Neil Patrick Harris

Being gay in America is difficult. Being gay in America is even more difficult when you’re not quite gay. Being a closeted not-quite gay woman in America, surrounded by Indian immigrants is pretty difficult, too. It’s a bit like staring in a James Bond film, if all of the characters suddenly developed Bollywood accents, and marginally less homicide. Also, I may be exaggerating, because I don’t attract nearly as many Bond Girls, no matter how much I’d like to. Even understanding what “not-quite gay”

equality had been a more accepted topic in comparison to years before when homosexuality was perceived as voodoo in the eyes of most Americans. In the last decade, hundreds of influential people have “come out” as homosexual, from actors like Neil Patrick Harris, who starred in How I Met Your Mother, to politicians like Jim Mcgreevey, the first homosexual governor. Melissa Hergott wrote a brief article/book review which was featured on page 48 of Broken Pencil. Hergott reviews The Right Side of History

The Fight for Gay Rights Restrictions have been put in place on homosexuals’ basic human rights because of individuals’ opinions and lack of tolerance. America is a country where all people should have the same rights, regardless of sexual preference. Gay marriage is illegal in more than thirty states even yet today (ProQuest). Homosexual people have been struggling with their rights for over a hundred years now, but the issue still hasn’t been resolved. Gay marriage and rights didn’t become a

The main purpose of media is to provide entertainment; however media in its many forms can also be used to persuade, inform and advice. Hence media can be very powerful, affecting and influencing its viewers. Gone Girl directed by David Flecher is a story that revolves around a feminist sociopath married to a misogynist, whose lives depict a constant battle for power resulting in the most twisted marriage conceivable. It is a movie that forces it 's audience to pick apart the gender dynamics. The

The gay mind has been a rubrics cube for many scientists for the past years. The mystery that lies behind the minds of those who like the same sex is one of the most intricate debates. The big question that is yet to be answered is if homosexuals are made or born naturally. While many believe that being a homosexual is not a biological trait, others believe that being gay is a physiological defect. Even though there are many great ideas of why people think that being gay is a choice, many people

ABSTRACT Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête) is a traditional fairy tale firstly written by the French Gabrielle- Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in French as a book. There are many adaptations of the fairy-tale all over the world in various mediums such as for the television, for the stage and for the screen. Some are more faithful to the original and some others are very far from it. The most commonly known version today is Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s version

Season 9 Finally of How I Met Your Mother Is there such thing as the perfect series being completely ruined by the finally? Or maybe a bad season being saved by the perfect finally? That’s the question that comes to hand when people talk about the season nine final of “How I Met Your Mother” that premiered on March 31st, 2014. On that day the nation split, of those who fell in love with the season but hated the final, and those who hated the final season but loved the finally. Well here is the cold

Season 9 Finale of How I Met Your Mother Is there such thing as the perfect series being completely ruined by the finale? Or maybe a bad season being saved by the perfect finale? That’s the question that comes to hand when people talk about the season nine final of “How I Met Your Mother” that premiered on March 31st, 2014. On that day the nation split, of those who fell in love with the season, but hated the final, and those who hated the final season but loved the finale. Well, here is the cold

There are roughly 313,900,000 people living in the United States and within those people roughly 9,000,000 people categorize as either lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (gates). This statistic was calculated throughout many surveys issued in 2010 throughout all states in the United States. These statistics were presented in an article written by Gary J. Gates in April of 2011. Now that it is currently almost the year 2014 the number of homosexuals have only risen in the past few years due to

In this final chapter, I would like to begin by talking about Tyler Perry whose career has been guided by his faith. He was named the highest paid man in entertainment by Forbes in 2011 having earned US$130 million between May 2010 and 2011. This is a long way from the boy who grew up being physically abused by his father and sexually abused by a woman in his neighborhood at the age of only 10. By contrast to his father’s beatings, Perry’s mother took him to church where he found a safe haven