Clare Gay Rights

The movement of the gay and lesbian population in the United States is one that has been in progress since the early 1900s, and is still facing overwhelming controversy and backlash today. The push for gay liberation in a country founded on Christian morals and beliefs has subsequently led to struggles over equality of marriage, adoption, jobs, and healthcare. One side of the controversy argues that every individual deserves the same rights, while the opposing mindset argues that being homosexual puts you into a group of people that is different, and will therefore be treated as such.

A major reason for the writing of this essay for Roxane Gay was to express the idea that gay celebrities have an obligation to come out and be counted to become role models for the community. Throughout the essay she focuses on three major coming out stories of three well-known celebrities : a journalist by the name of Anderson Cooper, Sally ride a famous astronaut, and Frank Ocean who is a up incoming hip hop artists. Using a strong narrative through the recalling of the stories of these three individuals Roxane gay express the importance of strong role models in the LGBT community. She compares the brave story of Frank Ocean’s coming out story in a community, that in the past has been known for being very homophobic, to the work of famous rapper “Tyler the Creator” . Gay expresses that people looking up to and idolizing Tyler the creator, a rapper whose work contains “213 gay slurs on one album”, is a step backwards, while having a brave role model like frank Ocean would help drive the progress of gay rights forward. Gay uses the rhetorical strategy of repetition by repeating the phrase we must “stand up and be counted” in order to support her idea that strong role models help the community and work towards a greater good.

Prior to Cracker Barrel’s evaluation and termination of lesbian and gay employees, the company frequently denied them promotional opportunities, applicants being rejected, employees fired and decision makers became bias; nevertheless, both heterosexual and same-sex were employed with the company. The difficulties of implementing discrimination rules against sexual orientation, originates from these main factors: “employers view homosexuality as somehow detrimental to job performance or harmful to the company’s public profile;” more importantly, the company hasn’t established a nondiscriminatory policy against homosexuals; hence, it is “difficult to trace” (Harvey & Allard, 2015, p. 166). Seeing the rapid growth of the company being unfazed by the boycott and other movements in the media, Dan Evins felt empowered to continue rejecting homosexuals; hence, he did. The upward trending of the company’s profit, proves the vast support for Cracker Barrel’s actions.

For most shows, the LGBTQ characters either a) get written off, or b) fall into heteronormative gender ideals. When a writer does decide to add a queer character seen beyond the use of the “one time experiment” episode, these queer storylines that end up formulaic and lacking substance (Kessler, p.1). These queer characters are usually depicted as either Lesbian or Gay, thus leaving the Bisexual and Transgender characters much harder to come by. In most situations characters and audiences react to bisexual characters just as Erica Hahn did with Callie in season 5 when she said, “you can’t ‘kind of’ be a lesbian.” (GREY’S ANATOMY SEASON 5 EPISODE 7). These were some of the last words that doctor Erica ever said on the show. Ironically this was

In this news article, it describes how a corporation like Chic Fil a is standing up for the businesses morals, values, and beliefs. I chose to include this article as it supports the argument that a business has a huge reputation to uphold and as business owner or representative makes a comment on controversial issue, such as refusing gays, it can lead to mass support or protest. Another reason I chose to include this article is because of the business the news story decided to cover. Chic fil a is a popular fast food restraint and is known for its great customer service and Christian

Often after bullying and punishing children for their sexual orientation, it becomes the only thing others can see. It’s important to remember that masculine or feminine men can be gay or straight. Masculine or feminine females can be lesbian or straight. Does it really matter that their sexual orientation is different from the norm? Even today, gender stereotypes are forbidding men and women alike from participating in everything they want.

There is a difference in the perspectives of a source can make a huge difference on how the information is given. If an author is not a part of the LGBT+ community the source is lacking a primary, and emotional side of the work. Sources from an LGBT+ person perspective have an emotional connection to the LGBT+ community as well sort of insider perspective since a source outside the LGBT+ community would have information more formally with much less emotion attached. In order to fully understand something that happened you

Connor Manning addresses some of the more common stereotypes bisexuals experience such as people not accepting your sexuality unless you have had sexual experiences with multiple genders, that bisexuals are more likely to cheat on a partner, bisexuals are greedy, that sexuality is black and white between homosexuality and heterosexuality (Manning). Within media representation of bisexuals is scarce. When there are bisexuals in media, writers often either rely heavily on stereotypes instead of developing an interesting and complex character, like Alice in The L Word (Schrag and Dabis), or they use bisexuality as a plot point and gloss over it for the rest of the show, like Reagan in New Girl (Meriwether). If bisexuals were portrayed more

Coming to terms with it is almost harder than being accepted for it. A popular topic among the media, the LGBT+ community is gaining more and more rights as time goes by. About this topic, Irving says “When I was a boy, I imagined having sex with my friends’ mothers, with girls my own age--yes, even with certain older boys among my wrestling teammates. It turned out that I liked girls, but the memory of my attractions to the “wrong” people never left me. What I’m saying is that the impulse to bisexuality was very strong; my earliest sexual experiences--more important, my earliest sexual imaginings--taught me that sexual desire is mutable. In fact, in my case--at a most formative age--sexual mutability was the norm. What made me a writer was definitely a combination of what I read and what I imagined--especially, what I imagined sexually.” (An exclusive essay on Amazon). Irving doesn’t want people to think this book is about his son, because it’s not. He doesn’t want to forget his young self, but make experiences for others with

Queer as Folk: Over the extent of of the United States’ history, we have had a lot of social movements. One of the most notable being the fight for equality for LGBTQI — that is, lesbian, gays, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and inter-sexual. The LGBTQ started its uprise in the ‘50s as homosexuals started to become more well known — not necessarily accepted, however — among society. The LGBTQI community has quickly progressed since the ‘50s and ‘60s, bringing along with it many social changes, transgressions, feelings of hate, misconceptions, and a plethora of stereotypes — changing society’s views on sex, marriage, love, and what it is to be human. It is important to understand the impact the LGBTQI community has had on our society, and which titles have made the greatest impact. Out of all six titles, one has became the most prominent in today’s society: gay men.

Through the ever increasing presence of LGBT figures in modern day media such as gay NFL player Michael Sam and former olympiad Caitlyn Jenner, it is obvious that the tolerance for these once secluded members of society is growing at a monumental pace. The world is becoming a more hospitable environment for LGBT+ members to live their lives without fear

For this paper I will be reviewing pieces of literature; a blog amplifying the voices of queer and trans people of color, Being Queer and Dating Straight by Kristen Rogers published on January 12, 2016. A magazine article entitled Dating While Bi, by Katy Harrad. As well as a scholarly article journal, Attitudes Toward Casual Sex, Dating, and Committed Relationships With Bisexual Partners by Meridee Wilson.

There is hate for the LGBTQ community all over the world and there is not a lot of people that are known to be part of the community. It is really important to acknowledge these people because they are human just like anyone else. We see the LGBTQA community all around us. Currently there are gay and transgender characters on famous TV shows. There are not many shows that do include them, but some are The Fosters, Glee, and I am Cait. Most of these characters are good role models for growing LGBTQA teens, but there are some that are very troublesome and people should not look up to them. One person in particular that is a very awful role model is Caitlyn Jenner. Many people love her currently because she told the world that she is transgender. She is a horrendous transgender idol. Caitlyn Jenner currently gets a lot of hate

Ferro, S., & Kaufman, A. C. (2016, April 15). How Corporate America Became A Major LGBT Ally. Retrieved April 17, 2016, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/corporate-america-lgbt-ally_us_570e5c22e4b08a2d32b8840b

If one is a white, cis, gay man, that is. Gay women are features much less frequently, and gay or lesbian people of color even less so. With the exception of Laverne Cox on Orange Is the New Black, Netflix’s runaway prison hit, transgender people of color are rarely allowed to grace the television of the average American. Though some may sing the praises of LGBT activism and claim that gay people are now so mainstream that there is no need for further discussion to be made about queer issues, others disagree. Others that were not blessed