Boys don’t Cry and But I'm a Cheerleader are both movies that share many commonalities such as homophobia, forced conversion, and heteronormativity. But I'm a Cheerleader is a romantic comedy directed by Jamie Babbit. It is not only about sexuality, but also the social construction of gender roles. Following the disputes with her loved ones about being a lesbian they send Megan to True Directions, a reparative therapy camp which uses a five-step program to forcefully brainwash her straight. This film shows the grotesque details that takes place in conversion therapy and rehabilitation programs.
Gates reports that an estimated 0.3% of the LGBT population in the United States is made up of transgender individuals. The rest of the LGBT population is comprised of lesbian, gay, and bisexuals. As a nurse and citizen, I thought that the gay rights movement would be addressing any of the unequal treatment of all individuals belonging to the LGBT population in the United States, until this writer met Jennifer. Please note that due to privacy concerns fictitious names will be used throughout this document. * Jennifer and this writer met during an employee interviewing session.
Running Head: ART THERAPY FOR THE LGBTQ CLIENT Art therapy: Treating the LGBTQ population Abstract Research has found that LGBTQ clients are at increased risk for major depression, anxiety disorder, eating disorders, panic disorder, alcohol and drug dependency, and poor self-esteem when compared to the general population (Pelton-Sweet & Sherry, 2008). The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or questioning (LGBTQ) clients have unique and diverse needs that need to be considered before and during art therapy. It is crucial that art therapists convey a feeling of acceptance and tolerance toward the LGBTQ client as he or she goes through the coming out process or when participating in individual and group art therapy activities. In order to meet the needs of the LGBTQ population through art therapy the therapist must undergo a self examination of feelings, beliefs, and values towards homosexuality, gender roles, and some of the stereotypes permeated in society (Addison, 1996). Art therapy: Treating the LGBTQ population The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or questioning (LGBTQ) clients have unique and diverse needs that need to be considered before and during art therapy.
It depicts the importance of sexuality in elderly adults. The authors described the societies awareness of sexuality of older adults and how it affects them. The fact that older people encounter a lot of health problems, makes them prone to sexual problems. The authors also mentioned nurse’s role in assessing, providing heath teaching and sexual counseling. In this paper, I summarize the article, present comments on the highlights of the article and suggest where additional research findings would be of use in improving the sexuality of ill elderly adults.
Sensitivity to labels Be sensitive to labels. A person in a clinical study should be called a "patient," not a "case." Avoid equating people with their conditions, for example, do not say "schizophrenics," say "people diagnosed with schizophrenia." Use the term "sexual orientation," not "sexual preference." The phrase "gay men and lesbians" is currently preferred to the term "homosexuals."
Legal action and social integration, with is very diplomatic as oppose to negative actions such as forcing change through violence. Legal action is the first stepping stone to change, things like legalizing gay marriage, will help dissolve prejudice in the general public. As prejudice is born from ignorance, social integration will help society see the prejudices in a better light through their own personal experience. Australia is quite a multicultural and diverse society, but still there are discrimination issues that need to be addressed with and the best way to do that is through legal action. Baby steps such as legalizing gay marriage and racial profiling would eventually lead up to more direct laws to protect people against prejudice.
Sex and Gender are Different: Sexual Identity and Gender Identity are Different Milton Diamond, Ph.D. University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine Department of Anatomy and Reproductive Biology Pacific Center for Sex and Society Clinical Child Psychology & Psychiatry - Special Issue In Press for July 2002 Special Editors: Bernadette Wren, Portman Clinic Fiona Tasker, University of London Sex and Gender are Different: Sexual Identity and Gender Identity are Different Abstract: This paper attempts to enhance understanding and communication about different sexual issues. It starts by offering definitions to common terms like sex, gender, gender identity, and sexual identity. Alternate ways to discuss one's sexual attractions are also presented. Terms are defined or redefined and examples given of their preferred use in different clinical situations including those associated with children. Adherence to the usage advocated here is proposed as helpful in theory formulation and discussion as well as in clinical practice.
Everyone should be treated the same whether or not they are homosexual or heterosexual.” Pondering her answer makes it clear that not everyone is equal. The United States is about being equal no matter whether someone, as an American citizen, male or female, black or white, or even have disabilities. Yet, what the United States did not realize is that the judgment it held against homosexuals would come, in a sense, to bite them in the butt. Equality is about putting everyone on the same playing field. As of today, interracial marriages are equal to same race marriages thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Loving in the case Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S (1967), interracial couples are able to marry.
Today gay and lesbian criticism is so much a part of gender criticism that it be equivalent to “sexualities criticism”. Some would argue that feminist criticism is the definition of gender criticism. 3. Feminist, Simone de Beauvoir declared in 1949 that “one is not born a woman, she becomes one”. Simone was referring to how females of the female sex assume the feminine gender-gender meaning the restrictive, socially prescribed attitudes and behaviors that we associate with femininity.
Judith Butler and Critical Queer Background Queer theory is a field of post-structuralist critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of the fields of queer studies and women's studies. Queer theory includes both queer readings of texts and the theorization of 'queerness' itself. Queer theory builds both upon feminist challenges to the idea that gender is part of the essential self and upon gay/lesbian studies' close examination of the socially constructed nature of sexual acts and identities. Main Ideas: * Queer Trouble: * “Queer” derives its force precisely through the repeated invocation by which it has become linked to accusation, pathologization, insult. (18) * Indeed, the term “queer” itself has been precisely the the discursive rallying point for younger lesbians and gay men and, in yet other contexts, for lesbian interventions and, in yet other contexts, for bisexuals and straights for whom the term expresses an affiliation with anti-homophobic politics.