LGBT

Seeing that sexuality is not a choice and is entirely based on genetics, it is easy to think that people may by nature be bisexual, or in the very least, biromantic. The thing to remember is that each person is…
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Teen years are, perhaps, the most difficult of anyone’s life. We have all been there, but Gay and Lesbian teens face much harder adversities than their heterosexual peers. I grew up in a small conservative town in Ohio, in a…
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I find the question “Have gays and lesbians been given to many rights?” strange. How could such a question even be asked? Why is it that as a country, or a civilization for that matter, we find it so hard…
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This is not an exclusive, ‘yes’. It’s the equivalent of the n-word for African Americans. ‘Fag’ has become an insult used to target anyone of any sexual orientation. It uses the idea of homosexuality as an insult because the idea…
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Being gay, lesbian, or bisexual is hard to be open about for everyone.  Teenagers will eventually question themselves whether they may not just be straight.  If they do decide that they are gay, lesbian, etc. then they will struggle with…
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Oh, how the pendulum swings! Too bad it can’t stop in the middle for the benefit of society; one of the most glaring examples of this is the acceptance of homosexuality. Unfortunately, many people find it perfectly OK to demonize…
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Homosexuality is rife in the liberal times of today, and we see it so openly expressed in lots of walks of life, particularly in the television and movie industry, where it is portrayed so often with glamour and glitz, as…
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The concept of the self loathing homosexual is neither a new or novel concept, yet in this age of Gay Pride and the arrival of a generation of young people willing to embrace the LGBT community, it is a phenomena…
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Being categorized as GLBT in high school as well as being labeled anything can have a wide range of effects depending on how sensitive the person is to bullying, ignorant comments, and to social status. Being gay in high school…
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Yes, homosexuals should receive all of the benefits and rights of marriage including the actual right to marry. The moment we limit one person from marrying another person is the moment that we slam the door shut on civil rights…
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If anyone had asked me about 3o days ago if gay public figures should stay in the closet, I would definitely have said “yes”. I didn’t have any friends who were gay (that I knew of), and didn’t really have…
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In what could become a landmark ruling for legalizing same sex marriage, a federal judge appointed by former Pres. Ronald Reagan overturned California’s Proposition 8, which had effectively outlawed same sex marriages. Advocates of same sex marriages declared a legal…
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So, you’ve decided to be brave and attend a Gay Pride Parade/Festival. You have never attended one of these events before, at least that is what one would assume if you are asking this question. You’re biting your nails, tearing…
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Growing up gay is the most confusing and difficult experience an individual can ever have. Especially, if you are gay and in a small town, all one does it look for answers. You walk around wondering what could possibly be…
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Yes. Words like faggot and queer can be used in an insulting matter but that is not the limit of this words. Queer, for example, is not used as a derogatory often in the LGBT community. The actual definition of…
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What was once a positive, can lose the power it holds and become something else. Through time, it can gather strength and reclaim it’s identity. Words define meanings. There can always be a way to turn something around and become…
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There are over 100,000 words in the average English dictionary, and even more so if you count the ones that are unpublished. Would those even be a word? Well, that’s another story, but we can all agree that there are…
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The Other “F” Word I have been trying to get Helium to remove all my articles regarding to homosexuality.  I thought I knew something when I wrote them, but have had a complete change of heart.  If I could, this…
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Let’s talk about Robert. He was born with very feminine traits always very prissy in a family of hardcore roughnecks. A family where even the girls play football and don’t give in to the guys when wrestling or horsing around….
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The things that stick in your mind are odd sometimes. Now maybe I’m slow on the uptake or I just missed the news, because in general I find celebrity news shows repetitive and useless, but I saw John Travolta was…
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Homophobia is fear of homosexuals.  Beyond that, the definition is wide open.  Not everyone who “hates” homosexuals fears them, but upon close investigation of the homophobes’ emotions, they do sense some threat, although it is not a rational one. The…
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Amid all of the clamour about same-sex marriage, pregnant men, and gay clergy, it is easy to forget the roots of the gay rights movement. The LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer) community has a long history of activism….
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GENDER IS NOT BLACK AND WHITE “Males do not represent two discrete populations, heterosexual and homosexual. The world is not to be divided into sheeps and goats. Not all things are black nor all things white.” – Alfred Kinsey *…
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As the world grows more liberal in it’s thinking and acceptance of those who are different, there are still segments of our society who are discriminated against, and not just the gay population.  It is estimated that at least 10%…
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As the daughter of a lesbian, I am absolutely appalled by the fact that we are even still asking this question. I will NEVER understand why this is the ONE type of discrimination that is actually acceptable, even encouraged in…
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36 percent of lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth report hearing homophobic remarks from faculty or school staff. Does that seem right to you? And, not only are those people faced with homophobic remarks in their youth, but things like that…
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I disagree with anyone’s civil rights being violated. We as a society have no business sticking our faces into another person’s bedroom. I am a heterosexual female, and some of my best friends are either gay or lesbian. Being a…
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It’s kind of ironic that I should come across an article or a debate such as this… I tell my friends all the time that if my marriage were to fail, I would become a non active lesbian. Please don’t…
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Lesbian Dating sites: A Dubious Solution to Dating-Deficit There are quite a few lesbian dating sites, but many of them are, unfortunately, sub-par. I’ve been using them almost since they all began, and this is only some of what I’ve…
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Well, this topic is not uncommon. It is known to have happened, though. We as women want what we want to work out in a relationship/marriage. We pair up with what we are comfortable with. Especially where the male/female companionship…
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