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    Against Gay Marriage

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    So many people in America and around the world are against Gay Marriage and Gay Rights in general. Why can’t the LGBT community feel comfortable with who they are? Also, why can’t people around the world be happy for them? Why is being gay wrong if it’s something that makes that person happy? It upsets me how much cruelty there is around us, especially with people who want to love others of the same gender as them. Honestly if someone is a part of the LGBT community it is perfectly fine in my opinion

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    Equality For Gay Athletes

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    beginning the gay rights movement in professional basketball. Little did anyone know how tough the struggle for equality would be. The rise of homosexual athletes is a well-documented journey through the years. Their struggle and perseverance is a key component in their battle and their everlasting courage is inspirational. The fight for equality (to be treated equally among peers without any discrimination) is a daily battle amongst these professional athletes. Even if they are very talented, gay athletes

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    Gay Rights Essay

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    Fighting for Gay Rights In our society we should protect LGBT rights it’s unfair that we treat them differently. We should make more changes about how we treat them they should be allowed to go as they please or shop at places they want to shop at. Without being told they can not go in a certain restaurant because the way they are. People should not discriminate the reason being is you never know what that person been through or why they are like that. And it’s hard for a person to

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    Gay Identity And Identity

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    am an Hispanic immigrant, born and raised in El Salvador who moved to the United States way too late in his life to consider it his home but early enough to embrace the good aspects of its culture. I am also a gay cis-gendered male who is beginning to explore his role as a member of the gay community. Lastly, both my embodiment and my attitudes are not that of a “masculine guy” (I am not particularly muscular, my jawline is rather soft and I am one of the unlucky few who is never able to grow decent

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    What It Means To Be Gay

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    listening to is gay!” exclaims my best friend. Feeling embarrassed, I turned the music off. I didn't think my music was lame. “It was on the radio. It's not really the usual music I listen to.” Do you see the problem with the usage of the word gay here? Gay used to mean bright and happy but now it has become an insult. The term today literally refers to a male homosexual person. After many years the word gay has changed its meaning and its meaning continues to constantly change today. When gay first came

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    The word “gay” has gone through drastic changes. Traditionally, it was a positive term that meant to be “happily excited” or “jolly” (Merriam Webster, “Gay”). It was used regularly to express one’s feelings about life. Today, it has a far different meaning. Now people use the word gay to label homosexuals, those with feminine qualities, or those who do something thought to be outside of the norm for their gender. “Being gay” went from expressing someone’s happiness to describing his sexual preference

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    thoughts and view gay people as irregularities of nature. This can't be further from reality since it has been watched that numerous types of different creatures, for example, certain types of reindeer and dolphins, likewise display gay conduct. Subsequently, homosexuality is an extremely normal thing and it ought not be limited as it is in many spots and gay relational unions ought to be permitted. Despite the fact that many states in the United States have totally sanctioned gay/lesbian relational

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    Gay Rights Media

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    show the specific population that they are supportive. One of the main issues that can affect the the faith of the audience would be based on Gay Rights. We have some media stations that just chooses not to cover this topic in order not to loose their audiences. They believe that covering a sensitive topic would hinder the media business. In regards to gay rights movement the media have made significant coverages to outweighs those media coverages whose goal is mainly

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    Gays In The 1960's

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    During the 1960’s to be gay in the United States was essentially a crime. It was the time of the “Lavender Scare,” in which thousands of people were fired from the federal government for no other reason than their sexuality. The fear stemmed from Cold War concerns that homosexuals would be a “security risk,” exploitable by communists (Sherouse) (Sears). Dozens of anti-gay legislation was in existence, specifically prohibiting employment of “homosexuals and other sex perverts” in civil service positions

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    The Gay Option is an excerpt from “Choice as Strategy: Homosexuality and the Politics of Pity,” written by Stephanie Fairyington. Stephanie Fairyington is the Cofounder and Editor for a freelance New York journalist, which means that she has a lot of experience in writing and is well credited. This excerpt was written from Fairyington own experience as part of the LGBT community and her take on the outward view on gays. Fairyington starts the excerpt in a very strong way, although it at first seems

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