and transgendered individuals. They will be referred to as LGBT. Sexual orientation is defined as who a person is attracted to sexually and intimately, who they identify with, and how they function socially (Appleby et al, 2011). Sexual orientation is composed of mental, affective and behavioral connections. For Bisexual orientation is defined as attraction to specific qualities of an individual rather than gender. Transgender people are defined as people whoes gender identity does not match their
feeling on a local, state, or national level. In at least 31 out of the 50 states that “Love Won” in, there are no laws in place to protect the LGBT community from discrimination, up to and including being fired for no reason other than their sexual orientation or gender identity, in the workplace. In this paper, I will lay out the timeline of the LGBT community’s fight to put an end to both “open” and “soft” discrimination from a legal standpoint. I will explore the many reasons that it is absolutely
that specific areas of an indivudals brain, as well as their size are correlated to sexual orientation, the idea that prenatal exposure to specific hormones are related with ones gender identity, and the existence of sex development disorders. Position Summary Point One The first point of evidence that I looked into discussed the relation of the sizes of specific areas in the brain and sexual orientation. It was demonstrated that certain locations inside brains differ in sizes within males and
Why LGBT Should Have Equal Rights We all as humans have a sexual orientation and gender identity. This fact has stated discrimination against members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community, based on sexual orientation and gender identity is a major problem in the United States that affects many people. I believe that all people, regardless of their sexual preference or gender identification, should be able to have and enjoy their human rights. Equal rights for LGBTs would require
this is transgender people. The community as whole fights for their rights together and it is referred to as LGBTQ. LGBTQ means lesbians, gays, transgender, bisexual, and queer. The LGBTQ community has made great progress in the last decade they have become more open about their community and have gained rights that they should have always had. Even though the community has made progress they still have a long way way to go especially within the workplace. The topic of sexual orientation and gender
“The current stratification within the United States is an open, class system where the position of an individual is influenced by their achieved status and social ranking is primarily based on economic position.” Certain “characteristics within the system can influence social mobility, which is the idea that a person can move from one position in society’s stratification system to another.” A person’s position in this “class system shapes their access to material, social and cultural resources and
Discrimination often occurs in many different forms. It can affect people in the most hurtful ways. There are often people who are targeted due to their sexual orientation. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transsexual people experience too much discrimination within the workplace, schools and social settings we must be supportive and embrace gender identity. This has also been known to cause victims to attempt suicide. Lesbians are homosexual (attracted to persons of the same sex) women; it relates to
Pentad Analysis: Everything isn’t Black and White Kenneth Burke’s Pentad Criticism is a theory used to analyze and describe any symbolic act or action. The Pentad is the tool that is used to analyze the five basic elements of drama. Burke (1945) describes the pentad in depth in his essay, “The five key terms of dramatism.” The five terms are, of course, act, scene, agent, agency, and purpose. Burke says that these terms, or some variant of them, will always figure into any statement of motives, and
Conference was given by Nicole Garcia, a transgender Latina Lutheran pastor who is also a nationally certified counselor specializing in gender identity. In her talk she shared some of her background, including her position as a former law enforcement officer, her decision to quit law enforcement and pursue counseling, and her journey to the ELCA seminary to become ordained in the Lutheran church. In order to bring attention to the violence displayed towards transgender people, calling the audience to compassion
This transgender equal pay case was moved up from an “A” classification to “SA” because, the topic of gender identity is controversial in our current society and, the results of this case may pave the way for future legislation (i.e. Equal Pay Act coverage, Title