Closeted

There are many things I wish I could have told my 13-year-old closeted self. At 13 years old I knew that there was something different about me. Something that made me unique or off. I didn't understand exactly what it was, but I knew it was something. At 13 years old, I had my first crush on a girl, and it was one of the most confusing times in my life. I did have the most wonderful parents ever, but I would frequently pick up on a homophobic slur or derogatory comment from my dad, school kids

Death of a Salesman is about a man that can’t get passed his own ego. William, the salesman, is a narcissistic untrustworthy man that has no values for his own wife. At the beginning of the play, we can clearly see that Willy is this macho man that wouldn’t accept his faults. His decaying state of mind gives us even more evidence to argue his deficiencies. His wife, Linda, is always trying to defend him against his own family, yet she unconsciously knows that her husband has some sort of mental illness

percentages of individuals who identify as a member of the LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual) community, including those who have both come out and those who have not, it is assumed that 5% to 10% of NFL players are “closeted” and have not come out as homosexual (Garber, 1999). It is a common theme to see athletes, especially those who are part of a team sport, come out once they enter retirement, as opposed to sometime during their career. In fact, 2014 was the year

Society tries to shape us, change us to make everyone around us more comfortable. Many people struggle with their self-esteem because society is telling them that they are not good enough and that they need to change certain aspects of themselves. Many people, teens especially, in the LGBTQ community feel the need to hide major parts of themselves so that the people around them feel more at ease or even so that they will be safe in their own home. In The Aeneid “Book IV,” Dido felt like she had to

issue in the course of the play. Prior is the least closeted homosexual while Roy is the most. Prior is chosen to be a prophet, is morally upright, and represents good. Roy, the unlawful lawyer, represents evil. Belize, Louis, and Joe fall in between Prior and Roy on the scale. By having these particular characters represent what they do, Tony Kushner places a negative stigma on those in the closet and emphasizes his negative opinion on closeted homosexuals. Prior is one of

Webster’s Dictionary defines Identity as: sameness of essential or generic character in different instances; the distinguishing character or personality of an individual; the condition of being the same with something described or asserted. At birth we begin with the same identifiers that follow us throughout life: name, gender, date of birth, race all can be categorized as the essentials needed to form Identity. As we grow through our teens distinguishing characteristics become more apparent and

Alison Bechdel uses her graphic memoir, Fun home, to explore her relationship with her father. She uses the book as a tool to reflect on her life and the affect her father had on her. She discovers how her fathers closeted sexuality affected her childhood and her transition into adulthood. His death left a powerful mark and left her searching for answers. She clearly states this when she says, “it’s true that he didn’t kill himself until I was nearly twenty. But his absence resonated retroactively

LGBT Americans make up anywhere from one percent, or three million people, to five percent, or 16 million people, of the American population. Each of these individuals has had his/her own unique journey through life. Sometimes this aspect of their identity can define their life; it can especially shape their life in terms of what they experience. For instance, LGBT teens are three times more likely to be bullied, 90 percent have been harassed at school, and more than 33 percent will attempt suicide

never had sex with a guy/girl?”. Furthermore, both Stone Butch Blues and Mosquita y Mari portray queer responses to living in a state that prevents queer people from being “out” of the metaphorical closet that the state has shoved them in. The “closeted” framework that the film is surrounded by causes the audience to inquire why Yolanda and Mari choose not to be more public with their affection. The answer is a result of the

Instances of rediscovery, or reflection throughout a process of discovery, catalyse moments of reassessment that allow for a complete understanding of otherwise only half-formed initial discoveries. This is represented in both Ernesto Guevara’s memoir The Motorcycle Diaries, and the biographical film Milk (2008), directed by Gus Van Sant, depicting the election of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay official in California. In both texts, moments of rediscovery catalysed by personal encounters allow