bisexual and transgender (LGBT) is one of the social problems that has been talked about by researchers‚ government officials and the public. LGBT are seen as sexual minorities where it is legalized in twenty countries only (Time‚ 2015). LGBTs faced multiple risks such as HIV‚ discrimination‚ victimization‚ violence etc. This essay intends to identify and analyse how risks are perceived and how the perceptions lead to problems. Firstly‚ I will start with explaining why LGBT is a problem. Next‚ I will
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Who are the people often labeled with the acronym LGBT? LGBT’s or lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual and transgenders‚ are members of every race‚ religion‚ gender‚ and ethnicity. But how do we identify them‚ address their health needs? Unlike ethnicity‚ race‚ religion‚ gender‚ and income‚ which are all questions posed on the U.S. Census‚ neither sexual orientation nor gender identity are listed. (American Community Survey‚ 2013) According to HealthPeople.gov‚ this question is included on few state or federal
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Transgender Community‚ also known as the LGBT Community‚ have experienced huge inequalities for years now. Recently however‚ the LGBT Community experienced a big win in their fight for equality. After almost fifty years of fighting for equality‚ the Supreme Court ruled that states must license and recognize marriage among people of the same sex in June 2015. Although the LGBT Community has taken substantial steps towards equality‚ disparities still remain between the LGBT Community and non-marginalized groups
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Stress gained from the lifestyle in the city is nothing new‚ but it’s causing people to lose their social graces. Social Graces are skills that help people to communicate with each other during social circumstances. They consist of manners‚ etiquette‚ appearance and refinement. Studies have shown that living in the city is straining for both the body and the brain. Most city dwellers have high rates of psychosis‚ anxiety disorders and depression. City dwellers being resident of the city typically
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‘The extent to which the individual is free to choose their own social identities has been underestimated in the main theories of socialisation.’ Explain and assess this view. By: Amy Rashid In this answer‚ I shall assess the view on how far the freedom of an individual to choose their own social identity has been underestimated in the main theories of socialisation. First and foremost‚ from a Functionalist’s point of view‚ the society lives with value consensus‚ which is an agreement about values
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Introduction If being a human has own rights‚ does it mean that this right could be possibly limited if not eliminated because of societal and religious discrimination? Has this so called “Third Sex” considered as alien by the people and don’t have equal rights in the political world before and even today? Has this claim of sexuality successfully evolved today the same with the heterosexual persons? This paper explains what happened historically‚ socially and politically about the LGBT to be accepted by the
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decades‚ Sonic Records has been a front-runner in the music-industry. To keep up with the changes to go electronically‚ they will be teaming with an online music store. They went with this decision because of the change in this industry as there is less demand for CDs that are being sold in stores. In order for Sonic to continue to succeed in this industry‚ the subsidiary needs to be formed. Sonic’s competitors have already been using this method for years now but‚ Sonic has now chosen to take
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Has Capital Punishment Ever Been Effective? Introduction Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines capital punishment‚ otherwise known as the death penalty‚ as the practice of killing people as punishment for serious crimes. Capital punishment dates back to the early eighteenth century B.C. in Hammurabi’s Code (“History of Death Penalty Laws”). The death penalty can also be found in the Hittite Code in the fourteenth century B.C. ‚ the Draconian Code of Athens in the seventh century B.C.‚ and the Roman
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if you were to be judged for who you were‚ or what you did‚ or even your gender type. In the world there are a lot of social injustices going on even to this very day. One of the most common and heard of social injustice would probably be the one of people being lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ and/or transgender. This issue has been going on for quite a long time now. Some people do not agree with Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual‚ and Transgender projects. A lot of people suffer because of this injustice‚ and it also
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“How successful has the regeneration of urban areas been‚ given the variety of ways it has been undertaken?” Regeneration is the improvement of an area to bring about a lasting economic‚ social and environmental change. It is necessary to bring life back into an urban area and to encourage it to thrive and can be carried out in various different ways such as sports led‚ finance led and retail led regeneration. In most cases‚ urban regeneration occurs in order to combat the effects of decline within
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