Katelyn Kalmerton Community Policing Building Relationships with Transgender Individuals W6D2 02/26/2015 This article is preparing you and essentially trying to raise awareness when it comes to transgender individuals and interacting with them in a way that is comfortable for yourself and your agency but also for the individuals being victimized. Does the agency you are interested in have policies? Does it provide guidelines on how to interact with transgender individuals? These are all questions
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The life of the lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ transgender and questioning‚ also known as the LGBTQ community‚ is not easy. In general‚ life was not made to be easy for anyone‚ but there is always some factors out there that makes it much harder for some people. For example‚ coming out as a member of the LGBTQ community will cause someone’s life to never be the same due to discrimination. Although there are generous people out there who do no treat people any different‚ there will always be a group of individuals
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“Is Gay Parenting Bad for the Kids?” In the society we live in today‚ many people believe that being raised by a homosexual or lesbian couple isn’t a good thing for the children. Based on the article “Is Gay Parenting Bad for the Kids?” it seems to me that Charles C.W.Cooke (the author) and Dr. Mark Regenerus also believe that gay parenting is a bad thing. In the article‚ Cooke says that gay parenting is a bad thing because‚ “the child(ren) will end up different” or “the children are going to be
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Parents In Same Sex In our world‚ there are different types of human beings. According to the continuous development of society‚ the human culture can progress‚ also can accept many things that can’t accept before. Same-sex union also by more and more people accept. “There has been a tremendous growth in the visibility of gay‚ lesbian‚ bisexual and transgender couples as adoptive parents.” said by Bill Pierce‚ president of the [Washington‚ D.C]. The Gay parents is not a new phenomenon
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collection of violent uprisings that plagued the LGBT community for years to come‚ and the post-Stonewall depictions of the riots often glossed over its roots within the transgender community with activists such as Sylvia Rae Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson. This is identifiable as a trend within American culture‚ through movies‚ tv and other media outlets. The greatest challenge moving forward will be to deconstruct the preconceived notions about the roots LGBT community and their fight for
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The United States for centuries is notable for its diverse citizens fighting for their basic human rights. Whether it was about one’s social economic class‚ race‚ religion‚ or gender‚ Americans have pushed for their right to live freely as they wish without the whim of government or people placing restrictions. These groups have won their civil liberties and rights throughout tedious groundbreaking trials and acts of legislation to achieve their goals to live peacefully the way they desired to. If
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A child’s miracle medicine Marijuana is the most commonly used drug in the United States. However‚ it has the singular distinction of being both a commonly used illegal substance and is a legally prescribed medical substance. Marijuana will always be used for private reasons or for medical purposes. Therefore‚ isn’t it a good thing that children not even four years of age are offered medical marijuana to cure diseases such as epilepsy? Seth Ammerman and Courtney Williams are writers for New’s Digital
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advertised as a safe haven for LGBT societies. Though there is much debate around the origins of pride‚ it can generally be assumed that it began in the late 1980s as an event to raise awareness of the dangers of HIV and to help raise funds for local HIV charities. Today‚ it’s a celebration of gender identity over four days‚ accumulating in a large parade through the village in which diverse sections of society are encouraged to participate in to show their support for the LGBT community (Picard and Robinson
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HOMOSEXUALITY Homosexuality is said to be a preface for affiliation and sexual activity with a person of the same sex. The potential for homosexual behavior appears to be a basic part of human sexuality‚ since many people experience homosexual interest‚ curiosity‚ or activity at some point in their lives. Homosexual behavior has been observed in most animal species. Many homosexuals prefer to be called gay or‚ in the case of women‚ lesbian because of the exclusively sexual connotation of homosexual
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In 2008‚ 190 homosexuals were killed in Brazil‚ one every two days‚ known as a 55 percent increase on the previous year. The annual report on murders of homosexuals‚ according to the Grupo Gay da Bahia from Brazil‚ says that 64 percent of the victims were gay men‚ 32 percent were transvestites‚ and four percent were lesbians. This is absolutely astonishing. Even though homosexuals have chosen an alternative lifestyle‚ they still deserve to live a normal life without being victimized of physical
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