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    LGBTQI in New York Essay

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    begun to legalize gay marriage in many states however some areas of the U.S still do not accept homosexual culture. Many cultures around the world still do not accept homosexual culture. Some cultures accept homosexuality, some see the practice as a sin, some create laws forbidding same sex relationships and marriage, and some punish homosexuality with the death penalty. Homosexual culture is referred to as LGBTQI culture and is shared by any person who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender

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    Gays And Homosexuality

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    in a world where gays and lesbians are equally integrated. Those who pushed for the advancement of gay and lesbian rights were successful because gays and lesbians are now able to be legally married. In history being homosexuality was taboo and uncommon; homosexuality was known as a mental illness. Homosexuals weren't able to publicly be with a person of the same sex. People who were homosexual have had to

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    Gay Love : Same Love

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    Gay Love: Same Love Gay. A simple three letter word, yet it holds many contrasting connotations. It previously was used only as a term used when describing homosexuals, but when did it become a term of negation? “Those shoes are gay.” “Your outfit is gay.” Gay transforming into a word with unfavorable connotation has desensitized the world to how the word affects the feelings and self-confidence of others. If the world was able to fight the use of these words as negative sayings, why is the same

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    amount of discrimination. In the 1900’s gay people were not recognized (Watson). Around the 1950’s is when it became more noticed but, the LGBT community had no rights (Watson). LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transexual. In the 1950’s traditional values were more popular. Not many openly gay people worked in the government. There were gay people working in the government ,but they were what is know as “in the closet” or not openly gay. During this time organizations started to form

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    The 1960s and early 1970s was a period of social movements for women’s rights, African American, and gay rights. The civil rights era brought significant change of the United States through society’s defiance against government laws and injustice. The period was full of protests, riots, and parades led by civil rights leaders for black, women's, and gay rights. The social inequality of the United States brought a need for change in society and the civil rights activists of the 60s made the change

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    Tony was the son of conservative mafia member Ernie. Ernie was very displeased with his son’s decision to open a gay bar. Ernie his fortune in traditional mafia operations. He had felt that running a “Fag Bar” was for low end of the mafia hierarchy. Ernie had high ambitions for his son Tony, he sent Tony to Catholic school. Despite the high quality education Tony

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    awareness and importance of accepting their community. One of the most renowned organizations when it comes to LGBT promotion is Pride Toronto, which hosts the annual Pride Parade; one of the largest LGBT parades in the world. Their aim is to spread inclusiveness and erase stereotypes and prejudices surrounding their community. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau even took part in the parade in 2016 which promulgated the event enormously. This goes to show how much Canada has traversed and

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    The History Of BART

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    Street Oakland City Center with 12,979. The least busy station was North Concord / Martinez with 2,499 weekday exits. BART's one-day ridership record was set on Halloween of 2012 with 568,061 passengers attending the San Francisco Giants' victory parade for their World Series

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    I do not have proudest moment. Since I was a child, my parents taught me that the pride is synonymous with vanity and the vanity gets clumsy the human being. The definition of pride is exceeded feel about yourself. The pride is something bad, nobody should superior to anyone. Now days, pride is something good because the people have forgotten the value of humility. Notwithstanding, the people know that pride can be also a satisfying feel I never saw anybody's feelings this way. They always became

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    hers. She sees herself as a leader and advocate for those who need help, support, or deserve to be treated fairly. Her community activities include volunteering as a blood drive assistant for the American Red Cross and her role within the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transsexual (LGBT) community. MSgt Abbott’s presence and intellect, as well as a lot of courage, empowered her to combine the two things she is most passionate about. She is that type of NCO that embodies what an NCO should be at all times

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