LGBT Men Oppression Throughout History

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Queer community also referred to as LGBTQQ is no stranger to oppression. “In 1600-1800, colonists discovered buggery (sex between men or between women) among Native Americans. In 1869, Dr. Karoly Benkert coined the term “homosexuality” to describe same-sex acts. In 1870-1910, homosexuals

Media had a significant impact on the gender. Due to how people judging LGBTTQ people, it showed people always judge by reading the cover of book only instead of putting themselves into their shoes. People online usually judge others by hearing what other people said, but not what they really see and feel. A reason for this was people nowadays have already used to communicate with each others through media and forgot the real world outside. The outcome suggests that people should stand out their comfort zone and try to respect different gender of people. Since LGBTTQ are human also, they deserve what regular person does and people should always put themselves into other people’s

There is no lack of discrimination in the world today. In 1993, the situation was even worse. LGBT discrimination was one of the worst. The Supreme Court case Bottoms v. Bottoms is an excellent example of that. This case features a child custody dispute between a lesbian mother and a homophobic grandmother on the basis of the mother’s sexuality. Why is the fitness of a mother not being determined by her actions but by her sexuality? This case changed the views of how homosexual mothers and fathers should be judged as parents and their capabilities. As a result of this case, a mother ended up childless and an entire community was hurt by this judges ruling.

Furthermore, the discrimination of LGBTQ people is caused by people, afraid of others that are different and people who are too blind to see the consequences of their actions. Most people are afraid of the unfamiliar and it is normal for humans to be cautious, however it is not acceptable to put someone down and abuse that person, those actions make people inhumane. Sometimes people do not accept the LGBTQ community because of their religion such as said in the article, “Homosexuality and Religious Institutions”, published by PR Newswire. For example, in the article it states, “The Methodist Church stated clearly its position in the 1990s against ordination and marriage of

I learned that gay oppression stems from capitalistic ideas and nature. When the industrial revolution came around in the early 19th century it brought with it the traditional ideals of family that we know today (Carlin, 2007). Capitalists didn’t like the ideal of homosexuality because it defeated the purpose of sex only being for reproduction (Carlin, 2007). They thought that gays were getting in the way of producing the next generation of workers (Carlin, 2007). They quickly deemed them unnatural in the eyes of the Christian church and society (Carlin, 2007). Gays were routinely harassed and physically assaulted by police (Carlin, 2007). Capitalists tried to justify this oppression by saying that homosexuality was blatantly abnormal and unacceptable

LGBT people have been oppressed and discriminated against for hundreds of years, and still are today. During the AIDS crisis, and average of 1 out of every 6 LGBT men were diagnosed with AIDS (“How”). But before I get too far ahead of myself, let us start from the beginning. Homosexuals have been oppressed for as far back as biblical times. Leviticus 20:13 states “‘If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.’”. Though there is speculation over whether this verse refers to pedophilia or not, it still was a cause for a massive amount of homophobia. (“History”). As a result of homophobia, AIDS research was heavily underfunded. AIDS was thought of as a sort of punishment for LGBT men’s “sinful acts”. Ryan White, a teen at the time, was expelled from school for having AIDS (“History”). AIDS patients were

Homosexuals have been oppressed since before the word existed. Even in the 21st century, gays still face constant discrimination. Still, the world is much more gay-friendly than it used to be. Crucial to this change was the gay rights movement of the 1970s. The 2008 film Milk depicts the life and activism of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to hold public office.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people remained silent and unseen in American culture until after the Second World War. During the mid-1950s, there was a rise in discrimination against the people of the LGBT community. LGBT individuals were seen as a threat to the American way so as that belief grew so did the harassment. Imagine living in a world that tells you what you can and cannot do. Many people of the LGBT+ community have been harassed or worse based on their sexual orientation, which goes against Article two of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Due to the prejudice against the LGBT+ community many have risen up to protest and voice their opinion against their oppressor. Society should be unbiased about sexual orientation.

Throughout history, members of the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, and queer community (LGBTQ) have been persecuted because of their sexual orientation. There has been a tremendous struggle for power, within the LGBTQ community. Throughout the years, people have tried to suppress the rights of these individuals, because of their own moral beliefs. Some methods they pursue are more aggressive than others. Certain individuals will stop at nothing to keep this community down, and will even act with ruthless aggression to do so. There are a multitude of cases within the last decade to prove this true. When someone does decide to this, they are considered hate crimes.

People of color, women, and members of the LGBT community are often erased or excluded from history/education because of oppression based on their identities. The project will consist of creating a series of posters that will be placed in different areas around the Delta State University campus that will strike will be visually attractive, academically relevant, and have accurate descriptions of different individuals who have been excluded from history because of their gender, the color of their skin, and/or their sexual orientation. The goal of the finished project is to increase education on these individuals as well as illustrate, increase awareness of, and begin discussion about the systems of oppression that caused the erasure of them

Gay rights are a civil rights issue although unrecognized on a par with women or Africans. As the definition of civil rights states “those positive rights, whether political, social or economic, conferred by the government on individuals or groups that had previously been denied them” (Yalof, 108). Homosexuals have been discriminated against historically, by both religious and political groups. There have been cases where they have been discriminated at work, clergy, and the military.

During the Holocaust, homosexuals were sent to the camps because they weren’t “ideal”. Also, homosexuality was justifiable for arrest and still is in some places in the world. Homosexuals have been going through struggles throughout history. The fight for same sex marriage is still around and hasn’t been won yet. It’s on its way but still not over. More support for LGBT rights has been gained through media. For example, more people are speaking up about it and more people are supporting the idea for equal human rights (Human Rights Campaign). There’s more exposure to it

The human rights of LGBT people have been repeatedly violated for many years. For millenniums, people have been beaten, imprisoned, and killed for something as trivial as their sexuality. Oscar Wilde is a famous example of this, as he was jailed just for having a male lover. People have been denied lifesaving treatment just because they identify as an LGBT. The HIV/AIDs outbreak of the 1990s is probably the

Because of who they love, how they look, or who they are as a person may be prone to some sort of discrimination against others. The LGBT rights have long been focused on ensuring that t lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people can live openly without discrimination and enjoy equal rights, personal autonomy, and freedom of expression and association. LGBT people deserve the full extent of freedom in and around every part of the world, not just the United States. Several organizations have risen based on the sole purpose of protecting these forms of “minorities” from any possible abuse by advocating the creation of laws and policies protecting people’s dignity and human rights. In today’s society, people of these categories face many forms of abuse including torture, killing and executions, arrests under unjust laws, unequal treatment, censorship, medical abuses, discrimination in health and jobs and housing, and many follow. Although the US may not face this form of exploitation to that extreme, they do still face some sort of inequality. However as a country that is known for fighting a Civil War for minority freedoms in order to end slavery, it makes no sense to begin the discrimination of this modern form of minorities when in reality, we fought for everyone to have equal human rights. This then reveals itself to the theory that history repeats itself.

Society used to be against gays, lesbians, and transgenders for their own personal reasons. They were looked down upon and were even differed a few of their rights until a few years ago. Society has changed a lot in twenty-first century, everyone's fighting for “equality” and civil rights movements are moving strongly.