Gay rights in Russia
Gay rights has always been a controversial issue in Russia. Russia has anti-gay laws that cause big conflict in the country. Some of the laws that were passed include the gay propaganda law which is against exposing children to any gay media. Another big law which is on its way to being passed is they law against gay people adopting children. Because of this big issue going on, Fareed Zakaria a CNN news reporter investigates the situation. Zakaria interviews Valery Gergiev, an artistic and general director of Mariinsky Theatre. Zakaria makes sure to get Gergiev's point of view on the situation. By asking for Gergiev’s opinion, he is hoping it will gain the people of Russia’s attention. Gergiev states “I myself question very much why the country needed something like this law” which shows that he believes the new law is unnecessary. Gregiev also says. “ I myself hate any form of discrimination. I would never allow any sort of discrimination to take place”. By Zakaria asking this, he is trying to persuade the audience that discrimination will rise from this new law and gay people will no longer be treated equally.
Zakaria asks, “The Sochi Olympics have raised, as a controversy, an issue that you have also gotten embroiled in, which is this issue of gays and gay rights. What do you think of the law that was passed in Russia that internationally is read as being extremely hostile to gays?”. Gergiev responds with, “I myself question very much why the country needed something like this law. And I didn't even read it. Honestly, I only learned about this law when things started to happen that I heard about, people being against this happening in Russia.” Because of Gregiev’s response, Zakaria was able to use en...
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...his audiences’ trust and emotional appeal to the situation. Zakaria states that the people of Russia would rather see Gregiev be their leader, someone who would stand up for human rights and treat everyone equally, not someone who discriminates.
Being gay has always been an issue around the world. There will always be three different sides. The people who are against it, people who are for it, and the people who just don’t care. But, by putting a law over it, it can cause an even bigger commotion. “Being gay is against the law” sounds ridiculous, it shouldn’t be a crime. It is not like you’re hurting anyone. Even if you’re gay or not, you are still human and should be treated equally just like everyone else. In the article, Fareed Zakaria uses enthymeme, climax, and apposition to effectively convince the people of Russia that the anti gay law is unnecessary.
Making the readers attentive to their feelings captures their attention to the issue of gay marriage and supports his first minor claim. He continues to support the main claim by showing his knowledge of married couples’ legal rights. He explains that homosexual couples that are not allowed to marry are denied tax breaks, group insurance, and pension programs (Stoddard, 1988, p. 551). These are important grounds, which are evidence or reasons for his claim (Barnet & Bedau, 2005, p.324).... ...
...oved to be singularly influential and daunting. This is, perhaps, the greatest obstacles to achieving true democracy in Russia—the authoritarian and repressive traditions that refuse to die out with the passage of time.
In the short story "Two Kinds," by Amy Tan, the mother in the story tries to do what is best for her daughter to become a world-renowned prodigy. This issue could also be connected to the short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," by Ursula K. LeGuin, where the people of Omelas are happy in their lives but also see that there is this person sleeping in a closet and being treated like an animal, but still carry on with their lives. There are people who speak up against these hateful laws towards homosexual people, but there is also the group of people that keep silent and do not say anything with fear that they might be labeled with words such as "gay" or "faggot." The two stories have a deep connection with each other in the sense that they affect the different reactions that citizens have to laws that limit the lives of others. Confo...
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the beginning the text has an exciting tone since the authors describe the overwhelming emotions of individuals as well as the celebrations that took place after the law allowing same sex marriage was approved. By starting the article in this manner the writers are trying to provoke feelings of excitement from their readers in order to make them think that this event is a positive aspect of our society. Also, by mentioning the gay movement’s multiple efforts over the past “forty-two years to ensure the marital as well as civil rights of homosexuals” (Virtanen, Hill, and Zraick 1), the writers motivate their audience to be sympathetic towards these individuals. Moreover, the authors try to make people become more suppo...
Russia’s intolerance for the LGBT community has many countries and people worried for the safety of all non-heterosexuals who live there. Even though past actions have suggested that Russia may be warming up to gay people, events of these recent years have made it clear that Russia is once again homophobic. Through a combination of anti-gay laws and the torture of gays, people in Russia have displayed to the world that they are headed down a path of intolerance towards the LGBT community.
T he main theme of The Advocate seems to be a mixture of news and political issues from around the world, especially those with importance to gay and lesbian people. For example, the main cover story is titled " The Dilemma of Mary Cheney" and is followed by, "Will the lesbian daughter of the GOP vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney be forced to choose between being true to her family and true to herself? " There is the question of whether Mr. Cheney would accept something that would discriminate against his daughter and what Mary Cheney would do in turn. This story has much current releva...
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In today’s society there are many pressing controversial topics, such as gay rights. The way these topics are argued varies, the author can use emotion, statistics, personal experience, morals, and many other things; however the author takes a gamble in effectiveness with each style used. In LZ Grandersons, “The Gay Agenda,” Granderson uses emotional appeal and personal experience to present his argument and this proves to be very successful in engaging a strong reaction from the reader. By taking the reader on his journey of realizing his sexuality, from the moment he realized he should come out, to finding his life partner, and realizing that there was a large issue in the way homosexuals were treated and thought about, Granderson created
Feeling the warmth when they hold a loved one is something for which people should not be judged. It should not matter what sex their partner is because, put simply, they are in love. The gay rights movement is a continuing procession that fights for their rights. The gay rights movement actually begins on November 11, 1950 when gay rights activist Harry Hay founds America’s first national gay rights organization by the name of Mattachine Society, according to the “Timeline: Milestones in the American Gay Rights Movement”. Their leaders or people who advanced their purpose are Harvey Milk, Harry Hay, LGBT, or lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual groups. This purpose is to stop intolerance and, ultimately, gain the right of and benefits of marriage. The gay rights movement is embodied in “What We Want, What We Believe,” which shows that even though the group was not seen, or given rights, that in time with their unity they would gain equality. It is a manifesto that states what the entirety of the LGBT groups want. Moreover, no one should feel the shunning of discrimination or hatred for whom they love because of what sex they are.
In today’s world, as humankind is still in progress, we have a much more liberated world compared to past. In terms of politics, we learned discrimination is not a honourable case to be involved in and we tried to minimize constraints reflected on “other” races, “other” nationalities, in short all of the others that are not similar to “us”. “Us” is, without doubt, white, Western man. Despite all the back-drawed prejudices of others in the name of liberation, respect and equality, it does not seem to be the situation for non-heteronormatives to live in a peaceful environment. Since I came to Amsterdam as an exchange student this term, I had the opportunity to experience daily-life with all the people from different sexes, genders not considered “normal” which is rarely the case in Turkey. Amsterdam made me face non-heterosexual world and I realized that these people do suffer from unequal rights mostly in other parts of the world. I questioned myself as being far away from that topic in the past and it really made sense to me to investigate about supremacy of heterosexuals.
During Boris Yeltsin’s time in the 1990’s he opened up democratization in Russia and Russia’s economy. He also started to work with foreign investors, usually he worked with oligarchs. He had a drastic effect on Russia but Russia didn’t have a solid free market system. However, in the last 15 years Vladimir Putin has been in power and is striving to push Russia into more of an authoritarian regime. By Vladimir Putin wanting this type of power the Russian people’s civil rights and civil liberties will be at stake of not being enforced.
This is further cemented when he addresses them all in the opening be referring to them as friends of his, he stated “Dear friends, we have gathered here today in connection with an issue that is of vital, historic significance to all of us.” This again affirms that it is their problem and no one else should be involved or concerned. However, when he says “A referendum was held in Crimea on March 16 in full compliance with democratic procedures and international norms.” He is addressing the world at large simply by using the phrase “international norms” while appealing to western ideals by referring to the democratic processes by which Crimean citizens had chose to leave Ukraine. A counter example that could be given for an American to truly relate to this would be if Texas wanted to go back to Mexican control and voted to do so and then the Mexican government brought in their military to enforce that decision. President Putin then gives more legitimacy by stating that “more than 82 percent of the electorate took part in the vote.” and of those 96 percent were in
Crary, David. “Russian Anti-Gay Law Protests Focus on Sochi Olympics.” Huffington Post 31 Jan. 2014: n. pag. Print.
Gender and sexuality can be comprehended through social science. Social science is “the study of human society and of individual relationships in and to society” (free dictionary, 2009). The study of social science deals with different aspects of society such as politics, economics, and the social aspects of society. Gender identity is closely interlinked with social science as it is based on an identity of an individual in the society. Sexuality is “the condition of being characterized and distinguished by sex” (free dictionary, 2009). There are different gender identities such as male, female, gay, lesbian, transgender, and bisexual that exists all around the world. There is inequality in gender identities and dominance of a male regardless of which sexuality they fall under. The males are superior over the females and gays superior over the lesbians, however it different depending on the place and circumstances. This paper will look at the gender roles and stereotypes, social policy, and homosexuality from a modern and a traditional society perspective. The three different areas will be compared by the two different societies to understand how much changes has occurred and whether or not anything has really changed. In general a traditional society is more conservative where as a modern society is fundamentally liberal. This is to say that a traditional society lists certain roles depending on the gender and there are stereotypes that are connected with the genders. One must obey the one that is dominant and make decisions. On the other hand, a modern society is lenient, It accepts the individual’s identity and sexuality. There is no inequality and everyone in the society is to be seen as individuals not a part of a family unit...