Transitions of Time: Comparing Life Now to Life Fifty Years Ago.

In the past decades, the struggle for gay rights in the Unites States has taken many forms. Previously, homosexuality was viewed as immoral. Many people also viewed it as pathologic because the American Psychiatric Association classified it as a psychiatric disorder. As a result, many people remained in ‘the closet’ because they were afraid of losing their jobs or being discriminated against in the society. According to David Allyn, though most gays could pass in the heterosexual world, they tended to live in fear and lies because they could not look towards their families for support. At the same time, openly gay establishments were often shut down to keep openly gay people under close scrutiny (Allyn 146). But since the 1960s, people

Voters between the ages of 50 and 64 were most likely to choose the 1950s, the decade in which they themselves came to age, as the best time for kids; voters under 30 were more likely to choose the 1970s” ( ). This poll reminds me the other poll “When researcher shows and provides new technology to teenagers , they said the new technology is cool or awesome and show their curiosity. When researcher shows and provides new technology to people between the ages of 20 and 41, they most likely to said this technology going to change the world and make big money. But when researcher shows and provides new technology to people between the ages of 43 and 61, little more than a third said they do not think this is good or they just do not like it.” Those polls just remind me a funny thing. Every one have their own opinion or idea to an identical subject. There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes. And people change their own opinion by different reasons,even for the very very same subject.There are so many examples. Some great men then we worship when we are teenagers. Since we grow up, we always have different opinion.We lost our favorite toy. We do not talk to a friend anymore just because he already become our the most familiar stranger. Time could change anything. Our opinion, idea, and thought are change

Paige Dispalatro Ms. Molina World History Period 0 27 May 2016 Changes Throughout History The past has always influenced the future in which many generations will live in. Sometimes incidents and ideas are warnings but other times, these incidents and ideas can evolve into something that can help the future in time. From 1945 to 2015, society has been changing and improving the science behind bombs and from 1969 to 1977, the world has escalated their determination on putting men into space whereas even music and musicians during the years 1968 to 1980 influenced people’s way of life. From political, social, and technological changes, the past allows generations to evolve in life as individuals and as a society.

Many people from the United States hold the belief that being gay is something that has always been considered to be okay. They believe that it is just a given. Despite people’s current beliefs on the subject, for a very long time, it was something that was widely believed to be taboo. In the past, people were imprisoned due to their sexuality. Regardless, throughout the decades, people have pushed for the widespread acceptance of people who are part of the LGBT community. Today, homophobia still exists in some parts of the United States, but we have come a long way since the early 1900s.

This article was selected to broaden the context regarding segregation. Segregation is traditionally considered with respect to race in the United States. Nappen takes the concept of segregation and applies it to sexual orientation. The author examines the trajectory of segregation of race and segregation of sexuality in an attempt to consider radical changes in the institution of education. This is interesting and valuable because the struggle of African Americans and other non-whites in America has often been compared to the struggle of homosexual or queer Americans. The author discusses the similarity in treated of gays and blacks in society as well as under the law.

There is no lack of discrimination in the world today. In 1993, the situation was even worse. LGBT discrimination was one of the worst. The Supreme Court case Bottoms v. Bottoms is an excellent example of that. This case features a child custody dispute between a lesbian mother and a homophobic grandmother on the basis of the mother’s sexuality. Why is the fitness of a mother not being determined by her actions but by her sexuality? This case changed the views of how homosexual mothers and fathers should be judged as parents and their capabilities. As a result of this case, a mother ended up childless and an entire community was hurt by this judges ruling.

Introduction Each generation has gone through multilevel conflicts that would come to define them in the annals of time. For example, in the fifties there was WWII and with the crystallization of the American Dream and our moral identity as a nation. Then in the sixties there was the Vietnam Conflict,

As time progresses onwards, the rift between generations seems to widen. Today, an emphasis is often placed on the defining differences between the younger and older generations.

They also kept their sexuality a secret because of fear of not being able to get a job (Wolf, 2004). Social and religious forces caused doctors to try to find a “cure” for homosexuality, this further distressed gays in their everyday life (Wolf, 2004). Many gays abused alcohol and other drugs in other to cope with the emotional strain that society was putting upon them; homosexuals were seen as outsiders and drug addicts after that (Wolf, 2004). It was until 1924 that the first gay rights organization was founded (Adams, 1997). But in the 1950’s gays were barred from serving in the government (Adams, 1997). The 1960’s gays fought back into the stonewall riots and began the first steps in gay rights movement (Adams, 1997). In the 1970’s “homophobia” was coined for the first time and homosexuality was taken off the list of mental illnesses (Adams, 1997). In the 1980’s AIDS hit the scene and society was quick to blame gay men for because it was thought to have started with them (Adams, 1997). They also started to realize that gay teens were 2-3 times more likely to kill themselves proving they were indeed oppressed and suicidal (Adams, 1997). In the 1990’s in the most recent of capitalist events, right wing conservatives blame homosexuals for the breakdown of “traditional” family values (Carlin, 2007). They also started putting gay bans on the military and marriage (Adams, 1997). But in the 2000’s going forward several states began legalizing gay marriage (Carlin, 2007). Even though gays have been through a lot of oppression in last century they have made a lot of progression in recent years with the federal government legalizing gay marriage and gay rights in

One important aspect of our life is our health. Today, people are proactive about staying healthy and learning about their body. Since technology is now a major factor in our lifestyle; people who grew up in this era are more familiar with it. This group of people are called Generation X and Generation Y. The time span for this generation are people born between 1965 and 1986. Generation X and Generation Y have a different mind-set than the generation before them (Andolina & Lillé, 2011).

Deeana Farag LGBT History Professor Mitchell 14, September 2017 Reading Journal 1- Capitalism and Gay Identity I found this article specifically interesting due to the controversies found in American history. Gay identity emerged from the rise of capitalism which allowed both men and women in families to go out and work on free labor. John

The common relationships in 1963 were female and male only. Female with female, a male with male or an individual who liked both female and male was not allowed, it wasn’t acceptable. It never occurred to anyone being homosexuals because “homosexuals were hidden in the closet” (M,Barela. Personal Interview. Feb.-Mar. 2017). If an individual did come out, their life would change the way other individuals looked at them. For example, individuals recognized them as a disgrace, stared and talk horribly about. Consequently, the individual’s friends stopped being friends with the individual because they’ll be too embarrassed to be seen with them or they thought individuals would make up rumors. Whereas, in 2017 homosexuals isn’t a major deal for some individuals. Moreover, individuals are friends with a homosexual because they are normal, just like anyone else. Marriage is part of a person’s memories for the rest of their lives. In 1963 several women followed a tradition when they received a marriage and it was to be a virgin or also known as being pure. As a matter of fact, “parents wouldn’t let their daughter walk down the altar if known she wasn’t pure”(M,Barela. Personal Interview. Feb.-Mar. 2017). In 2017, men and women don't care if the women is a virgin or not on their marriage day. Secondly, individuals in 1963 made a commit to stay together for the rest of their lives.“Married until worse, rich or

Gayle Rubin’s article “Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality” describes the idea of the “charmed circle”. Referring to sexuality Rubin begins to illustrate her idea of the “charmed circle” by challenging sexual essentialism (the idea that sex is a natural force) by saying that

A century ago, homosexuality would have been a taboo thought. A family was made of a man and his wife, with their natural children. With the choice of homosexuality being introduced, people can now marry whoever they want to and have kids from a surrogate, from adoption, or even from artificial insemination has greatly expanded familial bounds. A century ago, the man of the household was the one that brought home the bacon. His wife would be waiting for him at home with a cold beer or other beverage and have his favorite show on if a radio or TV was available. Fast forward a century and stay at home dads are becoming more common. Single parents are almost normal to see, and the woman of the house is now allowed to earn a paycheck. By giving families a choice in how they want to go about daily life has greatly changed how families work now. As Pew Research Center states it, "Parents today are raising their children against a backdrop of increasingly diverse and, for many, constantly evolving family forms. By contrast, in 1960, the height of the post-World War II baby boom, there was one dominant family

D’Nae Webb Mrs. Murdock AP Language and Composition 18 March 2015 Title At a glance at modern society most would say that it is a close to perfect world. On the contrary, it is far from perfect; this world is full of war, poverty, and disease. But there more problems on a social level like stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination causing oppression within society. “… as official policy decision appear to redefine the importance of human interaction in terms of economic relationship… Ruiz and Mínguez (2001) observe that such environments prompt immoralities such as ‘poverty, inequality, and exclusion’” (qtd. in Lucey, Agnello, and Hawkins 2). Homophobia can be described as an antipathy towards homosexual individuals. Those individuals are subjected to prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination in their social and political lives. From the foreword of The Bluest Eye by Toni Moorison, Moorison states “There can’t be anyone, I am sure, who doesn’t know what it feels like to be disliked, even rejected, momentarily or for sustained periods of time… It may even be that some of us know what it is like to be actually hated - hated for things we have no control over and cannot change.” Homosexuality has many misconceptions surrounding the lifestyle; from disease to personality traits. The social life of those individual was not the only thing affected; their rights as a human being have been restricted. Laws have been made in certain countries that says a man that has sex with men