There Are All Kinds Of People

Stereotypes can be seen everywhere. It can be about a certain race, sexuality, gender, age, class, physical ability or disability, etc. They are ideas or beliefs that are oversimplified on the kind of person or thing they are. The reason why there are stereotypes is because we want to categorize and understand the world around us. But it is not that simple to break down things that are very complex and really understand them. Culture plays a part since it what shapes our experience and reality. Gender is not a universal thing. We are not aware how our culture impacts our way of thinking and perception of the world. But like gender, understanding culture depends on one’s perception and interpretation.

In a recent podcast regarding a transgender high school student being forced to change in the nurse’s office instead of in the locker room with other students addressed the controversy regarding the treatment of members of our society who identify as LGBTQ. Throughout the podcast, multiple individuals have voiced support for the school’s decision to isolate the transgender student when changing. Do to the opinions voiced in the podcast regarding this case, I realized that the treatment of the high school student is only one example of the existing discrimination towards those who identify as LGBTQ. As such, I intend to explore the controversy of LGBTQ and our obligations that we have as members of the same society. Throughout this paper, I

Oppression of minorities has had a detrimental aspect in the associated individual’s lives. History has demonstrated that as a western society, we devalue minorities’ rights and values through legislation and societal views. Today, this remains to be an issue for many individuals of many stigmatized groups. Although efforts to reach a more unified community have been taken, many minorities still fight oppression. Through activism, social and political movements, the LGBTQIA community have progressed immensely throughout the past few decades. History has demonstrated a slow, yet vast amount of success in this marginalized group. Activists endured a long journey toward gaining rights for the community which lead to a modern day civil rights movement for the LGBTQIA community. Although there has been a great amount of successes, non-heterosexual individuals still do not have full equal rights as their heterosexual counterparts. There are still adversities that are being faced in this population that hinder these individuals from thriving. The issue is even greater when the individual has an additional identity that is also marginalized. Specifically, individuals who identify as people of color (POC) and LGBTQIA still encounter prejudice from society.

The LGBTQ community has struggled for decades to receive equal treatment but despite many advancements, this group of people is still not treated justly. The prevalent discrimination and prejudice enacted against the LGBTQ community can be witnessed on accounts of the Stonewall Riots and laws that affect the community such as not allowing gay men to donate blood, sexual orientation in connection to the military, et cetera. The gay rights movement has united to eradicate these issues through support of the LBGTQ community and to help people understand the process, timing, advantages, dangers, and pitfalls of coming out, as well as recent local and international rulings of the Supreme Court on same-sex marriage and the methods, laws, and attitudes of having children.

An umbrella term that is often used to refer to the community as a whole” (LGBTQIA.ucdavis.edu). This is one of the many values that Carrie Chapman Catt holds, and she would exultant that society is starting to become more accepting of the LGBTQIA community. Human rights are imperative, and I think that Carrie Chapman Catt would agree with me on that.

LGBTQ, short for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer is an acronym used to designate a community of people whose sexual or gender identities can create shared political and social concerns. The LGBTQ acronym does not encompass everybody and different organizations may use less or more letters. The LGBTQ Community is a group of diverse people united for one cause: to fight for equal rights so that people of the community are not segregated from the rest of the society. Not only does this community contain LGBTQ people, it also has members that are heterosexual who support LGBTQ community’s beliefs.

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

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that, " All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights" (Amnesty Int'l...). Accordingly, human rights violations committed because of the victim's real or perceived sexual identity must be met with a concerted and sustained international response. Working with the help of 20 other countries from the belief that all people deserve equal protection under law, a growing international movement is taking up the challenge of protecting the dignity and rights of people everywhere who are lesbian, gay, bi-sexual or transgender. A new program to aid in this is OUTFRONT, Amnesty International USA's program on human rights and sexual identity. This program is a response to the need for activists who confront these violations and protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

The struggle for equality has been intense, and still continues to this day. With this being said, much progress has been made in establishing respect and external acceptance for all individuals sense of identity. For example, in 2015 the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Same Sex Marriages, marking a pivotal point in the civil rights movement for the LGBTQ community. For many, this act helped to support their sense of self, a right that been denied for so long. The United States effectively validated the LGBTQ community, giving this group all rights granted to all other citizen’s, However, the creation and acceptance of this community has not had positive benefits for all members. The Gender Binary has been changed, but many distinctions

In Journal of Human Rights published in 2014, after the Equalities Act of 2010 enacted, the United Kingdom sees sexuality and gender identities as “protected characteristics,” with legal imperatives to address discrimination, and in Canada in the early 1990s, there were an opposition against gays and lesbian rights, but after sexual orientation recognized in 1995, gradually by 2013, gays and lesbians have equality rights. (Browne, 2014)

Some of the sex stereotypes for men are they are tough, powerful, insensitive, think with logic and not emotion, can’t commit in a relationship. Some stereotypes for woman are helpless, sensitive, unstable, emotional, and interested in family over career. These stereotypes are divisive and causes a pressure for men and women to conform to these attitudes and prejudices. Men who don’t fit the mold are looked at as weak and have their sexuality and masculinity challenged. Women who don’t fit the mold are looked at as a threat, aggressive, and also have their femininity and sexuality challenged. These stereotypes man be the deciding factor for occupations, relationships, and people just wanting to be who they are.

No one wants to admit that they believe some of the stereotypes that get out regarding homosexual men. However, it is reality that specific stereotypes regarding gay men has erupted in our society and becoming more prevalent today than in the past. As I mentioned above, I am going to take you through step by step when I came out the closet and the effect it had on my life and my mental stability. One of the common stereotypes is “Gay men are promiscuous”. I guess it’s hard for some to understand that promiscuity doesn’t just favor gay men. This type of stereotype made me think of what society thought of me and prolonged me coming out. There are others that state that “Gay men are overly dramatic”. These types of

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, also known as LGBT population have experienced a great deal of oppression worldwide. These particular individuals undergo discrimination from society, whether for reasons of ignorance, fear or intolerance, this population faces challenges in multiple areas of social justice sexual. Although the LGBT culture has made some strides in the areas of state and federal legislation, there is still a wide range of criminalization that takes place within our culture. Understanding the LGBT community and the history of their oppression may be the first step in becoming culturally competent. For many years this culture was denied their basic constitutional rights that were afforded to their equal heterosexual peers. Basic rights such as, adoption and marriage were uncommon to this culture until the 20th century.

Gender stereotypes surface from an early age, from the toys we’re told to play with as children to the type of behaviors we’re encouraged to display. These stereotypes paint an over generalized picture of the population to which they pertain to. They can be very damaging to a person especially when they are imposed on people who fall outside of the norm of the stereotype. One stereotype for example, is that men do not face rape or other domestic violence.

Perceptions and stereotypes or another discrimination against homosexuals and it leads to homophobia and heterosexism. “Harmful stereotypes are some of the harshest and most common forms of discrimination gay’s face” (Howe, Z 2014). “Many people act nervous around gays because they are perceived to be attracted to every one of the same gender, or they are perceived to be sexual deviants capable of sexual abuse” (Howe, Z 2014). “This is simply not the case, and gay people are no more likely to be sexual abusers than straight people” (Howe, Z 2014). “But perception is a precarious thing; a “zero-tolerance” policy has taught men that the way people think of them can change permanently with one slip, one little kiss or too-intimate friendship” (Howe, Z 2014). And once lost, it can be nearly impossible to reclaim (Howe, Z 2014). In Howe’s article he talked about a guy who was straight in high school, “hooked up with dudes for the first semester of college. He was then in a monogamous relationship with a woman for the rest of college; in the weeks before graduation, he would