...strides in recognizing and accepting individuals from diverse backgrounds. However, despite these advancements, members of the LGBTQ+ community still face significant disparities in healthcare. Discrimination, lack of understanding, and stigma have created barriers to quality healthcare for individuals in these groups, leading to negative health outcomes and perpetuating a cycle of inequality. It is imperative that healthcare providers and institutions address these disparities to ensure that all patients receive equitable care regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. It’s not a surprise that LGBTQ+ people face disparities in both physical and mental health compared to their heterosexual...
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...Introduction: What is the problem with the representation of the LGBTQ+ community in film? The main problem: that this is even a problem at all. The representation, or misrepresentation that is, has not gone unnoticed. “When gays and lesbians do appear on screen, it is more often than not in ways that uphold stereotypical notions, such as the ‘pansy’ male or the ‘hardboiled’ woman,” is how Mangin explains this dilemma. This statement holds truth, but it is only the beginning of addressing the problem. Society has deemed it necessary to discriminate against this community, instead of accepting them, and treating them how they should be treated; like normal people, since that is what they are, of course. unjust way the LGBTQ+ community...
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...Who inspires you to do this? What drives you to pursue your dreams? You might have many role models, such as your best friend or family member. But what about around the world? Who have been the greatest heroes that so many look up to? Many stories like “American History”, “Malcolm X Impact” and “Milk Impact” share the stories of brave humans who put their lives at hand to fight for what they believed was right. These stories address the lives of three outstanding people and their impact on the world before and after their lives. They discuss the connection society has with them through first-hand stories and experiences to convey a deeper perspective. Simultaneously, providing a more general overview of what they did and the impact they brought....
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...decades gay rights has been opened up and discussed. Openly gay students are coming together in a safe haven, where without judgment they can come together and support each other with any difficulties they may be facing. “Gay-straight alliances are a form of social support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) high-school students that emerged in the late 1980s and early 1990s. These alliances are generally student-run social clubs akin to other high-school social groups, such as drama clubs, math teams, or yearbook clubs. However, one of the main purposes of gay-straight alliances is to provide support to LGBTQ students in difficult personal circumstances or in hostile school environments, and to advocate for LGBTQ students,” (Fetner, T., Elafros, A., Bortolin, S., & Drechsler, C., 2012). Throughout the above statement you are able to see LGBTQ purpose and what this organization is really for in schools around North America. Gay rights are something that has become openly accepted in a portion of schools recently; allowing for children to be accepted no matter what their sexuality it. However, discrimination in schools...
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...LGBTQ+ Representation in the Media The media has become a protuberant fraction of our society today, as we rely on it for coverage on the presidential election, the weather, the traffic, and using it to form our opinions on subjects we would not know much about without it, but how does the media affect the way the LGBTQ+ community is seen and treated? From Russia to America, LGBTQ+ laws are viewed worlds apart, with Russia concocting anti-gay laws, while America sustains marriage-equality, however, did the media have an impact on this? Does absence of representation in this medium account for the misunderstanding and lack of knowledge of LGBTQ+ people? These are the inquiries I would enjoy to discus as I think it is a tremendously important...
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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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...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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...think. This brings up the topic of different minorities in society, more specifically, sexual minorities and the roles in which they themselves and those of the homosexual minority play. According to Meyer (1995), minority stress arises not only from negative events but from the totality of the minority person’s experience in a dominant society. This literature review strives to expose common findings found in existing studies and further answers the question,...
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...Sonia Sotomayor is the first Latina Supreme Court Justice in the history of the United States and the third woman. She was nominated by President Barack Obama in May of 2009 and assumed the role in August of 2009. She was born in the Bronx during 1954 to Juan and Celina Baez Sotomayor. Sonia parents were born in Puerto Rico and later moved the United States for a better life. Her father died when she was nine and her mother assumed the role of single parent. Sonia's mother made sure to instill in her children the importance of higher education and learning English. Her mother made many sacrifices to make sure her kids would have a better life. When talking about Sotomayor's mother Antonia Felix writes " Celina's ability to forge a strong sense...
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...shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift.” ("Ellen Quotes," n.d, para. 1). This means that if people spent more time doing things that pleased versus judging people out of fear and about things they do not understand nor agree with the world would be a better place. Ellen a native of Louisiana never would have thought that her standup comedy would lead to her being one of the top female talk show hosts in the world. She has overcome many adversities in her career from coming out publicly as a lesbian, gender stereotypes, and for being an activist in the LGBTQ community. Through it all she has always kept her quirky sense of humor and her tomboyish style. Ellen Degeneres During her interview with Oprah, Ellen described her coming out story she went on to say, “I think I've told you about a dream I had. I was struggling with the idea of coming out—what it would do to my career and to me—and in this dream, I was holding a tiny finch in the palm of my hand. I could feel how much I loved this bird and that it was safe in my hand, and I was reaching in to put it back in its cage—one of these thin, bamboo, beautiful, multitiered cages—and as I was putting the bird back in, I realized that the cage was against a window and the bird could fly out. The bird realized it at the same time I did, and I became the bird. And the bird looked at me and wanted to fly out, but I looked at the bird and said, "But you're safe in here in a beautiful cage. Don't...
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...Horace is raised by and for the community, and this contributes to why he kills himself. Kenan gives us an in-depth look into Horace’s community by the conjunction of Horace’s story with stories of other members of the community. One prominent character is Jimmy, his nephew, who is also raised with similar expectations from the community, and currently serves as the church minister. Kenan tells the story of these characters in the present as they go on a trip to visit a sick friend in the hospital, and reflect on their lives on the way. Kenan’s...
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...What Is LGBT? LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and along with heterosexual they describe people's sexual orientation or gender identity. These terms are explained in more detail here. Lesbian A lesbian woman is one who is romantically, sexually and/or emotionally attracted to women. Many lesbians prefer to be called lesbian rather than gay. Gay A gay man is one who is romantically, sexually and/or emotionally attracted to men. The word gay can be used to refer generally to lesbian, gay and bisexual people but many women prefer to be called lesbian. Most gay people don't like to be referred to as homosexual because of the negative historical associations with the word and because the word gay better reflects their identity. Bisexual A bisexual person is someone who is romantically, sexually and/or emotionally attracted to people of both sexes. Transgender or Trans Is an umbrella term used to describe people whose gender identity (internal feeling of being male, female or transgender) and/or gender expression, differs from that usually associated with their birth sex. Not everyone whose appearance or behaviour is gender-atypical will identify as a transgender person. Many transgender people live part-time or full-time in another gender. Transgender people can identify as transsexual, transvestite or another gender identity. Gender Identity One's gender identity refers to whether one feels male, female or transgender (regardless of one's biological...
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...recognized gay families. Most of these children were born to heterosexually married parents; one or both of whom later came out as gay or lesbian (Littauer 2008). Allowing LGBT parents to adopt or foster has been the subject of controversy for a long time. Discussions and debates about adoption and foster care by gay or lesbian parents occur frequently among child welfare policy makers, social service agencies and social workers. However, while such an ongoing debate exist, on any given day in the United States about a half million children are living foster care. Additionally, many of our personal resources are spent adopting internationally or through private domestic adoption agencies, in an attempt to avoid the unnecessary red tape and discrimination (Gates, et al 2007). Thus keeping all these factors in mind, I think the critical factor or issue when considering potential families in the adoption process should be the well-being of the child rather than the sexual orientation of the parents. I think same sex couples should be allowed adopt...
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... Doing what? Why here? Respect Be open Self-responsibility Participate at your own comfort level Take risks Confidentiality Practice good listening “Ouch” rule “Stretch” rule In small groups, please discuss the following: ◦ What personal lessons did you take from yesterday’s training? ◦ What connection might they have to your becoming culturally competent with any special population? ALLIES CO-CREATING A CULTURE of RELATIONSHIP BUILDING VS. RELATIONSHIP DESTROYING Multi-Layered Ethnic Culture Living Culture in an Organization Living Culture in a System Community Historical Culture COMPETENT CULTURE BROKERING Each layer of culture impacts the capacity of an individual, family, community and organization to change and heal. Developing a prACTice of paying attention to culture is a core competency of helping a change process. It is helpful to explore our own awareness of culture. 1. What cultures do I belong to? 2. What are the characteristics of these cultures? 3. How do my cultures impact my way being in the world? As we seek and value relationships and ACTivities that give our lives purpose and meaning, we become more interested in connections with people, places and things whose values and principles are in sync with our own. We seek values and a principle-based culture that encourages our creativity and success as individuals, families and communities and organizations...
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...uk/finance/jobs/10302875/Older-workers-still-have-much-to-offer.html) This article points out the benefits of older workers to the businesses they will work in. However older workers would struggle with manual labour jobs, so they couldn’t be employed to do this. The way these types of companies would work around having older workers is to find a physical fault with their performance so they can be fired. They have to do this because they are not allowed to fire someone just because they are old, this is due to the Equality Act which makes them unable to discriminate. Finding a medical reason such as poor sight or bone problems is how businesses work around this. If discrimination does take place against older workers then these workers will be less motivation and inclined to go to work so this is why discrimination in the work place should not happen, this can be negative for the business. (http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jun/11/ageing-uk-population-increase-strain-government-spending-obr-warns) This article shows supporting figures that the aging population will cause more strain for the economically active workers and the economy. Another result of the aging population is...
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