Hate Crimes Against Gays and Lesbians LaReese Nixon Kaplan University CJ490: Research Methods in Criminal Justice Prof: Deborah Barrett August 7‚ 2012 Abstract Introduction Lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ and transgender persons frequently face violence motivated by their sexuality or gender identity. Violence may be executed by the state‚ as in laws prescribing corporal punishment for homosexual acts‚ or by individuals engaging in intimidation‚ mobbing‚ assault‚ or lynching. Violence targeted
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The at risk group I have chosen is the Lesbian/ Gay/ Bisexual/ Transgender (LGBT) Teens. During my brief yet intense research online‚ I have developed numerous statistics‚ data‚ and interviews about how the Lesbian/ Gay/ Bisexual/ Transgender (LGBT) Teens have been declared an at risk group for discrimination‚ hatred‚ and oppression. With that said‚ according to Mental Health America‚ “While trying to deal with all the challenges of being a teenager‚ gay/lesbian/ bisexual/ transgender (LGBT) teens additionally
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Literature Review on Gays and Lesbians in the Workplace By T. Kings Introduction Diversity has been an evolving concept. The term is both specific‚ focused on an individual‚ and contextual‚ defined through societal constructs (Moore‚ 1999). Many current writers define diversity as any significant difference that distinguishes one individual from another‚ a description that encompasses a broad range of overt and hidden qualities. Generally‚ researchers organize diversity characteristics into four
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Comparing Cousin Kate and The Seduction Cousin Kate is a pre twentieth century poem‚ written in ballet style (set in verse0 in a very rural countryside. It was written by Christina Rosseti‚ her voice is that of a young woman working as a cottage maiden that falls in love with a lord and gets pregnant‚ and is then discarded for her cousin Kate who marries the lord. The second poem "the seduction" is a more modern poem with an urban setting‚ and is written in narrative form. The rhyme and
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During the production code‚ there were very few representations of gay and lesbians on screen. The only few representations were filled with stereotypes and lacked variety. People will call each other when they see another gay person on TV. The story lines in movies featuring gays and lesbians were controlled and restricted. The whole story was not often told in gay movies. Even after the code was lifted‚ Hollywood still struggled with their portrayal of gays‚ the “proud sissies” and the “regular
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4) It is found that a Tom-boyish lesbian seldom date with another Tom-boyish lesbian. Please give possible explanations to the phenomenon. Tomboy refers to girls who act like boys in gestures‚ clothing‚ and so on (Hall‚ 2008). It is just a gender role‚ but not a sex. Also‚ tomboys may not be lesbians as tomboys are just wearing like boys and interested in masculine and physical activities (Hall‚ 2008). In my daily observations‚ tomboys always date with some pretty girls‚ but seldom date with tomboys
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Gay & Lesbian Adoption We as a society have this false sense of reality that everyone is treated equal‚ but I often ponder if we are truly equal? Everyone in the world today fears what they cannot understand. People have this enormous cowardice of homosexuality. If we as a nation are looked upon as being righteous‚ then why do we treat same sex relationships unfairly? Nowadays‚ same sex relationships are a natural occurrence. Everywhere in today’s media it is very easy to hear and see about the
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(2014) Women Moving Millions. Retrieved from http://www.womenmovingmillions.org/how-we-do-it/facts/ Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). (n.d.) Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). Retrieved from GLAAD website http://www.glaad.org/marriage/doma Greenberg.Morris‚ B. (2014). History of Lesbian‚ Gay‚ & Bisexual Social Movements. American Psychological Association. Retrieved from APA website http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/resources/history.aspx O’Connell‚ M. (2012) LGBT
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The role of the social workers in the community working for the alliance of gay and lesbian youth. This essay will explain why there is a need for social workers in the gay and lesbian community. The community through the years has expanded to the bisexual and transgender community. The idea is not to group individuals‚ however to sustain and stabilize the gay and lesbian community it had to be done. With numbers and people willing to work and seek others to combat discrimination caused by their
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Phil 327 My report is on Carla Trujillo’s article on chicana lesbians: Fear and Loathing in the Chicano community. Carla Trujillo hit it right on the head when according to Trujillo chicana lesbians are perceived as a threat because it disrupts the order of male dominance and raises the awareness for chicana women about their own independence and control (Trujillo281) This is true
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