Category: LGBTQ

  • Canadian LGBT Progress Overview and Analysis

    Recently, the Conservative Party of Canada gave up its long-standing anti-LGBT position (Gallagher par. 1). This was one of the many achievements of Canada’s LGBT community within the past decades. The country has traveled its way from stigmatizing and marginalizing gay people to having “one of the world’s strongest and most politicized LGBT communities” (Gallagher…

  • Why We Shouldn’t Compare Transracial and Transgender Identities

    The world keeps changing constantly, so new issues are brought into light every day. As our society is becoming more and more acceptable to transgender people, the case of changing identity arises in a different perspective. The start of discussions on transracialism – a transition from one race to another – was marked by the…

  • LGBT Community in Chicago

    Chicago is considered to be a major center for the LGBT community. The city has a long history of the movement, dating back to the early 1920s (De la Croix 5). Illinois is known for having been lenient with the community even when the country’s beliefs and opinions on the matter were hostile. It was…

  • Experiences of LGBTQ Community Practicing BDSM

    Introduction Today’s worlds represent a rapidly changing environment regarding sexuality and sexual practices. Sexual orientation has been pluralized with diverse sexual practices characterized as non-normative. The LGBTQ community makes up a minority sexual group that does not conform to non-traditional sexual preferences and practices. Traditionally, society has encouraged individuals to conform to masculinity and femineity,…

  • Transgender People in the Olympic Games

    Table of Contents Introduction The Position Against Arguments in Support Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The new guidelines state that transgender athletes may be permitted to compete in the Olympics without undergoing sex reassignment surgery. New Zealand heavyweight athlete Laurel Hubbard will become the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics (Safer 3). Hubbard was…

  • Florida’s Bill ”Don’t Say Gay”

    One of the most insidious ways political parties have sought to criminalize LGBTQ+ identities is forbidding so-called “propaganda of homosexuality.” In March 2022, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed the “Parental Rights in Education” bill, forbidding public school teachers from mentioning sexual orientation or gender identity for students in kindergarten through third grade (Diaz, 2022). DeSantis…

  • Homosexuality as Percieved in American Society

    Introduction In defining homosexual marriage, anthropologists formulate valid cross-cultural variations of modern and traditional forms. Same-sex marriage, just like any other form of marriage, is a union of two adults, though of the same sex, in a domestic arrangement with each member having defined roles to play. Over the years, homosexual couples have raised debates…

  • Social Prejudice Kills LGBTQ Community Representatives

    The year 2020 is when diversity is speaking louder than ever: starting from Black Lives Matter spread and leading to the increased attention to the other minority representatives. It might seem like LGBTQ community members also discover greater acceptance and recognition. You can see gay students or same-sex couples in almost every Netflix series, and…

  • Hate Crimes Against Homosexuals in American Colleges

    The United States Laws related to Hate Crime is instrumental in providing protection against crimes that are stimulated by animus or enmity against a certain class who are under the protection of the state. Hate crime laws in the United States vary in accordance with federal and state laws. However, the characteristic of protection is…

  • Is Being Homosexual a Choice or Inherent?

    In recent years, media and scientific attention have focused on attempting to discern the origins of homosexuality. Many view homosexuality as a social problem that has potential psychological and social implications depending on the public’s etiologic beliefs (Sheldon et al., 2017). For the people who believe homosexuality is inherent, their attitude towards homosexuals is intolerant…