Chris Krug: Lesbians In Ritenour Middle School

on his awkward pre-teen years, where it was speculated by his parents that he was gay, and he

On this page it states, “And you know what? If you think you’re girl… I think you’re a girl too!” This quote is from the scene where George tells Kelly that she is transgender. Kelly is the first person to know, but it took George a while to find the confidence to tell her. Even though it did take Kelly a couple of days to wrap her mind around this idea, when she did, she was nothing but accepting. Kelly’s reaction made George realize that she should not be ashamed of herself. When she told Kelly a great deal of confidence was achieved. Once Kelly accepted her, this gave her enough confidence to tell her mom and

As a kid it wasn’t even something that was mentioned. It was never something that was explained to me. It was just ‘That’s Mark, and he’s gay.’ Mark was just another friend of my dad’s who would talk about his boyfriend instead of his girlfriend. I was five. I didn’t care. It seemed perfectly normal, and still does.”(Rader, 2012).

The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community has never received as much attention as they are right now. Much of this attention is stemming from this population struggling to obtain the same rights given to the remainder of the population. The LGBT community faces many challenges in their personal system, social environment, and then in the public system. In working with the LGBT population, the social worker needs to examine how the individual views themselves, not only through sexual identity, but as an individual. We need to look at the prejudices and condemnation they have encountered which may have led to further uncertainty or confusion.

hooks’ parents kept a close eye on everything she did because of her apparent lack of interest in the opposite sex. When she was seen hugging her white female friend in the car for what seemed to be too long, her parents immediately banned her from ever seeing her friend again (159). Similarly, in the ninth grade, my friend, Brytnie, came out first as lesbian, then as transgender, changing his name to Cody. He had been struggling with his identity ever since being placed in the foster care system after living with his abusive bipolar mother for years. Upon coming out to his foster parents, they did not react kindly. Cody’s guardians

In today’s society, the term and act of bargaining is defined as the negotiation of the terms and conditions of a transaction between two or more distinct parties. Chapter 13 takes the fundamental ideas and theories of bargaining and jumps into an in depth discussion focused on how each person in a particular bargaining situation is represented. Hirshman and Larson examine an individual’s life and classify the various sexual bargains that said individual might experience at some point in their life and classify them into five subsections. During this discussion, the title of the book itself, Hard Bargains, is used heavily to describe these

Alison Bechdel came out as a lesbian when she was 19 years old. Her being homosexual was a reaction off of her father. Bechdel and her father did not really talk, but she understood that her father were gay and she wanted him to notice her love for him being gay because she was the same as him. Bechdel father showed her hidden love. He loved her, but he did not really show it a lot because they never really talk. When Bechdel and her father did talk she was happy because it was unusual for her when he said something to her, or when he got close to her. Bechdel father also tried to take her to a gay bar after her and her father came from the movies, but she was not 21 years old. Bechdel father knew she was homosexual so that made her feel opened and more loved by her father because she felt that he is now understanding her more about her homosexual life.

Leelah Alcorn became a monster and a martyr. Being a transgender teen rejected by her parents was impossible for Leelah, a 17-year-old transgender girl born Joshua Ryan Alcorn who lived in Ohio before committing suicide on December 28, 2014. Leelah came out to her parents, a conservative Christian couple, as transgender at the age of 14. Leelah’s mother rejected the claim, saying that it was just a phase and that Leelah would never truly be a girl because God doesn’t make mistakes. Carla Alcorn claimed that her child––who she referred to, even after the death, as her son––had only spoken of being transgender once; Leelah’s suicide note, posted on her Tumblr, explained that she’d been trying for a long time to gain the acceptance of her parents

Picture an African American High School student who is struggling with their sexuality identity. He is experiencing anxieties from high-achieving parents, which both attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities. His father was the star player on the football team and served in the military. His mother is a partner in a prestigious law firm. In addition, his older brother won the Heisman trophy, and his sister just landed a job working at the Whitehouse. Needless to say his parents, has high expectations for their children. He is currently a B average student, and is working hard to bring his grades up. Also, the transition from middle school to high school has added additional stress to this student’s life. We can conclude this

Eryla Maurvvyer is our heroine, she is bisexual and struggles with the fact that before their deaths, her parents were disappointed and weren't speaking to her because she had just come out. But she has

The articles that stood out the most to me were Cheryl Clarke’s “Living As a Lesbian” and June Jordan’s “A New Politics of Sexuality”. These articles stood out, because while given a similar topic (lesbians) they both possessed very different, yet similar arguments. I found this interesting because it is a prime example of societies different views on controversial topics. Cheryl and June’s articles contain many differences, similarities and information to be reflected on.

Brenda was not happy as a girl and once her parents told her the truth, they started the transition towards to

I never told her because this was the year I accepted the fact that I was gay. Ever since fifth grade I had the feeling I was but I was raised straight by a homophobic family

Ellen’s mom was taken by surprise but she was going to support her in any way. After a couple of years, she got her own sitcom named Ellen. She announced that she was lesbian on season four episode twenty-two. The world got angry because they did not like lesbians or gay people. She was the center of society at this time and received significant criticism was coming at her.

High school is a challenging thing to deal with especially if sexuality and gender identity are in the process. Students who are male or female are exploring in a smart and insightful ways. During C.J. Pascoe’s eighteen months of observation in a racially assorted high school, “Dude, You 're a Fag” shows new light on masculinity both as a field of meaning and as a set of social practices. C. J. Pascoe 's unusual approach questions masculinity as not only a gender process but also a sexual one. She proves how the word fag becomes a disciplinary tool for regulating heterosexual and how the word fag is tied to the gender also but as it is to sexuality. Masculinity as a theory, some sociologists and psychologist often viewed the gender differences as vital to personal development of a society. Looking beyond hegemonic masculinity; it is difficult to put it in a category. The focus used on the body in the study “Dude, You’re a Fag” masculinity is embedded in the biology as the study of gender is not reliable. In this case study we are going to be talking about: how was the use of the word Fag a tool in policing masculinity at the high school River High? How was masculinity defined differently for boys who were non-white? Finally, how did administrators at River High both encourage and control normative heterosexuality?