Homophobias: A Narrative Fiction

In the article, How Homophobia Hurts Everyone by Warren J. Blumenfeld, Blumenfeld describes his experience growing up as a homosexual, and how homophobia affected him, as well as his family and peers. To begin, homophobia can be separated into two different catergories, personal homophobia and interpersonal homophobia. Personal homophobia can be described as a personal belief system, or prejudice that homosexuals, bisexual and transgender people are entitled to, should be disliked or remain powerless, due to their desires. They are also sometimes seen as psychologically disturbed, genetically modified or defective and overall, unfortunate human beings. While on the other hand, interpersonal homophobia refers to the personal prejudice or bias that affects relationships within individuals. An example of interpersonal homophobia could be making a joke, name calling, or insulting certain individuals or groups. This can be either verbal, physical or intimidation related.

Homophobia is everywhere! How would you feel if someone told you, you could not have what you want? Even if what you want has nothing to do with anyone else. You as a human have a right to pursue your own happiness. It says so in the preamble of our beautiful constitution. How would you feel if where ever you go, the people there will deny your happiness that you want? Where the people will only look at you through hateful eyes. This what homosexual people feel like everywhere they go. This is why we need to stop the hate and spread love for one another. No more senseless homophobic ideas.

People in America who choose to identify as members of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A community have been chastised and mistreated for years, specifically Black Americans. Thousands of people who identify as members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual community have been suppressed of the ability to love freely without being ridiculed. Every human around the world deserves to be loved, regardless of their sexual orientation. Identifying as a member of the L.G.B.T.Q.I.A community does not make you abnormal. There is nothing troubling with liking the same sex, it does not classify you as anything less than a man or woman. Furthermore, society has created this negative notion about identifying as an L.G.B.T.Q.I.A member, we are all humans, with emotions. Homosexuality amongst the African American community is prevalent; it has its detriments and burdens on individuals. The effects of how Blacks are ostracized amongst the Black community is disheartening and is displayed through homophobia, violence, and acceptance.

As time has progressed, Canadian society has adapted an increasingly liberal attitude towards controversial subjects. Such changes have thereby prompted an evident surge of positive perceptual changes within the nation. Various prominent social advancements in Canadian history consist of the recognition of coloured individuals, multiple movements for gender equality and the acknowledgement of the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender population, also known as the LGBT community. Throughout history, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals have been heavily discriminated against based upon their sexual preferences. Many individuals perceive homosexuality to be abnormal and immoral due to the fact that it violates the

It was a clear tranquil London evening, warmer than you would expect in mid fall. At this late hour these streets were completely vacant, with only the street lamps and occasional shop window illuminating the road. The only sound was the pounding of sneakers frantically hitting the pavement. With every step the noise grew louder, bringing the woman closer to the street and,she prayed, safety.

Amidst the swirling ripple of faceless people meandering around fire hydrants, pedestrian signs, and ragged newspaper stands, he stood; embedded within the relentless stream of continuous people trickling by him. The occasional nudge threatened to dislodge his balance as he gazed across the road where two buildings laden by carmine shaded bricks separated. The same two buildings he walked directly pass early in the dewy morning and late in the brisk evening weather everyday for the past two decades. Surely he knew every wondering power line and dimly lit alley of the surrounding neighborhood? Yet something glimmered from in between the impossibly small gap separating the buildings. His conscious turned from thought to action as he leapt from the scuffed curb and into the high voltage current of traffic without a second

In, “Heterosexism and homophobia among college students,” Larry M. Lance starts off by explaining the difference between heterosexism and homophobia. Heterosexism is thinking that everyone should be attracted to the opposite sex and homophobia is having an irrational fear of gay men and lesbians. He mentions that efforts have been made to reduce heterosexism on campuses by encouraging homosexuals to be proud of who they are and not hide. However, with homophobia, he states that these negative attitudes are seen more in heterosexual males than heterosexual females. Heterosexual males could have more homophobic views on lesbians and gay men because of their exotic value even though they seem to be less homophobic towards lesbians. Lance

In the recent years there has been a growing concern about the impact of homophobia. In the United States, few endeavors were made to make backing bunches supporting gay and lesbian connections until after World War II, albeit prewar gay life prospered in urban focuses, for example, Greenwich Village and Harlem amid the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. The interruptions of World War II permitted earlier detached gay men and ladies to meet as fighters, war laborers, and different volunteers evacuated from residential communities and posted around the world. More noteworthy mindfulness, combined with Senator Joseph McCarthy 's examination of gay people holding government occupations amid the mid 1950s, prompted the primary American-based political requests for reasonable treatment in psychological wellbeing, open strategy, and vocation. Until the passing of the Sexual Offences Bill in 1967, male homosexual activity was illegal. Gay men were frequently imprisoned for consensual sex with another man. Lesbianism was not illegal, but was similarly subject to public disapproval, or ignored.

Despite the dangers and difficulties involved, gay men and women were able to find places to meet. The Minorities Research Group (MRG) was formed in 1964, and provided isolated lesbians with resources and information about female homosexuality and the opportunity to meet other women” (Allan Horsfall 2014). “Through the 1980s, as the gay male community was decimated by the AIDS epidemic, demands

There are a lot of things that are wrong in our world today. From crime running wild on the streets to there being homelessness wherever we turn. There are things that we can fix, but there are others that just cannot be. We are humans after all; we all have our flaws, we all have our secrets, we have our weaknesses. There are just some things that can never be fixed. Hatred and unrationalizable actions being a few of these things. Every once in a while there is a major crime that sweeps the nation. The reasons for this can vary from mass shootings, police shootouts, the pure shock or the crime or many other reasons. One of these crimes that swept the nation was the horrible act committed against Matthew Shepard.

Life is hard. There are over seven-billion people in the world and each one of us are different; we vary through our physical appearances - our skin from the deepest ebony to the palest porcelain, our eyes can be akin to the chill in our bones or the darkest entropy behind our eyes. It isn’t all physical, of course. As people, we range in intelligence, religion (or lack thereof), even our sexual preferences - we are individuals. With so much variety, there is simply a basic need to have rights to express ourselves, to be ourselves without persecution. We require equal rights with fair treatment of everyone. Long battles have been fought from the beginning of human civilization, but we’re not done yet. In the supposed ‘Land of the Free’ where man, woman, and everything in between are supposed to stand united, marrying someone of the same sex is a very controversial topic among many due to institutionalized homophobia, something which had continually delayed the legalization… Until June of 2015.

Nussbaum also believes that the stereotypical portrayal of homosexuals and the homophobia towards homosexuals is created by a disgust and that disgust is is what makes minority groups look inferior to majority groups. Nussbaum believes that “projective disgust plays no proper role in arguing for legal regulation, because of the emotion’s irrationality and its connection to stigma and hierarchy…Disgust, however, often prevents us from looking for those good reasons, creating the misleading impression that the policy has already been well defended. Turning it to legitimize polices” (Nussbaum, 20). Due to the “politics of disgust,” Nussbaum believes that homosexual couples should be given suspect classification unlike the Lawrence v. Texas

The research yielded interesting observations in participants understanding of homophobic hate crime. The findings of the research revealed that all participants were aware of the term homophobic hate crime. Participants associated homophobic hate crime with violence. However, one participant revealed a greater understanding in associating homophobic hate crime with verbal and physical abuse. The research produced varied opinions from participants in relation to the awareness of homophobic hate crime across LGBT communities. Participants indicated that not all LGBTs are aware that incidents of homophobic abuse are crimes. Furthermore, the findings of the research revealed that young people especially, remain unaware that incidents of homophobic

Homophobia is transporting Russia back in time to the late 1800s and early 1900s—the epoch of the racial issues in America. With several gay rights being legalized, it seemed that Russia had begun to accept the LGBT community into their society. But the violent and repressive actions towards gay people and their supporters have proved that Russia is not becoming any more tolerant of gays. It is unsure if Russians even view gays as humans. The present status of the Russian homophobia problem is starting to spiral out of control. Given Russia’s oscillating history with the LGBT community, it’s nearly impossible to predict whether or not Russia will accept or kill the gay people. Based on the current situation, it seems like the former will

Before taking this class I did not know much about countries in Africa. In this class we talked about things that I have never talked about out loud regarding issues like men who are homosexuals, some men are raised too tough so they often turn out to be abusive, should people who are disabled have sex, etc. I noticed I became more open minded about certain topics that used to make me feel uncomfortable. Some of the things we talked about reminded me a lot about Bangladesh. They do not have a voice they must do what their husband say. The purpose of my paper is to explain 1) why homophobia is an issue all over countries in Africa and how it is dealt with by the public. 2) homosexual people are terrified to come out of the closet. 3) Unsafe

Femmephobia is fear and hatred of anything which is related to femininity in both Lesbian, Gay, and straight community. People in our community are trying to promote feminism and wants our younger generation to be more accepting towards gender with different sexualities. The term feminism is defined as equality of both sexes. When people call themselves a feminist, they are telling people that they believe that both sexes should have equal right regardless of their gender. For girls and women, being a feminist is to be proud of who they are and approach to equal opportunities. For boys and men, being a feminist is that they believe in equal opportunities to both sexes. Femmephobia comes into play where it teaches that being feminine is not beautiful or valuable. Femmephobia affects not only homosexual community, it also hurts heterosexual community too.