...Georgetown Model United Nations Background Guide on LGBTQ Rights The Human Rights Council: The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system and a subsidiary body of the United Nations General Assembly. The Human Rights Council, which replaced the former United Nations Commission on Human Rights, was created by the General Assembly on March 15 2006 by resolution 60/251 and it has as its designated meeting place, the UN Office at Geneva (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights) It is made of up of 46 United Nations Member states which are elected by the UN General Assembly. The latter states are assigned with the responsibility of strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the world. They are elected by the majority of the members of the General Assembly of the United Nations through direct and secret ballot. The chosen members of the council serve for a period of three years and are not eligible for immediate re-election after serving two consecutive terms (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights) Membership to the Council is based on equitable geographical distribution. The seats are allocated as follows: 12345African States: 13 seats Asian States: 13 seats Latin American and Caribbean States: 8 seats Western European and other States: 7 seats Eastern European States: 6 seats The Council as a whole has its main purpose grounded in addressing human rights violations around...
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...Since the advancement of technology, technology-based advocacy is an emerging development in the social work practice (Dunlop & Fawcett, 2008). The social justice issue that I will address is the inequality of the LGBTQ community due their gender identity and/or sexual orientation. Incorporating technology to advocate the social injustice within the LGBTQ community can bring change within the community. Technological tools you could use to address the issue Information technology is an innovative tool for addressing social injustice at a local, state, national and international levels (Dunlop & Fawcett, 2008). Social software can be an important tool when addressing issues of social justice, specially the inequality within the LGBTQ community...
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...I began my search process through the EBSCO Discovery Service bar on Clarion University by starting with the keywords “LGBTQ AND librar*” in order to receive library and libraries in the results. This brought up over 32,000 results - I narrowed the search down to 2012-2017, Full Text, and Academic Articles to start - which brought it down to about 4,600. I knew that I did not want young adults or children, nor did I want collection development articles, which unfortunately consisted of many of the results. The first article I found was Self-Censorship in Selection of LGBT-Themed Materials by Jennifer Downey. While this article is not a library service, per say, it does speak pointedly about how librarians should treat the idea of LGBT lifestyle in their performances, whether it is purchasing materials or seeking out the community....
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...you volleyed out of bounds. Your teammate will always be your teammate because there is a lifelong bond there. If a teammate comes out to you alone or to the whole team; this does not change who they are. Nor does it change their performance suddenly because you know they are a member of the LGBTQ community, they are still going to go out on to that field or court and give it their all. Many athletes play with LGBTQ people on their teams with or without knowing it. Their sexuality does not change how they play the game and it shouldn't change how you feel about them. In fact some who are gay are even more focused on sports because it has remained their one constant their whole lives, for some sports is their safe heaven (Allen, 2015). A teammate may not be the only LGBTQ member on your team or joining your team. The biggest challenge for a coach is to gain the team's trust and respect. If a coach is already out to the sports world and is looking for a job, some may not hire that coach because they fear that the team will not listen and respect them enough to get stuff done. Another reason a coach may have a hard time finding a job is because of people fear that people that identify as LGBTQ are sexual predators (Demers, 2006). With so many possible repercussions so many coaches are choosing to stay in the closet instead of opening up and speaking up. This is, in fact, bad for homophobia in sports because when the figure that leads you and that you look up to comes out it can strengthen...
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...Discipline. According to Dr. Joseph Kosciw, GLSEN’s Chief Research & Strategy Officer (2016), “It is abundantly clear that LGBTQ students face disproportionately high levels of school discipline due to hostile school climates that ultimately deprive many of them, not only of their education, but also the success in life that education affords. Given the findings of Educational Exclusion, we must redouble our efforts to create supportive schools for LGBTQ students, particularly transgender and gender nonconforming students, students experiencing homelessness, students with disabilities and students of color.” He added, “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students face high rates of school discipline, including detention, suspension...
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...full grasp on our lives. With each passing step, we as people try to grasp not only our social identity, but also our own personal identity that plagues within our very souls. High school is not the best place to find yourself, however college is supposed to help you find out who you are as a person. As each year passes us by while in college we can find ourselves even more. Hopefully, one day we will be comfortable with who we are as a person. Self-Identify There are two different theories that could play into factor as we try to find ourselves. Critical race theory (does apply because the LGBTQ community is defined...
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...The purpose of the law is to serve as protection for individuals, however there are innumerable examples that make the purpose of the law questionable. The law has patterns of creating division between normalcy and reproducing “deviant” groups. For the most part, normalcy includes privileging the norm, which is judged from a very conservative perspective. Meanwhile, those who pertain to different racial backgrounds and have multiple intersectional identities such as people of color who identify under LGBTQ are attributed out-group labels. They are also pushed further away from having any participation in legal discourse and are excluded from the rest of society including groups who fight to embrace the acceptance of different identities within the law. These individuals are only pushed further away from having any participation in legal discourse. As a result the rule of law continues to privileges heteronormativity, and reproduce subordination of marginalized...
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...William Eve Research The original purpose of the interview and paper was to see if there were Gender Communications Expectations in another culture. In this case LGBT. After that I looked at 3 outside peer reviewed sources to see if they matched up to my findings and Terry’s experiences. For this paper I interviewed Terry, a 33 year old, married, LBGT female for the interview. She is senior manager at a major Boston area facility. She has worked in her Service industry for 10 years from the entry level to her senior position now. She has a BS and is applying for her MS program. Terry is very outgoing, educated and extremely athletic. Approximately 5’2”, below the shoulders sandy blond hair, in her signature pony tail with curls. She is wearing a woman’s black pin striped suit, black all leather sneakers and men’s red stripped black tie with a white shirt. The interview took place in Terry’s office: she at her desk, myself in the guest chair. She declined to allow to use audio or video recording. I recorded the interview via a notepad and pencil. Questions: Me: You come from a traditional Irish Catholic family in Boston. How did being LBGT affect your interactions with your family? Specifically: Parents: Terry: Looking sad and distant, arms folded, sitting back, still has a small smile. “My parents were/are very traditional. They believed marriage was the union of a man and a woman. While ...
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...Bullying Behavior In Adolescents Brenda Mejias University Of Phoenix BSH/325 Barbara Kennedy Bullying Behavior In Human Development Our role as school counselor and human service providers is a contribution to the academic success of all our students in academic, social development and careers. As school counselors we have a unique role because of the training and viewpoint that puts them in a position to better the lives of students while providing an education. Bullying has been one of the prevalent forms of school violence, counselors should be aware of their responsibility as protectors of the schools. They need to provide programs and interventions for the adolescents who are experiencing such bullying whether it at school or in a social environment. A useful way to prevent or lessen bullying is to have school administrator’s assurance and commitment to reduce the problem of bullying in our school and environment. Providing programs of intervention are know to help reduce bullying in schools. Bullying can lead to many physical injury, social problems and emotional problems also can lead to...
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...propaganda regarding the ‘ideal American’ would be easily accepted as true by the nationalistic public. During and after World War II, as the community began to shift into the public eye, the increased attention on the LGBTQ+ community solidified their status as a threat to the newly emerging “American Dream.” The post-war economic and social boom created the ‘nuclear family,’ a mother, father, and two kids, due to the pressing wish for stability and normalcy amongst both the chaos abroad and the paranoia that characterized the Red Scare’s fear-mongering anti-communist policies. Psychiatrists, while relying on information about homosexuality that would later prove to be entirely false, recommended screenings, and their subsequent use to reject and remove homosexuals from service came as a result of the moral depravity associated with the community. Gay people were coined as ‘sex psychopaths’ and deviants that could hide in plain sight and maliciously infiltrate...
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...------------------------------------------------- Sexual Orientation Development Sexual orientation is an enduring emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction that one feels toward men, toward women or toward both. Although sexual orientation ranges along a continuum, it is generally discussed in terms of heterosexual — attraction to the other sex — homosexual —attraction to the same sex — and bisexual —attraction to both sexes. Sexual orientation has not been conclusively found to be determined by any particular factor or factors, and the timing of the emergence, recognition and expression of one’s sexual orientation varies among individuals. Sexual orientation is not synonymous with sexual activity. Many adolescents as well as adults may identify themselves as lesbian, gay or bisexual without having had any sexual experience with persons of the same sex. Other young people have had sexual experiences with a person of the same sex but do not consider themselves lesbian, gay or bisexual. This is particularly relevant during adolescence because experimentation and discovery are normal and common during this developmental period. Lesbian, gay and bisexual adolescents follow developmental pathways that are both similar to and different from those of heterosexual adolescents. All teenagers face certain developmental challenges, such as developing social skills, thinking about career choices and fitting into a peer group. Like most heterosexual youths, most lesbian, gay and bisexual...
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...Shaun O’Malley 5/9/13 Social Problems 1969 is the year in which most attribute to the beginning of the gay rights movement in America. Before 1969 there was a real disconnect between this population and the political process, but when the NYPD raided a gay bar in Greenwich Village and started arresting people, the community had finally had enough. The following three days riots ensued, finally they had enough and no longer would they remain silent. The following year the first gay pride parades are held in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles, all of these were done to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Stone Wall incident. In 1977 in San Francisco California a movement would be lead by a charismatic man, Harvey Milk, who would be elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Harvey Milk continuously fought to de-marginalize the LBGTQ community fighting and dying for his cause. Milk would be assassinated in 1979 becoming the communities first great martyr. Over the following 24 years this fight would meet with great victories and terrible disappointments. Today the battle for these rights still continues, with passionate people on both sides. Attitudes in most parts of this country are evolving, more people are in favor of gay rights and same-sex marriage, but this is not enough. This issue, which has been labeled so many things, needs to be called what it really is. This issue is a matter of civil liberties, this is a fight for the civil rights...
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...Hero’s Journey Perspective The Heroine’s Journey: How Campbell’s Model Doesn’t Fit article proves to be the strongest argument by providing the readers with a modern perspective regarding the lack of progression the original Hero’s Journey consists of. To begin, the Hero’s Journey is undoubtedly, really outdated. Campbell’s study was established during a sexist time period where women were objects living in specific gender roles, women were settling for lifestyles less than ordinary. In fact, this is unconsciously reinforcing sexism into our brains today because genders are keeping within their roles; we aren’t learning from history but rather repeating it. With a society undergoing serious social transformations, the author reminds...
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...Throughout the early to mid-19th century, there was a huge religious revival; commonly known as the Second Great Awakening. The historical skill being assessed is contextualization. The reform movements throughout the Second Great Awakening has shown the U.S. sought to expand the democratic ideals such as the rise of the common mans’ want in political and social freedom, and the want of basic human rights. In the search for political freedom, there has been a cartoon drawn by Patrick Reason in document 3. As you can see in document 3, the woman is chained up; this is to show how women in their society have little freedom compared to men. Some could say that this picture could be about slaves due to the chains and the looks of the female but...
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...2010, the Army’s suicide rate among active-duty soldiers dropped slightly (162 in 2009; 156 in 2010), but the number of suicides in the National Guard and Reserve increased by 55 percent (80 in 2009; 145 in 2010).52 More than half of the Army National Guard members who killed themselves in 2010 had never deployed.53 In 2007, 8 percent of soldiers in Afghanistan reported using alcohol during deployment, and 1.4 percent reported using illegal drugs/substances.54 Between 2004 and 2006, 7.1 percent of U.S. veterans met the criteria for a substance use disorder.55 Mental and substance use disorders caused more hospitalizations among U.S. troops in 2009 than any other cause.56 According to an assessment by the Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Veterans Affairs (VA), nearly 76,000 veterans were homeless on a given night in 2009. Some 136,000 veterans spent at least one night in a shelter during that year.57 Cumulative lengths of deployments are associated with more emotional difficulties among military children and more mental health diagnoses among U.S. Army...
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