LZ Granderson is a homosexual male who works as a sports columnist for CNN and ESPN. In his TEDx Talk he addresses various misconceptions people have about the Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Transgender (LGBT) community, such as discovering oneself and the difficulty of telling other people. Granderson presents himself as a member of the LGBT community as well as an activist for marriage equality. He shares multiple anecdotes and pictures in order to encourage his audience to see that members of the LGBT community are humans that deserve the same rights as everyone else. In his segment, “The Myth of the Gay Agenda,” LZ Granderson describes a life changing experience he had with the movie “Torch Song Trilogy,” which is essentially about a drag queen …show more content…
When he says this, the audience to applaud quite loudly. Many people claim that this is just another item in the gay agenda. He acts as if he is upset because he has been openly gay for a while now and has participated in several pride parades and has yet to see this “gay agenda.” Granderson then says, “..something wonderful happened: I was shopping, as I tend to do, and I came across a bootleg copy of the official gay agenda.” He continues to explain how he has waited for so long for this day and he wants to share it with everybody so no one else has to be confused about it anymore. He warns the audience to be careful because it is evil which earns a delayed chuckle from the audience. Granderson shows a video with Star Wars music playing in the background. On screen, there is a notebook with a rainbow cover and the words, “GAY AGENDA,” written on it. As the notebook opens, it shows the United States Constitution. While this is going on, Granderson is running around on stage, with a lightsaber in hand, pretending to fight off people. When the video and music stops, Granderson exclaims that they should have told him that is was the Constitution all along so he would not have been so confused about …show more content…
He points out the fourteenth amendment which clearly states that there should be no laws that alter the rights of any citizens. Granderson explains that he presented this version of the “gay agenda” to show that members of the LGBT community are not asking for new rights, they only want equal rights like everyone else. He states that the reason he made the majority of his speech funny is so his audience would not feel threatened by the severity of this topic. Granderson talks about how his son is a respectful young man. He says his son does very well in school, is a budding track star, and pray every night before eating his dinner. Granderson says that he would like to think that since his son lives him for the majority of the time, he would like to think that some of it could be attributed to him. Then points out the fact that even if he wanted to, there are some states where he cannot adopt a child due to the fact he is gay. The audiences faces look somewhat painstaking at this point because they are realizing how big of a problem this
Within America’s society today, 3.8 percent of the population is gay, lesbian, or bisexual. With only 17 of the 50 states legalizing and recognizing this type of relationship (“History…”), it puts a stronghold on same-sex couples to publicly declare their love with the promise of marriage. Same-sex marriages should be legalized because everyone has equal rights of freedom and liberty.
Gay male, lesbian, and transsexual networks/communities, and cultural practices often had their own differences that coincided with meshing similarities. From the late 1940s to the 1960s, these identities were shaped through experiences of “the closet” and living a “double life,” among other factors. Alan Berubé explores the war’s impact on homosexual identity, speaking for both gay males and lesbians in “Marching to a Different Drummer: Lesbian and Gay GIs in World War II.” In “We Walk Alone,” Ann Aldrich helps identify the varying types of lesbians, addressing their intimate relationships with each other that are becoming more visible. Harry Benjamin touches more on the medical and scientific side of transsexualism and the obvious fact that
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...
Paragraph 12: Lakoff explains that because the word “gay” means deviant, and sexually irresponsible lifestyle to radical right, they prefer “gay marriage” instead of “same-sex marriage.” Moreover, Lakoff describes that many Americans are against “gay marriage” because of the stereotype of heterosexual
If you were given the task of picking out a homosexual character in a television series, most of us would be able to pick off who that character would be, but why is that? How is it that we’re able to determine the sexuality of a person just by looking at their appearance, listening to them talk or even just by looking at who they associate themselves with? Ever since the first appearance of a gay couple on the big screen in 1895’s “The Gay Brothers” directed by Edison Short, every large media outpost has sought to put their own spin on their portrayal of the average gay man. Although some popular media outposts have attempted to create well-versed gay or lesbian characters, they regularly continue to re-establish the negative social constructions of the typical gay or lesbian individual. Documentary.
...n Duberman, and Martha Vicinus, eds. Hidden From History: Reclaiming the Gay & Lesbian past. New York: Penguin Group, 1990.
Richard Mohr believes that outing closeted homosexuals is morally justified. He argues that sexual orientation is not a private matter and therefore, does not violate a homosexual's right to privacy. He believes that outing will increase the homosexual community by creating positive role models. He argues that remaining in the closet is morally debasing and creates indignity to one's self. Claudia Card on the other hand, argues almost the complete opposite. She takes a utilitarian stance on outing "the big secret." The big secret is referring to one being a homosexual. She believes that outing is justified as long as it does no harm, which she believes is unlikely.
1.Same sex classrooms have not been allowed in public schools as they prevent students from learning to work together with the opposite sex, raise governmental expenses on building same sex schools, and are made for a less diverse learning environment.
The 1960s and 1970s saw a spur of social unrest and resistance against societal status quo. The time period served as a pivot point in the progression of societal norms. For once people were speaking up to be themselves and act on their prerogative. From the movement of women pushing for liberal ideals of self-expression to the gay rights movement in which homosexuals advocated to create tolerance of their lifestyle. Furthermore, their avocation may have been met with resistance and opposition, but changed the American society forever.
Women’s rights pioneer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in her speech, The Destructive Male, expresses her feelings about Women's suffrage in 1868, and brought to light the misconception that women are not equal to man and imply that men bring more destruction than restoration.
Last year, Andrew Hozier Byrne challenged an ongoing battle of human rights by creating a four minute music video of his first single, “Take Me To Church”. Hozier’s initial message of this song is to address that sexuality is natural, and is part of human life. The song alone denounces church principles and promotes a new form of worship, something that is tangible and real (Canon). This message found its way into the gay community and their struggle against public bigotry. Hozier created this video to display Russian abuse and torture of the gay community that still exist today. Due to a compelling demonstration of brutality and strong connection of faith, the video gained mass attention on YouTube. This video helps to communicate to the
Throughout history LGBT literature has been growing and changing for the better. What was once something shadowed in ambiguity and covered up by society’s perception is now something that is overwhelming prevalent even celebrated. This literature can take a variety of forms such beautiful flowing poetry, as in the case of potential closeted writer Walt Whitman, outspoken activist Audre Lorde, or intense author Allen Ginsberg. It can be packaged tell all in a biography as it is for youtuber Tyler Oakley, AIDS activist Paul Monette, or songwriter Laura Jane Grace. It can be a novel related to their own identity as it is for authors Julie Ann Peters and David Levithan. Or it can in a variety of other literary mediums or reasons as it is for authors
The 1990s saw a surge of gay characters in both television and movies. From Ellen Degeneres and her character Ellen Morgan coming out under much scrutiny on the TV show ‘Ellen,’ to Julia Roberts and Rupert Everett comedically playing off each other in the motion picture ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding.’ Sure, gays and lesbians have been around forever, especially in Hollywood. But never has there been a time to be more out. With the popularity of shows like Will and Grace, which feature leading gay characters, as well as Dawson’s Creek
On the 14 February 2014, Ellen Page a nominated Oscar actress came out as gay in a speech that can be recognised as one of the most famous and well known speeches of current times and history. In this essay I will explain how Page’s fame profile and leading influence in the film industry and the world, her vocabulary and language applied in her speech, the deliverance and presentation of the speech and the topic of discrimination amongst the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LBGT) itself contributes to the overall popularity of the speech. It is combinations of the speaker and the words that create memorable speech.
ion. “For many if not most future homosexual adults, their childhood families are organized around compulsory heterosexuality, rendering homosexuality invisible or taboo.” Green makes several statements similar to this when he could have provided any evidence or statistical data reinforcing his findings. This section of the study is structured more like a short biography of each participant. This weakens the study and suggests a personal connection not only between Green and each participant, but also between each participant and the readers of Green’s study. Conveying the stories of these black, gay men’s lives to emote stories of desperation and a lack of perseverance is a subtle form of exploitation that Green clearly did not realize when he was conducting these interviews. Green does not realize this because his identity as a white, gay man is privileged with not having to have his story be one that is compared to other white, gay men and used as a standard for which all other stories as considered related to. Within the gay community, the white, gay man is shielded with the being the face for movement for all LGBTQ people and being represented more in mainstream media (television shows, movies, pornography). Without accusing Green, fetishisizing black, gay men is an inexcusable proclivity within the gay community especially within urban areas