Gay Community Essays and Term Papers

LGBT Rights Movement

The gay rights movement has taken many shapes and forms in the past 60 years. Equal rights for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered) such as marriage, military identity and bullying have become the most important issues of the movement. For years the LGBT community has been turned away ...

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Gays: A Struggle For Acceptance

"When the dust settles and the pages of history are written, it will not be the angry defenders of intolerance who have made the difference, that reward will go to those who dared to step outside the safety of their privacy in order to expose and rout the prevailing prejudice." - John Shelby ...

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Euthanasia

is a controversial subject, not only because there are many different moral dilemmas associated with it, but also in what constitutes its definition. At the extreme ends of disagreement, advocates say (which in Greek means "easy death") is a good, or merciful, death. Opponents of say it is a ...

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Euthanasia

is a controversial subject, not only because there are many different moral dilemmas associated with it, but also in what constitutes its definition. At the extreme ends of disagreement, advocates say is a good, or merciful, death. Opponents of say it is a fancy word for murder. Between the ...

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Sexual Education

“A mutually faithful monogamous relationship in the context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity.” Different people will disagree about the veracity of this statement, but we know that it does not reflect the experiences of the majority of young people. Yet sex education ...

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Black Panther Party

During the late 1960\'s and early \'70\'s posters of the \'s co-founder, Huey P. Newton were plastered on walls of college dorm rooms across the country. Wearing a black beret and a leather jacket, sitting on a wicker chair, a spear in one hand and a rifle in the other, the poster depicted Huey ...

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Defining Spaces in Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin opens his 1956 novel Giovanni's Room with a reflection on notions of space and belonging. David, the main character, studies his reflection in the window as he contemplates a kind of ancestral movement through space, mentioning that his ancestors “conquered a continent, pushing across ...

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Legalizing Of Homosexual Marriages

For as long as the institution of marriage has been around, so too has the belief that it represents the union of one man and one woman. Now gay men and lesbians are challenging that institution. They believe that their relationships mean the same in their sphere as heterosexual marriages do ...

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Gays In The Miitary

Gays in the Military The subject of Gays in the military has been debated over many times by many people. When dealing with whether or not gays should be allowed in the military the simple question of, Do they want to be in the military?, must be answered. After this question is answered you can ...

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Groups In Society

that officially make known minority viewpoints are generally widely stigmatised by the majority as social out-groups (Vaughan and Hogg, 1997). For many theorists, Social Identity (group membership) is an important source of self-esteem, they will cherish what identities they have, fiercely ...

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The Feminine Mystique

is the title of a book written by Betty Friedan who also founded The National Organization for Women (NOW) to help US women gain equal rights. She describes the "feminine mystique" as the heightened awareness of the expectations of women and how each woman has to fit a certain role as a little ...

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Racism

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." The Declaration of Independence The legal barriers to racial equality have ...

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Acceptance Of Homosexual Marri

29 Nov. 1999 Same Sex Marriage, Acceptance in the United States Marriage is much more than merely a commitment to love one another. Marriage entitles financial responsibility, as well as authorized financial benefits. It is the institution that provides automatic legal protection for the spouse, ...

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AIDS

stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. It is caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus. Which attacks selected cells in the immune system and produces defects in function. It is estimated between one million and 1.5 million Americans has been infected alone. This is a ...

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Homosexual Parents

In a baby boom of unusual complexity, thousands of lesbians around the Country are having children. 79% of these lesbians are in long lasting relationships. Some have lived together for more than a decade, wanting children but often blocked as adoptive or foster parents; why? There have long ...

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AIDS And You

Introduction: AIDS is a life and death issue. To have the AIDS disease is at present a sentence of slow but inevitable death. I've already lost one friend to AIDS. I may soon lose others. My own sexual behavior and that of many of my friends has been profoundly altered by it. ...

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AIDS And YOU

(May 1987) (this essay is in the public domain) Introduction: AIDS is a life and death issue. To have the AIDS disease is at present a sentence of slow but inevitable death. I've already lost one friend to AIDS. I may soon lose others. My own sexual behavior and that of many of my friends has ...

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Joining The Tribe: Homosexuality

The preoccupation of our society is definitely a contribution to the complex development and self conceptual problems for adolescents. In Linea Due’s book Joining The Tribe she gives us many examples of how when gay people realize they are different and discriminated against they lose self esteem ...

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Same-Sex Marriage

“Each individual’s journey through life is unique. Some will make this journey alone, others in loving relationships- maybe in marriage or other forms of commitment. We need to ponder our own choices and try to understand the choices of others. Love has many shapes and colors and is not finite. ...

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All You Need To Know About AIDS

Introduction: AIDS is a life and death issue. To have the AIDS disease is at present a senten,ce of slow but inevitable death. I've already lost one friend to AIDS. I may soon lose others. My own sexual behavior and that of many of my friends has been profoundly altered by it. ...

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