel? The answer is no. There is a great shortage of people willing to take in these children. There is a certain group of adults that are willing to take these children in; however, many have…

According to the book person’s sexual orientation is one’s erotic, romantic and affectional attraction to the same gender, to the other gender or to both. (Pg 370). Questioning is when you go through a period where you’re not sure where you fall in terms of sexual orientation. This is a very confusing time for any young man or women. Someone questioning is someone for whom the question, "Are you gay or lesbian? Are you straight? Are you queer or bisexual? What's your deal?" is one that, at a…

Homophobia Homophobia is a well-known term in today’s world. The origin of homophobia is unknown but the term is credited to George Weinberg who came up with it in the late 1960’s and further publicized and discussed it in a book in 1972. Homophobia can be broken down into two words, homo and phobia. Homo: homosexuals. Phobia: an extreme or irrational fear or something. Altogether, homophobia is an extreme or irrational fear of homosexuals. Fearing or discriminating people because of what sex…