Keyshawn.H's Civil Rights Blog
Thursday, June 9, 2011
LGBT Histoy
Since the early 1800s LGBT was treated as scum and some of them even put to death in the history of LGBT it shows nothing but hate and death. IN the 1880s i read that a man called the police on a hidden gay couple that met around his house late at nights wen the police heard about it they then brutally beat the gay men and threw them in prison. Then in the 1980s there was a law that said no gay man can donate blood because most gay men contain the AIDs virus which is a stereotype. Now turning the 21st century gay couples are free(in the united states) and are free to marry in 5 states. You can compare the LGBT story to the African American story 1800s worse 1900s getting better and then 21st century Its much better.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Current events "For Gay Employees, an Equalizer"
Who- The people who take place in this article are gay employees and their bosses.
What-These companies are reaching into their own pockets to pay for an extra tax that their gay employees owe on their partners’ health insurance which their married heterosexual co-workers don’t have to worry about because the federal government recognizes them as an economic unit.
Where- This is happening in businesses all over the country
When- This started around late 2010 and still going on until this day.
Why- This is happening because gay employees think that it is unfair that there hetero sexual employees get to have insurances that they cannnot have due to them being gay.
Claryfying question- Why are these companies trying to help their gay employees?
Open Ended question- Do you think that the Gay employees should have these insurances and why?
What-These companies are reaching into their own pockets to pay for an extra tax that their gay employees owe on their partners’ health insurance which their married heterosexual co-workers don’t have to worry about because the federal government recognizes them as an economic unit.
Where- This is happening in businesses all over the country
When- This started around late 2010 and still going on until this day.
Why- This is happening because gay employees think that it is unfair that there hetero sexual employees get to have insurances that they cannnot have due to them being gay.
Claryfying question- Why are these companies trying to help their gay employees?
Open Ended question- Do you think that the Gay employees should have these insurances and why?
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Famous Gays
Ellen DeGeneres
Daniell Egnew
Wayne Besen
Stephen Donaldson
The person II decided to do was Ellen DeGeneres. Ellen the DeGeneres is a talk show host that has boosted the popularity for gay rights. She has said to been an inspiration for LGBT everywhere. LGBT her inspirational because the day Ellen Degenres came out and said she was gay was on the Oprah Winfrey show international broadcasting. She suffered 3 years being judged and later still came out on top and won 12 Emmys. If i were to ask Ellen a question I would ask her why did she come out why didnt she stay in becuz she would probaly have millions of more fans than she does now.
Daniell Egnew
Wayne Besen
Stephen Donaldson
The person II decided to do was Ellen DeGeneres. Ellen the DeGeneres is a talk show host that has boosted the popularity for gay rights. She has said to been an inspiration for LGBT everywhere. LGBT her inspirational because the day Ellen Degenres came out and said she was gay was on the Oprah Winfrey show international broadcasting. She suffered 3 years being judged and later still came out on top and won 12 Emmys. If i were to ask Ellen a question I would ask her why did she come out why didnt she stay in becuz she would probaly have millions of more fans than she does now.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Gay Stereotypes
One of many gay men stereotypes are all gay men are feminine. The world has potrayed in cartoons and TV shows that gay men all act like women. Yes some gay men act feminene but most dont being gay does not make you a women it just makes you attracted to the same sex. Gay men that act like women do that because its their own choice. Another stereo type of gay men is that they all will die of Aids. Since the late 80s there was a rumor about all gay people containing the AIDS virus. This stereo type came from calculations of doctors that say most of the patients that come in with AIDS are mostly the homosexual male.In the USA, it is estimated that nearly 255,000 Men who have sex with men were living with HIV/AIDS in 2007, and nearly 5,400 had died. Around 48% of all people diagnosed with AIDS in America in 2007 were probably exposed to HIV through male-to-male sexual contact.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Black Gay mens Advisory group
The Black Gay Men's Advisory Group is an Group of African and Afro-Caribbean gay or bisexual men made in 2003 in the United Kingdom. BGMA was one of the principle groups involved in the Stop Murder Music campaign, for which it was awarded a Gay & Lesbian Award in 2007 and accepted the Best Advocacy Award at the Black LGBT Community Awards gala on supporting the Stop Murder Music campaign. Chair Dennis Carney, was a Jamaican man he was a principal negotiator of the Reggae Compassionate Act with Jamaican artists Beenie Man, Sizzla, and Capleton. BGMA opposed to the support of murder music artists at the Mobo Awards, with Carney arguing that, "we cant except that homophobia is apart to black culture.
"Black Gay Mens Advisory Group." Wikia.com. Web.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Lady Gaga speech for Gay America
Lady Gaga international hit pop star made a speech at the National Equality March in Washington DC. In her speech Lady Gaga approached the president directly and said "Obama are you listening, are you listening!" Lady Gaga told Obama that "we will continue to push you and your administration to bring your words of promise to a reality, We need change now,We demand actions now," She also declared her commitment to combat misogyny and homophobia in the music industry.
Solis, Michael. "Lady Gaga and Obama for Gay America." Www.Huffingtonpost.com. Web.
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