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to attend a high school where there are many gay, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender groups. Some of the high schools make an outstanding effort to make it a safe place for students both physically and emotionally. Sadly, there are not many schools that make an effort to protect or make it a safe place for homosexual students. In this essay I will argue that schools can prevent not only bullying but also suicide rates from going up towards homosexual students. Going to a school that creates a safe…
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Sexual Orientation DEP2004 391628 Term B, 2013 Annotated Bibliography Submitted by: Brittany Dugger Heading 1: The basics of sexual orientation. American Psychological Association. (2008). “Answers to your questions: For a better understanding of sexual orientation and homosexuality.” Washington, D.C. Web. The American Psychological Association states that sexual orientation is an enduring pattern of emotional and sexual attractions to men, women…
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that person is open about their sexual orientation, they won’t be allowed in that group. ”The official policy reads: “While the B.S.A. does not proactively inquire about the sexual orientation of employees, volunteers or members, we do not grant membership to individuals who are open or avowed homosexuals or who engage in behavior that would become a distraction to the mission of the B.S.A.”” (Eckholm) If you were to discriminate kids on their sexual orientation and kick them out of a club that…
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students around me. Unlike other girls, I did not feel sexually attracted by same genders and I had nothing common topics with them. By contrast, I started to have sexual feelings towards people of different genders. Every time when I talk to boys, I felt my heart beat fast and my face flushed. I started searching information about sex orientation via internet resources, then I realized that I was in a category called heterosexual. At the beginning of carrying this feeling, I dreaded and I managed to deny…
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I’ve learn a lot from this week’s session, some of the readings were able to help understand more about the different gender and sexual orientations. It has made me aware how different each sexual orientation is. At first, to me, everything else is one and the same; males attracted to males and females to females. All along I thought it was only those two since I grew up in a society or country that only acknowledge those. It is only when all forms of media were readily available that I have come…
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Many Americans and other citizens of the world live in a world where it seems apparent that all people of any race, religion, gender, ethnicity and/or sexual orientation are equal. Many nations in today's world do not offer civil rights and liberties to certain groups of society solely based on race, religion, gender, ethnicity and/or sexual orientation. It is safe to say that discrimination in society is, to an extent, due to the environment. Women are denied civil rights in India and their citizens…
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other matter has seen as much change as people’s opinion of sexual orientation. The range of change goes from the rounding success of acceptance and understanding in Europe and North America to the regression of public opinion in regions such as Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Personally, when I am confronted with a person of a different sexuality than that of heterosexual, I don’t treat or think of them any different based on their sexual preference. Growing up in Cicero, with its high concentration…
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that my time spent in London and Lebanon showed me some variations in how the respective countries differ as well in comparison when dealing with certain aspects of the three categories I view most influential in my life. Race, religion and sexual orientation form my top three categorical influences on my life. It is clear to me that they all have ties in terms of my experiences of them in the discussions and the examples given. Unfortunately in Africa, rights of the LGBT community are still a…
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and being the single child of my parents relationship, I had many expectation to follow. Growing up and going to school, I was comfortable with my gender, but I knew I was different from other adolescents and teenagers. The expectation of society that all men should be with a women, be strong and emotionless were out of the norm for me because I was attracted to men. During high school and transitioning to college, I felt more comfortable with myself and had the courage to come out as a gay latino…
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Facts: Gay and Lesbian youth in schools Lambda Legal April 17 th/4.30pm • 84% personally had been verbally harassed at school (that is, called names or threatened) because of their sexual orientation; 63,5 % have been sexual harassed 39,1% physical harassed and 17% have been assaulted • 64.3% felt unsafe in their school because of their sexual orientation; LGBT youth are 7 times more likely than other students to be threatened or injured with a weapon at school.5 effects: Gay youth are…
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