The LGBTQ Subculture

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

A right that should have been granted a long time ago. The LGBTQ community has been more accepted and stronger than it ever has. The phrase or term LGBTQ was coined in the 1990’s and has become mainstream in the United States and other countries that speak English. LGBTQ is to emphasize a diverse group of sexuality and gender-identity based cultures. Butler states, “central tasks of lesbian and gay international rights is to assert in clear and public terms the reality of homosexuality, not as an inner truth, not as a sexual practice, but one of the defining features of the social world.” This quote says that this should be a norm of our social world and should become our reality and their lives are just as worthy as someone who is heterosexual. This group is unique because the individuals may be different, but may have gone through the same hardships of people bullying and being unaccepting of who someone chooses to love the same sex. Everyone should have the right to love whoever because that’s what will make them happy and that’s all that should

There is a quote from the Marina and the diamond’s song entitled ‘Sex Yeah’ that goes, “If women were religiously recognized sexually / We wouldn't have to feel the need to show our ass-ets to feel free”. Marina is referencing the societal value of a woman’s sexuality; if women were given recognition for their character over their level of eroticism, most wouldn’t feel the need to flaunt themselves in order to feel the sense of freedom they desire. The casual undermining of women leads to the compulsion for us women to go ‘fine, if that’s what I gotta do to feel respected, that’s what I’ll do’, ultimately disrespecting ourselves. If exhibiting the traits of the average human being wasn’t considered misdemeanor for a girl, a girl wouldn’t feel

Although not being established in the 1700’s, the LGBTQ community has an outstanding amount of people that belong to it. LGBTQ stands for; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer. It gives people a sense of place when feeling like an outcast for having an attraction towards their same sex. When being originally written, “The Declaration of Independence" failed to give people in the LGBTQ community rights. Rights for the community has just been handed to them in the last couple of years.

According to Child Help, “a report of child abuse is made about every 10 seconds.” It has also been found that parents of the same gender have a higher tendency to abuse their children. (Lamerial McRae). LGBTQ is a term for a community of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders, and people who question their gender. This dillema of LGBTQ rights has been a hot topic lately because members of this community have been changing laws and trying to change different codes, including bathroom codes.Many people in America do not agree because of personal beliefs or maybe just because of how they were raised. People involved with the LGBTQ community should not have the same rights as other citizens, because it hurts other religions, they tend to be violent, and equal rights has turned into special treatment.

Over the last two decades or so, the idea of queerness is one that has been utilized and considered by individuals and communities of marginalized sexualities and genders. The concept is one that has attempted to broaden and deconstruct traditional notions of gender and sexuality in order to include all of their incarnations as valid experiences and identities. Queerness endeavors to include all of those who feel they are a part of it yet, seemingly, not everyone can be queer without changing the very nature of queerness. Or can they? Queerness is a concept which resists borders and structure yet it seems as though there must be certain commonalities among all queer

LGBT stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender. Most recently the community added on “QI” to represent those who identify as queer and intersex individuals.

The LGBTQ is an increasingly known subculture. The members of the subculture not only have their own functions, but they also make an impact in our Colorado community. I have noticed the impact of the subculture becoming well known and is still on the rise of recognition.

I analyze these two pop culture productions because they are reflections of the current social-political setting in North America. Constituting and diminishing social boundaries, pop culture has wide-reaching influence to generate new sets of values and ideals in audiences (Fedorak 2009). Originating in mainstream pop culture, discourses of gender and sexuality The Kids Are All Right and The Fosters support homonormative politics, which privileges some lesbian mothers as intelligible over others. At differing levels, the gender and motherhood ideals they contain ignore the diverse experiences of lesbian motherhood. They appear progressive at face value, even queer at times, yet, they ultimately uphold assimilationist politics and dodge the

Jordan Cramer Zora Simic ARTS2906: History of Sexuality May 25, 2018 Where and how did gay and lesbian subcultures form prior to the 1970s and the rise of gay activism? Before the progression of the gay liberation movement in 1970, gay subcultures were forced underground as laws were passed to limit their rights. These subcultures served many purposes to gay individuals at the time.

Some terms that I will use throughout my research essay are queer, cisgender, heteronormativity, and social identity. I will define these terms to convey a more uniform understanding of the term and its use in this research paper. Using the University of Michigan’s definition,

The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender subculture more commonly known as the LGBT has become a much larger subculture in the past decades since the 1970’s

Accurate and realistic representation of LGBT+ individuals in today’s society is unproportional and lacking. While it is safe to say that the majority of people in the United States have a basic understanding of what LGBT+ means, their understanding may not be as complete as it should be and of the sparse rhetoric coverage of LGBT+ issues, no one really goes past the four first letters of the acronym: lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. Essentially, all other “queer” identities are swept under the rug and erased from any discussion due to its assumed complexity and confusion. This ignorance leads to harsh stereotypes and cliched depictions that prevent further discussion and education over LGBT+ issues to occur. This is where Ashley

The term LGBTQ, standing for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer or some sources say "Questionable" for example, have stemmed from political changes. From previous rejections of narrowing identity politics of just the standard Gay there has been a move to include people that acknowledge themselves as bi and trans for example. This is a complete opposite approach compared to the “reclaiming” of words such as "queer", or “slut” that was used in the “SlutWalk” protests a couple years ago. The assumption is these changes in language have an

Before getting into the abundance of slang and its significance on English, it is first best to cover the four base words of the LGBTQ community and how they have transgressed over time. Queer, lesbian, homosexual, and gay all share an importance to the beginnings of the more modern usages. The origin of queer is unclear, but the Oxford English dictionary defines one of its earliest meanings around 1513 as ‘strange, odd, peculiar, eccentric’. It wasn’t until the 1900s that it was used as an offensive term for homosexual people, with its original meaning still in context. This changed in the 1990s when early conversations about queer theory were had by social theorists Michel Foucault, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Judith Butler, and others. This brought the word into a new light. Of course it still holds some of its derogatory meaning, but by using this word to define a theory that discussed the idea that gender is major part of the necessary self and in gay/lesbian studies it closely examines the socially constructed nature of identities and sexual acts. This reading connects directly with what is happening at present, which is a reclaiming of queer by people in the LGBTQ community to stand for both questioning and sexual and gender minorities. In her article on equality, Lisa Duggan states, “Queer people, particularly queer people of color, began to reclaim queer in response to a perceived shift in the gay community toward liberal conservatism, catalyzed by Andrew Sullivan 's