Heather Brewer Argument Essay

In her book “Gender Outlaw: On Men, Woman, and the Rest of us,” Kate Bornstein goes over a lot of the major issues regarding gender awareness and identity politics. She talks about the ideas of labeling ones self, understanding gender differences, how people view laws, behaviors, and the medical and scientific privilege that make transitioning challenging for a lot of people. Bornstein touches on many of the issues today that affect trans people. She includes poetry, pictures, quotes, essays, and a play to raise questions and discuss the idea of gender. This is a great book to introduce and discuss the issues that affect the lives of trans people as they navigate and explore the lines that define gender.

Because of this funding, more women are being recognized as victims and have equal access to help regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and immigration status. Hence, in addition to saving lives, VAWA 2013, saves money by reducing or even preventing future violence as well as related social costs.

When chaos hit salem, it all started from a lie told by Abigail. The lie she told harmed the people who had nothing to do with it. The results caused innocent people to be tortured and/or killed.

I would categorize Debra LaFave as a fixated sex offender, with a topology of high fixation/high social competence. Sex offenders who are categorized as fixated will not usually have sex with people within their own age range, appear to be emotionally undeveloped, and are overly interested in interacting with children. They will typically concentrate on young boys that are not part of their family. The offender will spend time creating a relationship with children through grooming and pre-meditation to gain their trust and acceptance. Ms. LaFave falls into the category of approach–explicit because she took the time to groom Billy, planned out the opportunity for them to be together, while trying not to get caught (CSOM, 2016).

It appeared a Texas mother was willing to go to any hospital she needed to be at to get her three-year-old son suffering from terminal cancer the best care when she appeared at Cincinnati Children's Hospital in Ohio,

Do teachers have a right to free speech in the workplace and can comments on personal beliefs and views be grounds for dismissal? In a fictional situation, teacher Ann Griffin is dismissed from her position as a tenured teacher after a conversation she had involving the Principal and Vice Principal in which she made the comment that she “hated all black folks.” Ann Griffin was teaching at a predominantly African-American school and after this heated conversation, the Principal Fred Watts recommended Griffin’s dismissal based on doubting her ability to treat students fairly and questioning her judgment and competency as a teacher. Was the Principal justified in dismissing Ms. Griffin? Should Ms. Griffin’s speech be protected as a First Amendment right? What precedence can be found both supporting Ms. Griffin’s dismissal and also to support her continued employment?

Reportedly, Melanie Thornburg, a South Carolina Sheriff Captain, is in the hot seat after wearing blackface with a Bob Marley Halloween costume. Melanie Thornburg claims that, "I didn't do it out of lack of respect, and I express regret to anyone that took offense. I wouldn't have ever tried to taunt anyone."

Forty-one-year-old Oregon medical marijuana patient Kristie Groce of Portland is no stranger to adversity. Kristie has suffered immeasurably with numerous medical illnesses and injuries over the years. She had even been written off as terminal and placed on hospice care at one point. Despite the mortal diagnosis, Kristie is now thriving in ways she had never dared to dream of due, in her mind, to the healing properties of cannabis. Cannabis has not only given Kristie her life back, but now she has learned she is creating a new life, something she was told would never happen.

In the article “America’s Transition” Steinmetz reports that George traveled to Denmark to begin his transition to a woman named Christine Jorgensen (40). In the 1950s the transition from male-to-female was very rare. The subject of transition from an assigned sex at birth to the opposite was taboo. After Christine’s story was published in the New York Daily News and Time, American society began to question the definition of gender and why George was now Christine. Deceptively like today, as Time magazine mentions, “history is filled with people who did not fit society’s definition or gender (40).” Media talks about transgender, and it seems new, but it is not. Transgender is not something that just occurred today and had never been heard of before. This subject is just now coming out into the open more often than usual. In parallel to the “coming out” from transition, society is not far from the 1950’s because there is still stereotypes and discrimination against the transgender

On December 17, 2016, the complainant reported that she was engaged in an argument with her wife Lynn Townsend (Lynn) over Christmas decorations. The argument became physical and Lynn along Kiyanna Townsend (Kiyanna) and Michelle Townsend (Michelle) assaulted the complainant by striking her in the face several times with a handgun and punching and kicking her in the face and body. The complainant described the gun as a black semi-automatic handgun with and extend magazine. The complainant was transported to GW hospital and treated for her injuries. A sixth district detective was requested to assist with the investigation.

Plaintiff, Emma Simpson worked for defendants, Pioneer Partners and Jenny Martinez, for several years, before she was terminated. Jenny Martinez Dep. 4:14–18. The defendant, Jenny Martinez, is the CEO of Pioneer Partners, a multi-million-dollar corporation. Jenny Martinez Dep. 4:8. In late January 2016, Ms. Simpson’s mother, Collen Simpson, was diagnosed with a fatal disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Emma Simpson Dep. 9:1. Ms. Simpson learned that her mother had very little time left and that the disease was deteriorating her mother’s health very quickly and included degenerative symptoms such as dementia; personality changes; depression; mood swings; difficulty sleeping or swallowing; and sudden, jerky movements. Id. In general, 90 percent of people who suffer from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease die within one

A 33-year-old woman was sentenced 2 years behind bars for faking her suffering from cancer. Her name was Sarah Lucas and she lived in Hamilton. From early 2013 to July 2015, she managed to collect up to $219,000 by forging signatures to create legitimate looking documents, fraud of more than $5,000 and identity fraud. Sarah’s scheme of having to fake having cancer started back in 2013 when she first lied about having a disease. Sarah Lucas was sentenced to court and while the court was in session, Justice George Gage stated “the fact that you would use the tragic disease of cancer as your tool is quite frankly shameful” (Hamilton woman who faked cancer gets 2 years for fraud). Sarah Lucas did not deny her plead of being guilty when asked. Sarah

William arrived in America, and was immediately an indentured servant. His sentencing was over on May 21, 1738. Shortly after his sentence ended he married Ann Dillon. He married Ann May 21, 1738 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County. Anna was born in Ireland in 1707. She was originally known as Ann Turner, but married a man with the last name of Dillon. She was transported to America in 1728. She was also an indentured servant before they were married. They moved to a farm in Winchester, Virginia for a few years. After, they traveled to West Virginia in an area that was later known as Hacker's Creek. Together, they had five children. Their names were William, Elizabeth, John, Nancy, and Mary. Ann died in 1772 in Hacker’s Creek, Lewis, West

Jorgensen was born a male and served as a G.I. in World War two, after leaving the war, he transitioned from male to female. Jorgensen received an immense amount of public attention after her transition becoming one of the first transgender women to get media attention. After her transition she became a performer, and a highly respects and idolized member of the LGBT+ community.

In the film Heathers, one would agree the primary catalyst that moves the plot forward would have to be the suicides set up by Veronica Sawyer and Jason Deen. While the movie is satirical and does not portray a realistic rhetoric situation, it does make one ponder whether doing harm to a particular person they dislike would solve any issues. I am currently attending high school and speaking from my own experience, harming someone you dislike is not the solution. I firmly believe that harming or harassing someone you dislike will not solve anything and I propose the best solution is to be brave and stand up against them.