Dindon Family And Albin Stereotypes

“The Boys in the Band”, is a play about male homosexual relationships and the revealing truths of being gay in the 1960s. The play gives audiences a distinct perspective of homosexuality on the stage up until that time. The setting is in a New York City apartment that is owned by Michael. He and his gay friends are preparing a birthday party for Harold. Alan McCarthy, a former college roommate of Michael, also shows up at the party unexpectedly. In this paper, we will focus on Alan and Harold and their behaviors and impacts in the play.

First of all, I want to analyze my favorite character in this movie--The father Henry. I believe he clearly knows that people have diverse ideas about what counts as a family and they have equally diverse ways of structuring family life, and it help him to communicate more respectfully with people who have varying family structures. For example, when he and his wife found out that their son Tommy got married with a male, he had a much calmer reaction compared to his wife. I can tell that he did not agree to gay marriage and he cannot accept the fact that his son was the “bride”, but he recognized the normal diversity of family forms, he understands that gays like Tommy and Jack has the right to love a person and have a family just like he does, so he tried to hide his true feelings and learned to accept it. That is why when Jack called, he answered the phone politely and told him that “I think I mean this, congratulations, you are a good kid, you deserve a lot better.” Then he caresses Tommy’s hair to show his understanding about their behavior.

The purpose of this essay is to give a clear understanding of gay and lesbian families. This essay will discuss relative information and problems of this client group focusing on the demographic, history, polices, issues faced by the group as well as relevant support groups and programs available. This essay will discuss these topics by drawing on existing published scholarly literature and relevant, credible published sources. The second part of this essay will be a reflection of an event that relates to the LGBTIQA Community. This reflection will discuss the event as well as thoughts and feeling of a participant in the event. For the purpose of this essay Gay and lesbian will be defined as “A person who is attracted primarily to members of the same sex. Although it can be used for any sex e.g. gay man, gay woman, gay person, “lesbian” is sometimes the preferred term for women who are attracted to women.” ("LGBT Terms and Definitions | International Spectrum", 2016).

The major theme of the novel is lesbianism. Audre’s lesbianism appears to come from her love for mother and her enticement she has towards her mother’s feminine strength. Audre also states in the novel that she often dreamed of touching her mother and her mother touching her in a sexual way. Audre’s lesbianism plays out in many other ways as well. However, she cannot express her sexuality and therefore she is left feeling alone. Lesbianism is not simply about the connection to womanhood, but about Audre’s estrangement from others in society. I do not agree that being a lesbian comes from loving your

I will be writing about George Chauncey’s Gay New York. In this text, George Chauncey seeks to restore that world to history, to chart its geography, and to recapture its culture and politics by challenging three widespread myths about the history of gay life before the rise of the gay movement. These include the myths of isolation, invisibility and internalization. The homosexual community is considered a subculture to the heterosexual community, which identifies as the dominant culture. George Chauncey wants to know why the dominant heterosexual culture often misinterprets the heterosexual subculture. He also talks about the assumptions the dominant culture carries about sexuality and culture. I believe there are two reasons the dominant culture misinterprets and make assumptions about the homosexual community; these two reasons consist of religious beliefs and social stigma of the dominant culture towards the subculture.

In response to Edward’s requests to have once again sexual intercourse, Harry responds, “I do, but it’s a sin and a crime and it’s also wrong” (25). Harry clearly is aware that his non-normative identity must be oppressed in order to survive in a rigid and conservative era. And also to eschew being marginalized and degraded in a society that does so when an individual is not homogenous nor adheres to the standard guidelines of public behavior. The truth is that is was difficult to survive economically without an unsullied reputation. Indeed, aside from being a “disease,” it was illegal and even a crime to be homosexual or have other sexual preferences that did not adhere to what was considered normative at that time. Additionally, Harry involves religion in his argument of why it is considered wrong for Edward and him to have sex. During the Victorian era, religion, Christianity to be specific, highly influenced the way people behaved. The form religion influences and affects Edward’s views, produces him to think he is immoral only because he refers to his own homosexuality as a “sin.” The influences from normative identified people, who regard homosexuality as a sinful, can affect the minds of those who possesses non-normative sexual desires. Harry admits to Edward that he does want to be involved in sexual acts with another male, nevertheless, the normative thinking does have an effect on the non-normative, leading them to try to change and conceal who they truly are. The

Mitzi presents another view of gay men. ‘She’ is more embarrassed about being a drag queen, especially in front of ‘her’ son stating “Sorry about last night. I don't always dress up in women's clothes. I mean don't get the wrong idea. I do lots of different stuff……… You know, like Elvis and Garry Glitter and…….” Although in the end ‘she’ loosens up when ‘she’ realizes that ‘her’ son accepts ‘her’ for whom she is. Mitzi.

Lyle, Girlie and Farley openly voice their opinion about those who do not measure up to their own and society’s expectations. Individuals who do not comply are overtly ostracised and discriminated against. Rayson exposes homosexual discrimination present in rural towns through the character of William. Farley’s built up bitterness towards his son William illustrates a common rural discontent for homosexuals as his resentment is driven by his belief that William made no effort to ‘overcome’ his ‘weakness’. This attitude towards having an open opinion is reflected by Lyle who repeatedly discriminates Nugget referring to him as a ‘bloody boong’ a ‘coon’ and a ‘black bastard’ whilst claiming that Aboriginals are not good farmers. Girlie blatantly adds to the discriminative theme by saying ‘bugger the vegetarians’ when creating the menu for her birthday. Her judgmental attitude is continued with reference to Felix as being ‘a weedy-looking bloke…he does look life a fairy’. Girlie’s comments highlight the stereotypical view of men and masculinity that is present in rural

In her essay titled “Compulsive Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence,” Adrienne Rich claims that any alternative to heterosexual outcome is discouraged by society. The essay claims that Western tradition has used the heterosexual family model as the basic social

In Fun Home, Alison Bechdel demonstrates how myth and stereotyping contribute to the construction of prejudice. Alison’s father, Bruce Bechdel, lived a false life by denying his sexual orientation and created the illusion of a “normal” family life. By marrying a female and creating offspring, he perpetuated the public illusion that he had the perfect home and family. Despite this myth of perfect domestication, the true private life of the Bechdel family could be described as dysfunctional. Bechdel “witnessed only two gestures of action between” (Bechdel 68) her parents, which consisted of her father giving her mother “a chaste peck before leaving on a weekend trip” (Bechdel 68) and one time when her mother “put her hand on his back” (Bechdel 68) as they watched television. Bechdel writes how on both occasions, she “was astonished and discomforted” (Bechdel 68) and suggests that both her mother and father preferred “fiction to reality” (Bechdel 85). Both Bruce Bechdel and his wife, lived in a world where they did not acknowledge reality; it was easier for them to live a lie then to come to terms with Bruce’s homosexual identity. The conflict within the family could be attributed to Bruce’s suppression of his sexuality, which in turn, could be attributed to growing up in a time period when it was

In this novel, the Baudelaire children each face the possibility of either death, sexual assault, or torture. Count Olaf demonstrates paedophilic behaviours towards Violet by attempting to marry her in order to gain access to their fortune that their parents have left for them in their will. When Count Olaf confronts her with this unfavourable situation, he strokes Violet’s hair (Snicket 94). Violet realizes that agreeing to marry this predatory man entails maintaining traditional gender roles. She “imagines sleeping beside Count Olaf, and waking up each morning to look at [him]. She pictured wandering around the house […] and cooking for his terrible friends at night” (94). Not only does this passage entail possibilities of non-consensual sex between Count Olaf and Violet, but also encompasses torture of Violet, since she is no longer able to follow her dreams of becoming an inventor. These themes of sexual assault, lack of consent, and being forced into gender roles can be very traumatic

An aspect of the play camouflaging homosexuality comes from the use of “Bunbury.” The term “Bunburying,” which Algernon describes as the invention of a person you must visit as an excuse to escape an undesirable event, carries subtle homoeroticism. “Bunburying” reads as a code for illicit pleasures, and a pun steeped in the possible sexual intercourse between two people, notably men, and creates a new outlook on the trips both Algernon and Jack make. Both trips appear as an attempt for their own personal pleasure, but the addition of “Bunburying” implies these trips include their pleasure with other

In this film, Dil who is one of the main characters has a partner by the name of Jody who was killed by Fergus unintentionally. This led Fergus to keep the promise that he had with Jody before he took his last breath. When he first met Dil, it got to the point that he began to like her. He wasn’t honest with Dil to begin with because he never mentioned that he was the reason that Jody go hit by a car and later died. As he started to get to know her, he finally saw who she really was. This also made him realize that the bar that he met her at was the usual bar, it was a gay bar. Fergus mentioned, “Do they know” and Dil replied “Alright, they do” to her being a male. At first this began to bother Fergus but he began like her regardless of the

Before this direct reference, the theme has only been alluded to when we notice how keen Algernon is in keeping Lane at his proper social ‘place’- a servant who does not discuss his domestic issues with their boss or social betters. Romance is clearly a theme that the play deals with and is introduced by the caustic reference to the relationship between his cousin and Mr. Worthington- ‘My dear fellow, the way you flirt with Gwendolen is perfectly disgraceful.  It is almost as bad as the way Gwendolen flirts with you’- clearly this cannot be anything else but love. The play is also very concerned about the issue of extravagance. Algernon is an extravagant young man, a fact Mr. Worthington does not appreciate and tries again and again to discourage when they discuss Algernon’s culinary tastes. Through the various comments by the characters the play reveals the authors cynicism towards the marriage institution which he relentlessly attacks as the flippant ‘in married households the champagne is rarely of a first-rate brand’ and through such play with words as ‘divorce was made in heaven’ rather than ‘marriages were made in heaven’.

“Pardon me, you are not engaged to anyone. When you do become engaged to someone, I, or your father, should his health permit him, will inform you of the fact. An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant, as the case may be. It is hardly a matter that she could be allowed to arrange for herself” (Wilde, 622). Lady Bracknell’s harsh criticism and stubborn ways are customary of upper-class mothers in the era. Ironically enough, Algernon later develops a kind of forbidden love. The object of his affection is young and being taught to be unimaginative and serious.