Sexual Orientation Controversy

One of the most widely discussed topics throughout the world as of late is gender. Gender, sex, and sexuality are very controversial and can stir up emotions among lots of people. I joined this gender class in order to “expand my horizons” and honestly, to learn and understand more about the struggles so many people go through in this world in trying to be who they really are.

Tocqueville saw America’s problems and knew it would lead to our current state. Tocqueville stated that democracy would lead to individualism and materialism. Today, Americans are apathetic towards many things. Instead of attempting to understand a subject, they don’t want to deal with it. When issues emerge, Americans want the government to take charge and end the debate by passing a law. For example, sexual orientation has been a widely-debated issue. There are two main sides: pro-LGBTQIA+ and those against LGBTQIA+. Those who are against LGBTQIA want the government to step in and make it illegal. But think about how ridiculous it is to outlaw something that is so personal. Sexual orientation does not affect others. People do not bleed every time they meet someone who is gay. Still, they want to control other people’s lives and who they choose to love. Government has taken a bigger role that the founding fathers were against. Government was only supposed to protect and provide for the people. Today, it has a much bigger role in individual’s personal lives. It is taking on the issues of sexual orientation, gender, which bathroom a transgender must use, and much more. These issues are social issues that the government should not be involved in. There is so much more that needs the attention of government officials. For example, the education system, healthcare, tax reform, war, and more. The power we have given government can lead to a tyranny. The more power given to the

The world is full of all type of discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Equal Rights among minorities, yet, the society struggles with sexual orientation. Sexual orientation is the classification of individuals, such as heterosexual, bisexual, or homosexual based upon their emotional and sexual attractions, relationships, self-identity, and behavior (Mooney, page 400). This sexual orientation is a global problem. It is illegal for a males or females to be homosexual in the majority of the 86 countries in the United Nations (Ottosson 2008); these individuals can victim of criminal punishment or corporal punishment for being

In People to be Loved-Why Homosexuality is not Just an Issue, Preston Sprinkle goes into an in depth discussion about homosexuality and how it is not just about being an issue and sin, homosexuality is about the treatment of the people. The tone of this book is conversational, making the understanding of the issues at hand much easier to comprehend.

Homosexuality is defined or characterized as attraction towards the same gender either male or female. It came from the Greek language, where “homo” means the same or similar, hence referring to the attraction between two beings of the same sex. Homosexuality is also referred as a clinical term. Most male homosexuals generally prefer to be called "gay men" and most homosexual women generally prefer to be called "lesbians." Homosexuality is one of the three main categories of sexual orientation, alongside bisexual and heterosexual. The longstanding consensus of the behavioral and social sciences and the health and mental health professions is that homosexuality is an example of normal and positive variation in human sexual

Typically sex arrangements were tested by ladies who felt they denied of equivalent lawful treatment, yet they were additionally tested by men who felt ladies were given uncalled for lawful insurance (Conley , 2013). Initially, the greater part of the sexual orientation particular enactment in the United States was passed on the grounds that generalizations in regards to ladies invaded the attitudes of a considerable lot of our country's officials. Gradually the legislature understood that ladies had been fixed into the local circle and endeavored to switch this segregation by giving ladies extraordinary pay. In a few occasions the treatment ladies got was remaining from old thoughts of part writing, while in others, laws specifically attempted

In the case of James Smith, the court has to decide if there was discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Workplace Fairness, 2016) On July 21, 2014 President Obama signed an Executive Order that amended previous executive orders and added sexual orientation and gender identity protections for all federal workers, including contractors and subcontractors of the Federal government. According to the law, Smith’s was discriminated on the basis of his sexual orientation. In relation to the second case with John Ortega, the court must decide if his Title VII rights were violated. Under The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Ortega falls under a secondary theory, “associational discrimination on the basis of sex.” This theory supports

Within the last decade society has become more open to ideology and lifestyles that years ago were tabo. This is largely due to the fact that the millennial generation may be one of the most laid back and accepting generations of all time. One major lifestyle that was rarely expected was homosexuality within the last decade this issue is no longer in the closet. Most people feel comfortable being open about their lifestyle choice and even show it off. Shortly after the acceptance of gays by society a new issue presented itself and 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.

In American society it is considered to be extremely rude to ask about one's sexual orientation. A person's sexual orientation is personal and it is not something that people openly share with strangers. At UCLA, I broke the social norm of asking students about their sexual orientation, where a male student felt antagonized and became hostile, however if I were a white male wearing a suit and tie, he would have probably reacted in a more subtle manner.

“Why do you hate gays?” people ask. “I don’t hate them, neither do I like them,” I reply, “gay is simply wrong and that’s final.” With a topic like this, you find much controversy. You can backup your information with the Bible, but what about Atheists or those of different religions. Homosexuality is not okay because it’s biblically wrong, parents that who practice homosexuality leave a negative effect on children, and children lack fatherhood or motherhood when raised in a homosexuality household.

In my sexual health class, we talked about sexual orientation. We had two guest speakers, one was a lesbian that was engaged and a transgender from a man to female. The lesbian speaker talked to us about how her journey went when she came out to her family and friends that she was a lesbian. She said it was not easy, but over the years her family started to support her decision of being with the same sex. For the transgender male to female had a different story. He was the only child and only had one girl in his life which was somewhat not by choice. He was young and a little girl asked him if he was gay and at that time he was in denial so he said no and when she asked will you go out with he was like he did not care, but after one week he got his best friend to break them up. I found that funny because he got his best friend to break them up because he did like that fact that she was a girl. But to make a long story short, he found out that in his middle school years that he loves the same sex and that he saw himself as a woman and not a male. A year ago, he came out to his family and friends that he was gay and that he was going through the change of became a transgender. The person that was most hurt was his father because he was the only child and he was a boy. As he grew up, his father was a bishop and soon became a pastor and it was hard for him to support his new daughter when the Bible says otherwise. It was just interesting that his father has to decide what to do.

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The topic of discussion for this chapter is sexual orientation. The chapter mainly discusses the different concepts of the terms natural and unnatural, along with definitions of the terms within religion and science. I for one do not find anything wrong or unnatural about someone being LGB+. A person should not be discriminated against based solely on their sexual orientation, they are like everyone else, the only difference is they show interest in the same sex or both. Anyone who is part of the LGBT+ community should not be forced to hide who they are in fear of what others might think/do or made to feel ashamed of themselves. Within the text under the subtitle Behavior and Identity the quote “Love the sinner, hate the sin” is mentioned,

The interdisciplinary approach to sexual orientation and gender identity, has sparked a movement through identity politics. This movement has influenced members in a society who are oppressed by their sexual orientation or gender identity to educate individuals and institutions of the impact discrimination has on their socioeconomic status and the discrimination that exist. Identity politics has had a huge impact on government, that in July 21, 2014, President Obama put in place executive order 11246, which states that federal employees cannot be discriminated against due to their sexual orientation or gender identity (Hudson, 2014). In the public sector, the implementation of the Strategic Enforcement Plan implemented in 2012 was also enforced

The issue of same-sex espousement is something of a sultry topic in our country these days. In March, Michigan decided that same-sex espousements were licit, then later the same day, that ruling was stayed, and then determinately, later the same month, a federal appeals court stayed the ruling indefinitely (Egan, 2014).