Development For An Adolescent Heading Into Young Adulthood

LGBT is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender. It is intended to highlight a diversity of sexuality and gender identity-based cultures. Historically, LGBT people have had to deal with being brutalised and misunderstood because of the misconception that being gay is different and deserves different treatment. However, there are efforts being made daily by the community in order to educate people and ease their fears. The purpose of the following analysis is to deconstruct how people who fought back while growing up realizing they are apart of community help shaped and/or will shape them to become strong roles for LGBT people around the world.

Elderly people physically slow down and have lower energy levels. There are changes in the body systems and organs that can usually result in all types of

Today people who are age 65 or older make up more than one tenth of the U.S. population and are the quickest growing age group (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman,  2010). As adults reach later adulthood, they begin to undergo mental, physical, and social transformations. All of these changes are experienced and handled differently by each individual. Time and planning help to alleviate stress and can make these changes easier to deal with. Family and friends are an exceptional source of support during these tough times.

Middle childhood is a time that involves many changes for individuals as they are growing and maturing throughout their life span. These differences can be different depending on their sex and the way that they mature. They have significant differences from early childhood in both their cognitive development and their physical development. This also includes the social environment. A significant part of their development can be influenced by the way they are raised in their childhood, and especially in their middle childhood.

With more and more people coming out and developing their sexual identity each year. I feel as future social workers we have an obligation to support and respect this community as well as each person's identity. Our job involves understanding this population and advocating for equal rights for all individuals. It is clear that the concept of social justice will not be realized until society can embrace the notion that different does not mean bad.“The only idea involved in all questions of sexual orientation are the great transcendent issues of justice and love. Acceptance of the homosexual community will leave both communities free from the need to conform to narrow stereotypes and free to develop all the qualities that belong to the fullness of the human personality.”( Blackwell, C. W., Ricks, J. L., & Dziegielewski, S. F.

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.

The assigned readings for this course have been extremely beneficial in helping me formed a foundation of understanding towards the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community. Because of these readings I have increased my understanding of the many obstacles that individuals in this community must overcome; specifically the youth. LGBT individuals are often faced with a unique set of problems that clinical social workers should be aware of. Most times, this group of sexual minorities feels that they are being discriminated against by their friends, family, and the society as a whole (Bennett, 2013, p. 1). Unfortunately this feeling and thinking of alienation and discrimination subjects them to stress, anxiety and depression. All of which

The LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community has faces certain challenges within the heterosexual community, from homeless and ways in approaching accepting their sexuality without landing on the streets. The LGBT face a big discrimination and are if most certainly sometimes if not always dismissed by family, with such rejection many teens are kicked off to the curb and many times face mental and physical stains, which they often struggle with alone. (teens from

To begin, in Chapter 7 of Generation Me, Dr. Jean M. Twenge, the author, discusses the relationship between the current generation and the fight for equality. Throughout the chapter, Twenge discusses how circumstances have changed for certain groups of people over the years, from the civil rights movement to the fight for gay marriage. At the end of the chapter, she introduces a section called, “Attitudes Towards Gays and Lesbians” (Twenge 207), which she uses to discuss the current (i.e., 2006) situation for gays and lesbians, along with the effects on contemporary society. Furthermore, Twenge includes testimonies from ordinary people and storylines from television shows to exhibit the increasing tolerable attitude towards gays and lesbians. She elaborates on the fight for gay marriage toward the end of the section and mentions how more people are fighting for that right everyday. Readers are reminded that unfair treatment of gays and lesbians occurs everywhere, from bullying in schools to discrimination in the workplace. Twenge’s argument fully elaborates on the battle for equality for gays and lesbians, and thoroughly notes Generation Me’s response in the final section of Chapter 7. (Twenge 207-211)

People may not notice little things that others do or say. Something as small as calling someone “gay” because they identify themselves as homosexual, could emotionally traumatize them. Examples of these issues are LGBTQ+ working in a labour intensive employment, and is treated as “weak” or “unfit” for the position, thus being looked down upon. For centuries, people follow the stereotype that people of a different gender or sexual identity are looked down upon and considered outliers of the society. Our group will go in depth and demonstrate examples of discrimination against LGBTQ+ in the workforce, by first analyzing the root of this problem. A few questions that we will evaluating are: if people dislike LGBTQ+ in the workforce because they are homosexuals, or because they are lacking in skill, education, experience etc. Second question that ties with the root of the issue is to find out why majority of people discriminate individuals that identify as LGBTQ+ homosexuals. Lastly, our group will be explaining different point of views of this issue. We will be using a variety of frameworks that we have learned in class such as viewing the social problem with a Neoliberal, Neoconservative and transformative outlook to analyze the social problem. Topics that we can analyze using these frameworks, include who is at fault or who is to blame within the social problem, how each framework would try to resolve the social problem, and what are some things that each framework can do

To conclude, the youth in modern America is being affected greatly from the negativity towards LGBT inequality and inequalities overall. Persecution impacts everyone whether you have a different gender or sexuallity but that’s what makes us unique. Only we can put an end to social inequality, but we have to work together.

Adolescence is the transitional period in a persons life time that links childhood and adulthood. The factors that influence development during adolescence include genetic/biological and environmental/social. There are many developmental issues that take place during the transition from an adolescent to a young adult. The issues of emerging adulthood(18-25) are characterized by new experiences, experimentation, exploration as well as new developmental tasks.

The process of moving from childhood to adulthood is often confusing and frightening. Without a role model, girls and boys who enter adulthood unprepared often flounder in uncertainty; so, they seek outlets that will distract them and guidance from people they feel will listen. In American Beauty, the viewers are confronted with a young woman named Jane and her relationship with her parents, which is flimsy at best. Her mother does not know or refuses to acknowledge their lack of a relationship and her father admits there is no relationship but does nothing to change this, leaving her to discover adulthood without them. In Wildlife, Joe is thrown into a volatile situation after his father moves their family to a new town and then runs off

Adolescence is perhaps the most confusing and complex time in one’s developmental life as one’s physical body, the way one thinks, the brain structure, emotions, identity, and sexuality are all developing simultaneously. I am currently an adolescent, my age is nineteen, that has recent experience with the trials and tribulations that accompany those formative years. My journey as an adolescent is nearing its end as I am entering the emerging adulthood phase of my life, but proper reflection upon my experience should give key insights into the development of today’s adolescents.

Being a young adult comes with many stresses and obstacles. Young adults are dealing with separation from their parents, finding a place within society, considering career opportunities, money management, and ultimately, becoming capable of intimacy with another human being. Why do people in this stage of life have such a significant want and need to acquire a life-long partner in such short time? Young adults of all sexualities form many intimate, loving relationships through the course of adolescence to adulthood but going deeper into the situation, how is it one finds their life partner?