The Pros And Cons Of Homosexuality

“I think people feel threatened by homosexuality. The problem isn't about gay people, the problem is about the attitude towards gay people. People think that all gays are Hannibal Lectors. But gay people are sons and daughters, politicians and doctors, American heroes and daughters of American heroes” (Stacy).

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

From the moment a child is born, the society in which they are born into begins to teach the child what is normal, and what is not. If the aforementioned child has a vagina, they will be labeled a girl and assumed to be heterosexual, and the same principle applies if the child has a penis. Yet the human world is not as simple as this established gender binary. For example, there are people who identify with a gender other than the sex assigned at birth.1 There are also people who are not sexually attracted strictly to the opposite gender, or at all. Such diversions from societal normality are more often than not greeted with opposition, as what is considered normal is also deemed right. The LGBT community has had to deal with fierce societal

Hamilton I believe won this argument, mainly because what he proposed was the only smarter way to pay for war debts in the country. He believed it would be great for the nation to pay taxes in order to clear the debts. Jefferson highly disagreed with this because it was the main reason we succeeded from Britain in the first place.

Since the beginning of time, people have been living in a world full of hatred, violence, and hostility towards one another because of physical or social differences. While we strive to create an ideal world for future generations, people still tend to discriminate against others on a daily basis simply because of their skin color or gender. One of the most despised groups of individuals in the past has been the gay and lesbian community. Gays and lesbians were not socially acceptable to society at one time, but over the years they have made significant breakthroughs in history that have opened up the doorways of gaining the same rights and opportunities as others. Along with the many triumphs of the Gay Rights Movement, there have also been many setbacks.  Bottoms v. Bottoms is one of the most renown Supreme Court cases that further demonstrates the struggle for equality for gays and lesbians.

Chapter 11, of the textbook “Understanding Social Problems,” by Linda M. Mooney, David Knox, and Caroline Schacht jockeys issues related to sexual orientation. This chapter openly deliberates the struggle for equality for non-heterosexuals and their fight for equal rights and recognition. This paper will briefly summarize this chapter.

The Lgbt community has historically has been ostracized simply because of their sexual sexual preference. They are still denied the right to marry in certain states. Social security benefits has continued to be controversial. Recently transgender individuals using public restrooms has created an outrage. Finally in the following essay, i will discuss where the lgbt community will find a place in the trump administration also homosexuality and discrimination.

The sexual identity and uncertainty not only in minorities but across the globe and the concerns related the mental stability, stress levels suicide rate, and human rights implicated in the United Nations and according to International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (2017) throughout the world. Although the cultural and social barriers do exist, the LGBT community as a whole does exhibit a certain unity for the protection and discrimination of its members.

For years the “LGBTQ community” has, continuously working hard to establish their presence in society. Lately, states supporting marriage equality increased and rights such as filing taxes jointly, military benefits, and more were also put in place. Today the “LGBTQ community” only continues to grow and make progress. However, not all the people in this community are making the same progress as others. Those who classify as bisexual have sense of feelings oppressed, disliked, “stigmatized”, and isolation even from within the community. Beemyn (1996) mentioned that it is “a common experience for bisexual women to hide their sexuality from lesbian feminists

Sexual health is a very broad and wide topic that has many subjects that are still controversial to some to this day. Chapter four not only focused on the physical side of sexual health, covering topics such as the female and male anatomy and the process of menstruation, but also the social and emotional sides of it, like the difference between gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, , and issues relating to homophobia and hate crimes. These chapters helped me learn how to properly recognize people’s gender identities and to respect them based off of the retained information from the outlines. Identifying as a bisexual woman, I am fairly fortunate with the overwhelming acceptance from the majority of people I have met in my life. I presumably will never know how it feels to not be able to explain who you are to people, and having to find an excuse for being yourself. Learning about gender dysphoria and the disagreeing feelings about one’s gender that arises from it made me question what it might be like to be someone who has these feelings and the conflicts it internally arises. Gender identity and expression being two separate ideas was also something I was originally very perplexed by, but then learned to understand and appreciate, because there is no

Over the last several decades, especially in the most recent years, there has been heated controversy and debate, both socially and politically, over the emersion of discussion regarding the rights of LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and various queer identifying) people and their communities. While there have been many victories in the fight for equality between sexualities and sexual identities, many identities falling under the queer umbrella, have been left behind. Transgender communities, among these forgotten identities, are still struggling to be recognized as valid and deserving of basic human rights and are fighting against discrimination in employment, housing, and public places, including restrooms. Regardless of the

Despite of us living in modern society, there are many negative beliefs that have not change among the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. They are heavily stigmatized and discriminated. Unfortunately, not many people are conscious that their negative beliefs and actions impact the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender mentally and physically. It is important to acknowledge that inequality among this marginalized group can be prevented, but it will only be successful with the help of the community, government, education, and a positive environment.

But, The ABC’s of LGBT+ goes beyond being a simple start-up book by an internet personality. In fact, the book is a collaboration of over forty LGBT+ bloggers and prominent voices, the Gender Spectrum, Everyone is Gay, TSER and The Gender Book (Mardell, 2016:288-305) who regularly fact-checked and edited all the information in the book for complete precision in definitions and depiction since Mardell herself does not have personal experience with each identity. Its overall topics include, but are not limited to, spectrums, gender, sexual and romantic identities, as well as, a glossary of terms discussed throughout the book. She begins with spectrums, what she calls a tool to understanding identity (Mardell, 2016: 494), as her first chapter in order to lay a foundation of understanding how identities exist and are interpreted, especially by making a point that everyone’s spectrum is different and that all the topics in her book are fluid, diverse and have no one definition (Mardell, 2016: 521).

“People don’t get justice, they get good and bad luck” (Orson Welles). This is an utterly true statement because you don’t choose to be oppressed. This is why being poor is so egregious and unfair. You literally have no decision in being homeless, you can try to prevent it, but in most cases you can’t. Homophobia is a little different because you have a choice coming into it, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that the homosexuals are being discriminated against. Now I have not seen much injustice compared to most people, but one prominent injustice I’ve seen on the news or heard is looks defining you. It is a very broad topic ranging from racism to homophobia and has a big impact on the part of society that appears different. Homosexuals

Imagine a world where the identity of a person jeopardizes their safety, that they must live in fear of the world around them simply for being who they are; this is the world of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community. Despite the strides made to improve the conditions for this group, they are still under much scrutiny as society and the government adapts to their presence. The general public has maintained an uneasy balance of contentedness and bias, whereas the government cannot decide its stance on the issue.