Understanding The Terminology Of The Lgbt Community

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

History and background of topic Workplace discrimination in the lgbt community has been an issue since the early 1900’s, but lgbt rights weren’t progressing much until 1990’s. It was not until 1973 that the first federal bill introduced to congress prohibit discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation (Badgett, Lau, Sears, & & Ho, 2007). In 1994 the "Don 't ask, don 't tell" (DADT) was the official United States policy on service by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians in the military (Badgett

one’s outward presentations and behaviors (gender expression) related to that perception, including their gender role.” (Understanding Gender) Gender identity is also easily confused with biological sex. “Biological gender (sex) includes physical attributes such as external genitalia, sex chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, and internal reproductive structures.” (Understanding Gender) Biological sex refers to what’s physically on the outside of your body, and gender is more of a mental ordeal or what

As a member of the LGBT+ community I consider myself to have a lot of knowledge on the issues and topics within the community. I realized, however, after a few lectures that I really did not know very much about the history of the LGBT+ community, I just knew about the modern issues and topics. Coincidently I also did not know much about topics in the LGBT+ community either. I had known about Stonewall and about the LGBT+ treatment in Nazi concentration camps, however I did not really know much else

cause as well as a nuisance to the very people they are trying to defend, as not everyone with a minority disadvantage will agree with an SJW's (or "social justice warrior") approach. Various regional, cultural, and dialectal differences across communities convolute the situation even further. Because of that, I often ignore the ramblings of feminists and gender identity activists when their messages of overgeneralized stereotype-breaking become hateful

fashion trends in our culture. I am also what is described in my cultural as a “sneaker head” for my love of and collection of sneakers and other shoes. In order to be considered a “sneaker head” you must own at least 50 pairs of sneakers. This terminology and influence is most popular amongst the younger generations in my culture. Lastly, the food and music of the African American culture in my honest opinion stands un-parallel to any other. Hip Hop, Rap, R&B, Blues, Soul and Jazz are just a few

either would be offended by someone legitimately trying to understand without judgment. I feel that the LGBT+ community has included so many sub-identities because of the need for acknowledgment and understanding of the diversity that exists. Although none of these identities are new, the terminology to many are very new and growing. Even many of us who have been “members” of the LGBT+ community for several decades are scratching our heads at new terms and definitions. Or maybe I haven’t been paying

their cause as well as a nuisance to the very people they try to defend, as not everyone with a minority disadvantage will agree with an SJW 's (or "social justice warrior") approach. Various regional, cultural, and dialectal differences across communities convolute the circumstances even further. For these reasons, I often ignore the ramblings of feminists and gender identity activists when their messages of overgeneralized stereotype-breaking become hateful and target another group. SJWs troll the

In Susan Stryker’s book “Transgender History” she states in today’s society the word “’transgender’ is a term that has come into widespread use only in the past couple of decades, its meanings are still under construction” (pg. 9), where when you look up the word “transgender” in the Merriam Webster dictionary it says “of, relating to, or being a person (as a transsexual or transvestite) who identifies with or expresses a gender identity that differs from the one which corresponds to the person's

On larger scales as well, societies have been depriving LGBT people of their histories and rights in order to preserve the current social and cultural climates. As rigid social classes have started to become more blurred, AIDs literature has become more mainstream and the history of the AIDs crisis in terms of gay people has become less shadowed. The first truly definable category of AIDs writing is in the face of the initial media blackout, wherein only those who were affected by the disease wrote