LGBT writers from the United States

has goals they want to accomplish. Some know what it is instantly and some take time to realize what they want to do. But not everyone will achieve their dreams and some, because of sad circumstances lose their grip on their dream and fall into a state of disappointment. Langston Hughes poem relates to the dreams of Mama, Ruth, and Walter in Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun.      Ruth has to listen to Walter’s extravagant dreams of being rich and powerful all

Mothers, Gay Fathers, and Their Children in the United States since World War II. (Gender and American Culture.) Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013. Pp. xii, 296. $32.50. Recent representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) families in mainstream media, exemplified by the long-running sitcom Modern Family, and the 2015 United States Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of same-sex marriage, may lead some to believe LGBT families are a recent phenomenon. Daniel Winunwe

Opponents to same-sex marriage based solely on the use of the word “marriage” point out that “from a lawful perspective, marriage and civil unions encompass the same benefits” (Smith). The argument over what to call same-sex marriage however fails to take into account the true nature of what members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community seek and what opponents oppose. Members of the LGBT community seek full marriage equality in term and in accomplishment, not a separate but equal

Approximately four weeks ago, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history occurred not to far from UCF. Patrons of Pulse nightclub, a gay nightclub in Orlando where massacred by Omar Mateen, Mateen took the lives of forty-nine individuals all because of their presence in a gay establishment. This tragic incident wasn’t the first attack on the LGBT community, but it’s massive fatalities put Congress under even more pressure to reform gun laws, gay rights, and suspected terrorist legislation. As a

rights. Most specifically, teenagers who are are being bullied to the point of suicide. This song was released in 2011, just after a large group of LGBT teen suicides in September of 2010, and was also released alongside the rise of the It Gets Better campaign. While analyzing this song, it is clear it is about the suicides of nine teenage members of the LGBT community. The first line “bang, bang go the coffin nails, like a breath exhaled, then gone forever” leaves a very clear image of a burial. Most

promote and protect issues affecting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. The organization was originally founded in response to the New York Post’s homophobic and defamatory coverage of the AIDS epidemic, which was at its height in the 1980’s. Initially, AIDS was closely linked with gay men within the American psychology.[iii] The first time that AIDS was detected in the United States was in 1981, when groups of men in New York and Los Angeles were diagnosed with Kaposi’s

code was only in effect from 1930 to 1968, the early attempt at censoring portrayals of LGBT characters has continued well into the present. LGBT characters are often represented negatively in the media, enforcing harmful stereotypes, or not represented at all. This topic is relevant because media portrayals of LGBT individuals impact how people view individuals in reality. By perpetuating negative stereotypes, the creators of media in force the belief that the lives of LGBT individuals are less important

As a nation, the United States often views itself as a champion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights. While we are far ahead of many countries, quite a few of which still criminalize same-sex relationships, we aren’t the queer utopia we like to see ourselves as. Even today, there are many states within the US that do not have laws explicitly prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation in the workplace or during the hiring process. According to the Human Rights

The objectives of this project are to: (1) Create a writing workshop at In The Meantime, collect stories from Black gay men that are central to South Los Angeles; (2) To document theses stories; (3) To have the video of these stories added to the collections at various local and national institutions; (4) To have the stories performed at three differing spaces [In The Meantime, Holman United Methodist Church, and the ONE Archives]; (5) Have the stories and memorabilia, relating to Black gay life

LGBT Community in the United States and the World in the 21st Century By Annette Underwood Illustrated & Images by google free domain pictures Copyright @ 2014 by SWB Publisher FIRST PUBLICATION EDITION SWB PUBLISHERS 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 INTRODUCTION Is the need for acceptance of one’s sexuality as important as other issues like poverty, unemployment, global warming, natural disasters and proper health solutions for Ebola, Lyme that put our survival itself at risk? When meditating on this