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Love Is Love : A Stand Against Homophobia

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In the video titled, ¨Love Is Love. A stand against Homophobia” the LGBTQ community are victims of homophobic bullying. They are the only homosexuals in a class or world full of homophobes. The bullies, or the people around them, also known as the perpetrators make life harder for the victims in many ways such as names which are ¨Fag¨ ¨Queer¨ ¨It¨ ¨Lesbo¨. No one stands up for them except for the up standers also known at the LGBTQ community its-self and others who made this video and shed light on the issue at hand. The LGBTQ uses these hateful/ hurtful words as an obstacle which makes them not only get kicked out of their homes, but it forces them to either dropout of high school or miss school because they feel unsafe.

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The chapter book, ¨The Coming Out Diaries, challenges stereotypes about homosexuals. For example, in this book, there is a short story in which a girl is ¨Pansexual¨ and is perfectly fine with showing who she is. The author seems to suggest that not all homosexuals are unhappy and unaccepted by all. Another assumption that is being challenged is that girls like to play with dolls and wear makeup.

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Hi. My (pen) name is Aithine but I refer to myself as Ryan. As a young girl, I was never comfortable behaving like the stereotypical girl and liked hunting for insects, rolling in mud; the stereotypical thing you would expect from boys. And then there was the way I dressed. I always wore boys clothes ever since I was three. I listened to Ac/Dc and rarely wore makeup. I preferred to be playing football than playing with dolls and all that shit.


When I went to school the bullying started almost immediately. I was not what everyone expected from a girl. I turned my nose up and boy bands and even girl bands. No-one could understand why I hung with the boys and was trying to be a boy. They all thought it was for attention and bullied me into being like a girl. I hated the fact I was a girl until Year Six when I decided that hating the way I was not going to help and "made peace" with the way I was. I still hate being a girl but it has its perks. The femme nouns never suited me and people refer to me as Ryan as the name Ryan is gender-neutral. My sexuality was unclear as I felt attraction to none of the genders. I didn't think about the people I liked as I was too busy trying not to get beaten up. In Year Seven when I went to a new school, I didn't think about my sexuality until I started having conflicting feelings about one of my old friends (boy) and my best friend (girl). I wondered what it meant and googled it. It came up with Bisexuality. I read the description and it fitted the way I felt perfectly.


I came out the same day as my crush did. We were having a charity event at our school and me and my crush spent all our money on LGBT+ badges. Our group of friends were sitting on the "Emo bench" and my crush came out. Then everyone looked at me like: "And you are...?"


My crush spoke up for me and said: "Oh. She's straight."


The thing is... I wasn't. So I told them. No-one seemed angry; most of them looked proud.


Over the past 3 months, I have been trying to discover more about myself. I found Miss_Lady_Rain 's book and as I read through it, I found two more things that matched who I was perfectly; Demigirl and Sensual attraction. The next step is to tell my parents but I haven't got that far yet.

Ryan out.
-Aithine_The_Dragon

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Hi. My (pen) name is Aithine but I refer to myself as Ryan. As a young girl, I was never comfortable behaving like the stereotypical girl and liked hunting for insects, rolling in mud; the stereotypical thing you would expect from boys. And then there was the way I dressed.

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Basically, the poem titled ¨Homophobia¨ by Raven Cloud is trying to stand up for gays, lesbians, the bisexuals, the transgendered and the pansexuals by giving us/ the readers/ the audience background / descriptions on how the ¨LGBTQ¨ community feels by using a series of strong words such as ¨Threatening¨, ¨safe¨ , ¨Wounds¨, ¨Hatred¨ and ¨Fear¨.

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You call me a lesbo, a dyke / You hurl insults like stones / That beat my spirit bloody / Black hatred pools at my ...

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Title: From The Notebooks of Melanin Sun

Genre: Realistic Fiction
Social issue: Homophobia
Roles: Melanin: Perpetrator
Victim: The mom
Upstander: Kristin
Bystander: Society and Melanin's friends.
This book inspired me to do this project/ topic by making it seem like being a homosexual person is a bad thing. It also inspired me to show how the issue should´t even be an issue in my opinion, everyone is

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from the notebooks of melanin sun - Google Search

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The poem by Angie May titled ¨FAGGOT¨ is trying to challenge the stereotype of genderroles. For example, the author states that ¨If you have a penis, you are a ¨he¨ and if you have a vagina, you are a ¨she¨ and if you break the rules, you are ¨it¨ ¨drag queen¨ ¨tranny¨. The author uses these gender roles to explain how the LGBTQ are wrong for being different. The author uses strong language such as ¨Faggot¨ ¨Suicide¨ and  ¨Disapproval¨ to describe the hardships of being part of the LGBTQ community today.

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FAGGOT because at baby showers girls may only have PINK blankets / and boys may only have BLUE blankets. / FAGGOT because straight boys pretending ...

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The picture  book, Heather Has Two Mommies, challenges many stereotypes about having two mothers. For example, in this story, it is the girl  that is ¨ different¨ who has two mothers instead of one. The author seems to suggest that children with two of the same parents can be happy and not be bullied. Another assumption that is challenged is the idea that children from ¨different¨ families are afraid or ashamed of where/ who they came from.

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heather has two mommies pdf - Google Search

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Reasons why homosexuality should be accepted 

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Reasons why homosexuality should be accepted 

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The author of this article, is trying to challenge societies opinions on Lesbians, Gays, Transgendered and Pansexuals. The author seems to suggest that  homosexuality and a persons sexual attraction is ok and that people are free to make their own choices. For example, the author states "a person who has decided to engage in sexual activities with the same gender is free to do so". The author also challenges the assumption that judging homosexuals is ok. For example, the author states that " "They are being outcast and their image tarnished which I think is inhuman and unjust. So to speak, homosexuality should be openly accepted on the grounds that, it shall not violate individual rights and freedoms in the state." This article is structured in sequencing events to help the reader understand homosexuals.

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Homosexuality is said to mean a sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. Moreover, it is not a behavior accepted by most people in the world today due to various reasons or the other. Aside all the controversies about the issue of whether its wrong or right, I write to highlight a few reasons why it should be accepted into societies and nations.

First of all, homosexuality is a choice, and every person has the full right to be engaged in any activity they so wish to involve in, provided it's not criminal. The sex drive of every individual varies from one person to the other.

Therefore, a person who has decided to engage in sexual activities with the same gender is free to do so under the circumstance that, he or she must be given the full right and freedom of association. Most of all, they are being outcast and their image tarnished which I think is inhuman and unjust. So to speak, homosexuality should be openly accepted on the grounds that, it shall not violate individual rights and freedoms in the state.

Next, it should be accepted in order not to endanger young ones. I say this because; a person who is allowed to practice the act does so openly and freely. When this happens, persons involved do not hide anything from public and are highly noticeable. Otherwise, they do the act in their hideouts and lure innocent and naïve young ones into the act and cause them health and emotional problems. For this reason, parents are highly on the look-out for warning signs when they could have easily identified the signals if it was an open act. For instance, in Ghana most single sex second cycle institutions are noted for this act and it keeps relations in panic once their wards gain admission into these school, this however could have been a different story if its an accepted norm.

Also, it can attract foreign investors. By this, I mean that, most highly business oriented individuals in the world today have their own behaviors and beliefs of which homosexuality is a part. Before any contract is agreed on, they may want to be sure that they second or third party is one who beliefs in their shared dreams and ideas. 'For can two walk together? Except they agree.' An instance was when in the administration of Professor Evans Atta Mills, Ghana's late and former president, the head of state was asked to agree on the homosexuality tendency of Ghana before financial support can be granted her. And I'm in my room thinking, well, that should not be an issue once it does no harm but good to the country. In all, the country had to lose due to our stiff-neckedness.

Finally, its acceptance shows the level of peoples' civilization and development. A people who understand that everyone has choices and must be allowed to do what makes them feel human will surely be underway in development. This allows for teamwork by all of the people without fear or discrimination. It helps push a people and consequently a nation forward in their thinking, work and productivity. Putting the Americans for instance in picture, we observe that their level- headedness puts them on a bar far ahead of most nations and continents. They refuse to mar their minds with issues that will draw back their innovative and technological thinking. We must learn to cope with individual's differences and patterns if there should be any teamwork and productivity amongst us.

With the above stated points, I hope am able to convince readers that, homosexuality has come to stay and it will only be fair and civilized not to frown on it for whatsoever reasons. Then may I end with a word from Madeleine L'Engle of blessed memory which says, ' Because to take away a man's freedom of choice, even his freedom of wrong choice, is to manipulate him as though he were a puppet and not a person.'

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Reasons Why Homosexuality Should Not Be Frowned Upon

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Homosexuality is said to mean a sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. Moreover, it is not a behavior accepted by most people in the world today due to various reasons or the other.

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This article challenges many peoples thinking when it comes to thinking about parents and their child. For example, "just 19% say there is “a lot” of social acceptance today and many say they have been victims of discrimination, such as being subject to slurs or jokes, or suffering rejection by a family member." Meaning society is more accepting than their own parents. 30% of teen suicide last year were because of homophobic bullying caused by bullies and parents. This article reinforces the assumptions that parents are less accepting than society its self. This article is structured by problem and solution to help parents be there for their kids and actually support them.

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As the Supreme Court readies its long-awaited ruling on same-sex marriage, two Pew Research Center surveys this spring - one of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender adults and the other of the American public - found a common thread: that society as a whole has become more accepting of gays and lesbians.

That finding has its caveats. While an overwhelming number (92%) of LBGT adults saw society as having become more accepting over the last decade, many reported continued discrimination, taking various forms. On the part of the general public, opposition to same-sex marriage remains substantial, and religious beliefs are a major factor. Just under half of Americans (45%) say they think engaging in homosexual behavior is a sin.

The surveys do not offer a perfect comparison. The LGBT survey included bisexuals (who comprise 40% of the LGBT survey) and transgender adults. The survey of the general public focused on views of gay men and lesbians.

But taken together, the surveys offer some commonalities in several areas: acceptance, the experience of telling friends and family, the importance of personal contact, and in the difficult terrain of religion.

Acceptance

While LGBT adults say society is more accepting, just 19% say there is "a lot" of social acceptance today and many say they have been victims of discrimination, such as being subject to slurs or jokes, or suffering rejection by a family member.

The number of Americans who had a favorable view of gay men stands at 55%, an 18 percentage point increase compared to a decade earlier; 58% had a favorable opinion of lesbians, a 19 percentage point increase over the same time span.

A March-April survey of the general public also showed that, in recent years, there has been a decline in the percentage of Americans who think that more gays and lesbians raising children is a bad thing for American society. Currently, 35% view this as a negative trend for society. While that is unchanged from 2011, it represents a 15-point decline since 2007 (from 50%).

Coming Out

About one-in-five adults (19%) say they would be very upset if they learned their child was gay or lesbian. That contrasts with 1985 when 64% said in a Los Angeles Times survey that they would be "very upset" if their child told them he or she was gay or lesbian.

While public attitudes have been changing significantly over the last few decades about a child "coming out," the experience is still a difficult one for many LGBT adults, according to our survey. Some 56% of all LGBT adults have told their mother about their sexual orientation or gender identity and 39% have told their fathers. Within the LGBT population, roughly seven-in-ten gay men (70%) and lesbians (67%) have told their mothers, while 53% of gay men and 45% of lesbians have told their fathers.

About six-in-ten (59%) of all LGBT adults who have told their mother said the experience was a difficult one, and 65% of those who told their father said the same. Relatively few said it resulted in their relationships growing weaker.

Personal Contact

An overwhelming percentage of Americans (87%) say they know someone who is gay or lesbian, compared to 61% who said so twenty years ago in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey. The survey of the general public found that 23% say they personally know "a lot" of gay or lesbian people, while 44% say they know some, and 19% have only one or two gay or lesbian acquaintances.

The survey also found that 68% of those who know a lot of people who are gays and lesbians - and 61% who have close friends or family members who are gay or lesbian - say they support same-sex marriage

LGBT adults believe that greater social acceptance has come as a result of more Americans knowing someone who is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, according to our survey. Individual relationships and the role of well-known public figures, like Ellen DeGeneres, are viewed as being the most helpful things in fostering acceptance. Seven-in-ten LGBT adults say people knowing someone who is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender helps a lot in making society more accepting, and 24% say this helps a little.

Religion

The survey of LGBT adults found that many in that community saw major religious institutions as unfriendly toward them. About three-in-ten (29%) said they had been made to feel unwelcome at a place of worship or religious organization at some point in their lives. The Muslim religion (84%), the Mormon Church (83%), the Catholic Church (79%) and evangelical churches (73%) were viewed as more unfriendly than the Jewish religion or non-evangelical Protestant churches.

While the survey of the general public found that, overall, the percentage of Americans who say homosexuality should be accepted by society increased from 47% to 60% over the last decade, opinions vary widely based on religious affiliation and practices. Among those who attend religious services once a week or more, those saying homosexuality should be accepted went from 33% a decade ago to 41% today.

When the nearly one-third of Americans who say homosexuality should be discouraged are asked in an open-ended question why they feel this way, by far the most common reason - given by 52% - is that homosexuality conflicts with their religious or moral beliefs.

Topics: Gay Marriage and Homosexuality, Religion and Society, Social Values

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How LGBT adults see society and how the public sees them

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As the Supreme Court readies its long-awaited ruling on same-sex marriage, two Pew Research Center surveys this spring - one of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender adults and the other of the American public - found a common thread: that society as a whole has become more accepting of gays and lesbians.

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https://www.modernghana.com/news/495421/1/reasons-why-homosexuality-should-not-be-frowned-up.html
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/06/25/how-lgbt-adults-see-society-and-how-the-public-sees-them/
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