Same Sex Marriage Is A Powerful Impact On Their Lives

So the one could still have coitus with the same-sex and would not be blamed or marginalized, if he at same time have a heteronormative relationship with the women, take care of his family and bear a child. (if the same-sex relationship was not an exlusive one the one had) It fair enough to say that homosexuality was never well received in China.(Vivien)As it was said before it was acceptable at some point dependable at one's person rank in the hierarchy order or could lead to a neutral attitude,again if the one persist to traditional way of

Fifty years ago, nobody could ever have imagined how widely accepted transgender individuals would be in modern times. Countries all around the world had only ever known about the social distinction between men and women, which is known as ‘masculinity vs. Femininity’. However, now it is much more complex than that; as transgender and gender confused individuals are more widely accepted, it has become more of a case of sex vs. gender. “Sex is the biologically based distinction between men and women centring on sexual organs, while gender is the social and cultural rendering of masculinity and femininity.” (Oakley, 1972) And even though transgenders are accepted into society they still face inequalities such as not being accepted into a particular community, ostracised by families and friends,

Bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, asexual; these are all examples of different sexualities, and identities. One of the biggest problems with society today is that many people are resistant, sometimes violent, towards the unknown. People identify in many different ways, as many different things. Some ways of life do not allow a lifestyle straying from straight men, and straight women; being taught this from a young age for an entire lifetime will strike fear and hatred into the hearts of those who encounter otherwise. Other cultures, such as the Navajo people, celebrate these differences with love and overwhelming support. Individuals portraying both as their given sex at birth, and as the opposite sex (cross-dressing, referring to themselves with a name generally given to the opposite sex, using different pronouns, etc.) are given special titles (Two

There are roughly 313,900,000 people living in the United States and within those people roughly 9,000,000 people categorize as either lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (gates). This statistic was calculated throughout many surveys issued in 2010 throughout all states in the United States. These statistics were presented in an article written by Gary J. Gates in April of 2011. Now that it is currently almost the year 2014 the number of homosexuals have only risen in the past few years due to the legalization of same sex marriage throughout some states. Same sex marriage is becoming a well-known controversy in the United States due to complete opposite opinions. Society often examines the changes throughout the years in terms of consequences rather than in benefits. The legalization of same sex marriage is often portrayed as consequential to society however when examined more closely there would be more benefits to society if this controversy was viewed in terms of positive change. Benefits society could achieve from legalization of same sex marriage are providing new economic and business opportunities, and encouraging equal opportunity and a non-discriminatory society.

Unfortunately, many people may not realize how gender identity differs from sex identity, as a result of

In the documentary Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She, the prejudices towards transgender and intersex individuals, as well as the fear they experience because of these prejudices, are underlined. A transgender individual is one that identifies with a gender that is not associated with their biological sex. An intersexual individual, however, is one that is born with indefinite sexual anatomical characteristics, making it difficult to identify as a male or female (Croteau & Hoynes, 2013). In addition, this documentary emphasizes the impact of cultural expectations on sexual orientation and gender identification.

Traditionally speaking, most people view sex and gender as interchangeable, synonymous, and biological. As more studies and research are done, more professionals are realizing the vital difference between the two terms. Sex, according to sociologist Doctor Zuleyka Zevallos, is the “biological traits that societies use to assign people into the category of either male or female, whether it be through a focus on chromosomes, genitalia, or some other physical ascription”. She goes on to say that the definition of gender is “the cultural meanings attached to men and women’s roles; and how individuals understand their identities including, but not limited to, being a man, woman, transgender, intersex, gender queer, and other gender identities” (Zeyallos, 2014). We see sex as something we are assigned at birth due to the body parts we are born with, and we see gender as the way one identifies with their assigned sex. In the majority of cases, assigned sex and gender identity line up, but less often it does not. In these cases, we see individuals who are transgender, gender queer, gender fluid, and more. More people are coming forward about these different ways they are experiencing gender, so many people assume these ways of experiencing gender are new.

In addition to the hostility and embarrassment that homosexuals face every day, they also encounter political and legal policies and practices that prevent them from living a normal life like heterosexual people. For example, there are laws that prevent people of the same gender to be legally married to each other such as proposition eight in California. Gay people just want the right to be able to be happy with a significant other, make a family, and show their loyalty in each other through marriage. There is no difference whether that significant other is of the same gender or opposite, at the end of the day they just want that chance of happiness just like everyone else. Unfortunately, there are laws in places that prevent that from becoming true. Not allowing homosexuals to marry can affect many people’s lives and can even be detrimental to one’s health. For example in the article “The Case of Sharon Kowalski and Karen Thompson: Ableism,

In today’s society people look past who someone really is. They only see what is on the exterior and not what is in the inside. What people do not know is how people who have trouble identifying their gender struggle through society. People who have this struggle in society struggle because people are not accepting of people who are different from the normal stereotypes of male and female. Therefore, society’s view on gender identity in the United States are causing people to be socially impaired, physical hardships, and poor mental health problems.

Identity and accepting who we are play an important role in having and living a happy life. Many people, mostly people with less popular sexual orientations, are more likely to hide their true identity, to “fit-in” or not be bullied. As Neu said, “Who we are, who we think we are, and who others think we are can come to matter very

Jaimie- It’s human nature to label everything and everyone we see. Even from a young age, we are taught distinct labels. We see someone in a dress and we label that person is a girl. We see a boy and a girl together and we label them as a couple. Though these can definitely be false, we still label them exactly how society teaches us to see them. We are also taught to label ourselves. “Is it simpler to put others and ourselves into boxes of predetermined ideas? Is it easier to think we really know who we are instead of actually knowing the truth?” (Why Do We Label People?). It’s usually a surprise to people when they learn that I am attracted to girls, because of the label that is usually attached with the word “lesbian”. I wear makeup

In today's society many people are thinking that they are either straight gay, bi, or transexual.

The problem that comes with classifying one’ “sex” is that in current time’s operations and some medical conditions separate individuals from either group of male and/or female due to a mixture of organs. Now here comes into play…the word transgender, which was developed for such mixtures and according to Merriam-Webster it means, “Of, relating to, or being a person who identifies with or expresses a gender identity that differs from the one which corresponds to the person’s sex at birth”. The majority of the populous enjoys being in their own personal bubble and anything abnormal attempting to alter the normal characteristics and beliefs of that bubble are cast out into the oblivion. Basically, many new ideals being formed in modern society affect many beliefs in cultures and the overall thought process of many persons. In this case, gender roles that have existed for thousands

‘Queer’ is a new term to describe those who do not feel that their identities fit into the gender categories of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered. However, they can experiment with intermittent gender (from female to male, male to female) through their dress and actions. The queer space is perceived as a ‘third place’ that occurs on the margins of society.

Gender and sexual orientation is a topic that has been and still today is not talked about in such a way it should be because of how society has chosen to structure and control it. Social stratification is a system in which groups of people are divided up into layers according to their relative privileges (power, property, and prestige). It’s a way of ranking large groups of people into a hierarchy according to their relative privileges (Vela-McConnell 2016). People, who deviate from the norm of the “accepted” gender and sexual orientation that society has placed upon us, are stratified below the norm of a dominating binary gender and sexual orientation. People who are queer face the struggle of mistreatment and an unaccepting society that has been socialized to see and act on gender and sexual orientation to being a dualistic system.