Homophobia

identify the blatant homophobia and racism within the community. Going on Grindr and seeing several men say “No fems, no sissy, masc4masc” is very discouraging, especially since this is homophobic. Moreover, this is homophobic because femininity becomes something to be ashamed of, almost as if it is a weakness. While homophobia is a form of discrimination that is unique to the LGBTQ+ community, several populations can relate to discrimination.

Nassr has become another victim of persecution. Working as a translator in the United States, Nassr had a normal life. Once he got back to his native country, Iraq, he found his house confiscated by the Mahdi militia. When he tried to get into his house, they replied, “this is not your house, either you go or we will kill you.” Consequently, they hit him in the head with their guns. Being scared of getting killed by them, Nassr ran from his house. The Mahdi militia asked Nassr’s neighbors for information

Identifying can be regarded more significant for the people in the minority or vulnerable groups in our society. However, the mainstream culture and politics in my country China hardly take account of them. This culture and the society sets men, native and heterosexuality as the ideal condition. Although China experiences the fastest economy and modernization in recently decades, the traditional cultures and structures root in the people’s minds without threat. Based on my own personal experience

Identity Expository Essay My life is like a massive tangle of webs all leading to the bug caught in the middle, me! I have believed for quite some time that my identity was a part of who I was, an unchangeable, connected, jumbled mass of my ideals and preferences. However, after speculation on this topic, and a deep and intimate search within my mind and soul, I have realized it is much, much more. I have searched through my community, my personal life, and the world around me to find answers to

Current Event: Refusing to Cater GLBTQ Weddings GLBTQ (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer) rights and issues have increasingly been found in the news over the past couple decades. With the United States Supreme Court’s legalization of gay marriage recently, there will be more barriers for GLBTQ people to break through. Just like any other couple in preparations for a wedding and reception, GLBTQ couples need to buy dresses, tuxedos, cakes, etc. These preparations have been trying for

Ben Haggerty, better known as Macklemore, is one of the most popular artists in the hip hop industry. He is best known for recognizing issues within society and using his influence to make a difference. The hip-hop industry has a huge impact on the youth. It influences the way people speak, act, and think. Constant discrimination towards race, gender and sexual orientation takes place among popular songs which encourages audiences to also act in discriminatory ways. “Same Love” was released in 2012

What if someone refused to provide services to someone’s wedding? What if the business refused someone’s request, not because of a shortage of supplies, but because they don’t want to affiliate with someone’s wedding in any way due to their religious beliefs? More and more cases have occurred when a business refused to provide a cake or flowers to a same-sex couple’s wedding. It is not O.K. to refuse to serve same-sex couples based on one’s religious beliefs because businesses have a responsibility

These days it seems like you can’t escape the all-seeing eye of PC culture. Every poorly worded joke or inconsiderate prank about race can lead to a person’s whole life being destroyed by woke twitter. Yet, a small made for TV movie known as Windy City Heat has managed to walk on by, unscathed by the wrath of PC culture. By stereotyping almost every minority group, Windy City Heat is arguably one of the most offensive films ever made, yet I found it amusing, hilarious, and a little enlightening.

Although representation of the LGBT+ community is becoming more common in books, especially those targeted towards teenagers, it is still lacking in the majority of literature. This has caused members and supporters of the community to look for representation in places where most people would say there isn’t any. For example, to most people, The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger is either about a pretentious teenager who complains about nothing or a depressed teenager coping with a disillusioning

Homosexuality Hemosexuality is a completely different case to slavery as it is outright forbidden in the book of Leviticus saying “If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.”(Leviticus 20:13). And some people have taken this to the extreme, such as with the Westboro Baptist Church which have undergone highly publicized protests, often at American military funerals