Summary Of The Legacy Of Antigay Discrimination By George Chauncey

In the essay, “Why Shouldn’t Tommy and Jim Have Sex?” by John Corvino, he protects and fights for the right of homosexuals to engage in sexual activity. Also, he criticizes the arguments that are against homosexual sex and marriage. Corvino takes his time addressing each argument and provides evidence to back up his statements.

Though Curley’s wife and Crooks experienced discrimination in different ways-- Curley’s wife experienced sexism in a patriarchal society, while Crooks experienced racism in a post Reconstruction era (both still prevalent in modern society)-- they were both unjustly discriminated against due to ineradicable aspects of themselves. Of Mice and Men displays many differents types of jaundiced discrimination to speak out against the malicious and inequitable actions that had been forced upon those undeserving of it. The style of Steinbeck’s writing draws pity from the reader. Of Mice and Men inevitably causes all who have read it to side with those faced with unjust prejudice. Although unfair discrimination was a part of everyday life during the early twentieth century, Steinbeck 's story is meant to speak out on these untenable prejudiced

After nearly one-hundred and fifty years of living in the New World, the colonists were anxious to be separated from their mothering country, England. Thomas Jefferson and other colonists got together to write an official document called the Declaration of Independence in July of 1776 to send to King George III. This document stated how the colonists were being treated unjustly and how independence should be granted to the citizens. The Declaration of Independence promises natural rights for all men, however, some rights such as suffrage, are not realized for some disenfranchised groups.

An accomplished writer and an open homosexual, Andrew Sullivan wrote his best known work speaking for the struggles and social oppritunnitues of homosexuas in a heterosexual based cuture. His best known work was Virtually Normal: An argument about Homosexuality. This work was directed to a conservative audience, as one can sense the defensiveness as he writes about his own experiences with homosexuality, where he uses rhetoric to address the needs and subculture of homosexuality.

Until the 1960s Americans of the LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and other) community were discriminated against and had limited rights. On June 28th, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, A popular gay bar in New York City (Greenwich Village), members of the LGBT+ community was harassed by policemen that night. Outraged civilians rioted until the early morning and had violent protest and demonstrations that lasted 6 days, the Stonewall Riots became a major turning point for gay rights in the United

Human beings are reactive in nature. Throughout history, this fact had both aided and hurt us. Matthew Shepard was a case in which this tendency hurt us. On the night of October 6th, 1998, Matthew Shepard was kidnapped, brutally beaten, and robbed, tied to a fence and left to die. Once Matthew Shepard was murdered for being gay, the town of Laramie reacted, mostly with love and support. The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman depicts the story of Matthew Shepard's murder, and the struggle to overcome hatred versus homosexuals in a town where it was common practice, encouraged, and then eventually overcame.

With the end of World War One, came a great time of prosperity in America. There were many changing times and people began to modernize themselves and their lives. The 1920s introduced the new age of Hollywood stars and the radio. It revolutionized how women were seen in American culture and brought sports to the forefront. Consumerism was on the rise and people were becoming more comfortable and confident with themselves. With the advent of Prohibition, the banning of the sale of alcohol, came speakeasies and underground clubs. People began to go out and enjoy themselves more and did things for their own pleasure, rather than because they felt like they had to. The 1920s also saw a major revolution of the challenging

June 26, 2015 marks a milestone for a long-sought victory for equal rights movement for genders as the Supreme Court ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that the Constitution guarantees a right to Same-Sex Marriage (nytimes.com). In addition to the celebration of the LBGT community over the Supreme Court’s decision on June 26, gay people are continuing to win over the society’s oppositions arises from over the decades toward legalize Same-Sex-Marriage. In the short story “My Amendment” from George Saunders’ In Persuasion Nation, the author uses his satirical writing style to represents his ideas and opinions on today controversial issue in the world: marriage equality. In this satirical writing piece, Saunders creates a character names Ken Bryon, who considers

Before Stonewall and the article of Chauncey are related because both share the same topic that is the homosexuality. Both explain the unleashing of the struggle for the rights of the homosexual minority of that time. This minority struggled to change the international perceptibility, to change the system and to get society to accept them because they were oppressed hiding their sexual preference. For example, they had different codes to hide their sexual preferences when they were in front of other people and they questioned from the inside because they were

Corvino’s essay “Homosexuality and the PIB Argument” elaborates on the disagreements between certain parties, such as natural law lawyers and other philosophers, pertaining to homosexuality and the notion that allowing same sex marriage will permit others to practice polygamy, incest, and bestiality (PIB). Corvino insists that when looking upon this argument, one will need to recognize and comprehend all sides of the dispute and thus be able to scrutinize such arguments proficiently. Through the process of analyzing all sides of this notorious disagreement, Corvino hopes to clarify and refute homosexuality and the PIB argument as well as give his own analysis and position on the subject (3).

Rodney Croome’s opinion piece Green light given to homophobia and any bigot with a bible (2016) encourages readers to oppose a religious exemption to Tasmania’s anti-discrimination laws by broadcasting the author’s view on the issues of disestablishment and vilification. Hannah Gadsby’s words are used by Croome to represent her as oppressed by the harmful ideology of closeting and thus a structure and feature of victim, thereby inviting the audience to accept his idea of pervasive homophobia and his stance on the issue of hate speech. Concerning the issue of non-denominationalism, Croome conveys and influences readers to denounce the idea of privilege through a populist ideology depicting his opponents as a structure and feature of villain.

Summary: This week we covered the role police in the criminal justice system specifically focusing on police discretion and the impact on marginalized groups. I found throughout this topic it built on my understanding of roles that police have in society, and how police deal with offenders, in particular minor cases before the court process. The works of Chapel and Wilson also broadened my knowledge as they where the studies that concluded that policing is a “vital component of governing a contemporary society” (Palmer, 2012). Our guest lecture Michelle Mullen also gave me a deeper incite not only into her career as a police officer but an insight further into the weeks topics:

Hommosexuaity was a concept that was well knwon throughout the country yet no one spoke of it because of the ideas that had been formed towards it. But in the 1960s those who identified as gay or lesbian were so inspired by all the civil rights movements happening around them that they also decided to stand up for their cause. Homosexuals were far more free in the late 1900s than they were at anytime of their lives but that didn’t stop the hate crimes that came their way even from police. An infamous night on June 27, 1969 was when police officers that belonged to a village in New York city raided a gay nightclub arresting people whom they believed were regulars, but these kinds of raids were far from unusual, because if police got a wiff

Ger Zielinski's’ in his article Rebel with a Cause: An Interview with Rosa von Praunheim (2012) reveals that prauheim created many films that portrayed gay activism to being about political change— specially equals for homosexuals. What I find interesting is that New York during the 1960’s became highly gentrified where most of the “tranny bars and sex bars disappears” where the middle-class replaced them with “ tourists, coffee and fashion shops” In effort to displace gay people from New York. As a result of thus, many activist groups began to create campaigns to mobilize politically (p. 40). Rosa von Praunheim’s It is Not the Homosexual Who is Perverse, but the Situation in Which He Lives (1970) film tells a story of a homosexual male (Daniel)

I was placed in the category of Next Generation Left, which leans towards the left. Leaning towards the left side would make me more Liberal. My group takes up about 12% of the population. The Next Generation Left have very liberal attitudes on many issues, including homosexuality, abortion, the environment and foreign policy. Few Next Generation Lefts wouldn’t consider themselves strong Democrats. For the Next Generation Left group, 25% of them would vote republican and 66% of them would vote Democrat.