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 Canadas LGBT community within the past decades. The country has traveled its way from stigmatizing and marginalizing gay people to having one of the worlds strongest and most politicized LGBT communities (Gallagher…

  • 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 countrys beliefs and opinions on the matter were hostile. It was…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Gay-Friendly High Schools in Chicago

    Chicago officials have advocated for the creation of gay-friendly high schools to cater to students who feel that schooling in the same institutions as students who are pro-heterosexual does not guarantee their safety and freedom. Other cities in America and indeed across the world should initiate such programs to ensure that lesbian/gay students, as well…

  • Arrest Histories of High-Risk Gay and Bisexual Men in Miami: Article Analysis

    Introduction Gay and bisexual men persistently suffer the highest burden of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. (CDC, 2008). Ever since the epidemic began, substance abuse has been proved to be one of the strongest predictors of sexual risk behaviors and seroconversion among this population. Latest research has centered on additional aspects of health disparities among men…

  • Gay Marriage: Support of the Legalization

    Love has no gender was the phrase I heard in a teenage TV show at the age of thirteen. The idea of loving someone of your own gender has stuck with me as I pondered upon the possibility of two men being in a loving relationship with each other. My curiosity reached its peak in…

  • Should Gay Marriage Rights Be a State or Federal Law?

    Table of Contents Summary Working Thesis and Working Works Cited page Works Cited Annotated Bibliography Introduction Supporting arguments Conclusion Summary According to the article commentary on Gay Couples, supporters of same-sex marriage contend that the law should uphold the principle of equal treatment and non-discrimination by granting such couples access to fundamental rights and privileges…

  • Transgender Childrens Issues in Society

    Introduction The topic of transgender children in society proves to be divisive and is widely discussed by parents, teachers, clinicians, and politicians. There is a range of opinions on the topic  from the medical point of view to issues of parenting and educating transgender children to questions of their social and legal existence in…