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Contents:
- NEGATIVE AND POSIVE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WH THE WELL-BEG OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND QUTNG (LGBTQ) YOUTH
- SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
- LIST OF PROS AND CONS OF GAY RIGHTS
- 33 MAJOR PROS & CONS OF GAY MARRIAGE“GAY MARRIAGE ACCEPTANCE IS HAPPENG THE BLK OF AN EYE.”P. J. O’ROURKE, COMEDIANADVANTAG & DISADVANTAG OF GAY MARRIAGE
NEGATIVE AND POSIVE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WH THE WELL-BEG OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND QUTNG (LGBTQ) YOUTH
* lgbt pros and cons *
Published fal eded form as:PMCID: PMC4337813NIHMSID: NIHMS648064AbstractFactors associated wh the well-beg of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng (LGBTQ) youth were qualatively examed to better unrstand how the factors are experienced om the youths’ perspectiv. Keywords: gay, lbian, well-beg, youthLbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer/qutng (LGBTQ) youth have greater vulnerabily to a wi range of health, mental health, and social problems such as eatg disorrs, sexually transmted diseas, school difficulti, forced sex, homelsns, vlence and suici (At et al., 2009; Blake et al., 2001; Bontempo & D'Augelli, 2002; Cochran, Stewart, Gzler, & Cce, 2002; Garofalo, Wolf, Ksel, Paley, & Durant, 1998; Perdue, Hagan, Thie, & Valleroy, 2003; Rsell, Drisll, & Tong, 2001; Thie et al.
In school, sexual mory youth report negative experienc such as bullyg and antigay victimizatn by other stunts (Birkett, Espelage, & Koenig, 2009; D'Augelli, Pilkgton, & Hershberger, 2002; Kosciw, Greytak, & Diaz, 2009), or havg their property damaged or stolen (Garofalo et al., 1998).
A recent Oregon study found the risk of attemptg suici for lbian, gay, and bisexual youth was 20% greater social environments unsupportive of LGBTQ persons pared to LGBTQ-supportive environments (Hatzenbuehler, 2011) rearch scribed above has been valuable intifyg the difficulti experienced by sexual mory youth and the ntexts which the experienc take place (Birkett et al., 2009; D'Augelli, 2006; Floyd et al., 1999; Rostosky et al., 2007). A handful of studi have begun to exame posive factors such as parental support (Ryan et al., 2010), affirmative school environments (Espelage, Aragon, & Birkett, 2008; Rsell, 2005), emotnal nnectedns to fay and school (Saewyc et al., 2009), emotnal riliency wh antigay environments (Surfield, Roen, & McDermott, 2008), and posive role mols and social support (Fenghty & Harre, 2003; Rsell, 2005). Of FG/IFeelg the need to hi a LGBTQ inty145Believg an LGBTQ inty is flexible2710Beg “outed”/given labels95Feelg ntrol of one's inty159Enunterg rigid genr rol66Beg visible as LGBTQ145Rpons to/Ways to pe wh a Stigmatized IntyIsolatg onelf or feelg isolated bee LGBTQ168Fightg back94Havg negative feelgs about self1310Advotg for LGBTQ persons/issu85Acceptg self74FayExperiencg/fearg rejectn by parents3711Beg accepted by parents/siblgs175Hidg LGBTQ inty199Beg supported by fay128Mentng or perceivg fay as homophobic109Beg able to talk openly to fay64Havg other difficult fay issu not related to beg LGBTQ (i.
SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
Pros and Cons of Beg an Ally LGBTQ+ Center | Some benefs of beg an ally to LGBTQ people: Learn more accurate rmatn about the realy of beg lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr. Open yourself up to the possibily of close relatnships wh a wir range of people. Bee ls locked to genr role expectatns and stereotyp. Increase your abily to have close relatnships wh same genr iends. The opportuni to learn om, teach, and have an impact on a populatn wh whom you might not have otherwise teracted. Empower yourself to take an * lgbt pros and cons *
E., alholic fay member)86Peer NetworksExperiencg difficult suatns when youth feel they nnot e out33Havg LGBTQ peers/iends who are supportive and n provi rmatn1710Feelg that peers are not supportive22Havg alli that n e om different parts of one's life87Havg tsted straight iends44SchoolBeg verbally & physilly harassed by other stunts299Havg supportive rpons om teachers and stunts218Enunterg homophobia and difference by school personnel247Havg GSAs available at school147Havg visibily of LGBTQ persons school (teachers, stunts)53Experiencg ristance to startg GSAs77Relig InstutnsBeg exposed to a fah muny that exprs homophobia239Belongg to an acceptg fah muny115Havg a fay who is tolerant based on relign189Embracg Wicn/spirual beliefs42Beg nonted by relig persons165Hearg posive relig msag43Hearg negative relig msag87Fdg other LGBTQ persons who are posive about relign42Beg physilly harassed muny2110Havg social acceptance om larger muny135Beg verbally harassed muny189Beg a diverse muny may be more acceptg of beg LGBTQ86Experiencg other kds of discrimatn that pound beg LGBTQ126Feelg the neighborhood/cy is safe for LGBTQ persons32Interactg wh ignorant/homophobic strangers104LGBT Communy InvolvementLack of rourc for LGBTQ s43LGBTQ anizatns provi safe place to meet people, learn134Lack of LGBTQ s many plac21LGBTQ adults provi mentorg and support135Staff at some plac fall short22Inter for support/nnectn105Place to fd people to talk to who unrstand64Table 2Exampl of Quot From LGBTQ Youth Reprentg Negative and Posive Factors by DomaDomaNegative FactorPosive FactorSexual and genr intyAnd I was like “Did you jt ll me a faggot? SchoolThe other big thg that I've heard a lot of people pla about and that I've alt wh personally a lot like the ls direct homophobia, like “oh that's so gay, that person's such a faggot, ” when 's like not even that they're talkg about someone who is actually homosexual, they're jt like, “oh, he's such a fag. Like I walked all over the mall wh my boyiend, holdg hands and barely got any looks and no one said ex-girliend's ltle brother, he's gay and he lived [cy name], and now he's layg a a that he's been for the past six months bee some kids started beatg the sh out of him bee they knew he was munyI thk that you know eighteen through whatever,...
When they hear about adult thgs 's people who are like forty and up, so like there's a pot that 's kd of like you're an adult, but you're such a young adult that you're not--there's nothg there for actually has been a safe haven g for myself bee if I have any like gay type or like qutns or stuff...
For example, one young woman reported that members of her fay were “hardre gay bashers, ” while others noted that their fay members enuraged them to be straight, or believed their beg LGBTQ was a passg terms of posive factors, the most equently mentned was beg accepted as an out LGBTQ person by fay members, primarily siblgs. Fally, participants reported meetg strangers who openly voiced antigay views eher to the youth themselv, or to their parents or terms of posive factors, some youth were able to navigate their neighborhoods and muni by fdg a re group, agency, or event that was not specifilly LGBTQ-foced but neverthels buffered them agast negative experienc (see LGBTQ Communy Involvement sectn for LGBTQ-specific agenci).
LIST OF PROS AND CONS OF GAY RIGHTS
Beyond referrg LGBTQ youth to welg and acceptg relig stutns and groups, LGBTQ muni and their alli uld prof om seekg opportuni for nstctive dialogue wh plac of worship, cludg but necsarily limed to those that are not overtly welg but do not promote antigay rhetoric and Rearch Directns and Policy ImplitnsThe study's fdgs suggt several rearch directns and policy implitns. On July 25, 2014 Miami-Da County Circu Court Judge Sarah Zabel led Florida’s gay marriage ban unnstutnal and stated that the ban “serv only to hurt, to discrimate, to prive same-sex upl and their fai of equal digny, to label and treat them as send-class cizens, and to em them unworthy of participatn one of the fundamental stutns of our society. The Amerin Psychologil Associatn, Amerin Psychiatric Associatn, and others nclud that legal gay marriage giv upl “accs to the social support that already facilat and strengthens heterosexual marriag, wh all of the psychologil and physil health benefs associated wh that support.
2016 printial ndidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fra stated that civil unns are aquate as an equivalent to marriage: “Benefs are beg btowed to gay upl [ civil unns]… I believe we need to rpect those who believe that the word marriage has a spirual foundatn… Why n’t we rpect and tolerate that while at the same time sayg ernment nnot btow benefs unequally. Court papers filed July 2014 by attorneys fendg Arizona’s gay marriage ban stated that “the State regulat marriage for the primary purpose of channelg potentially procreative sexual relatnships to endurg unns for the sake of jog children to both their mother and their father… Same-sex upl n never provi a child wh both her blogil mother and her blogil father. Lee Badgett, PhD, Director of the Center for Public Policy and Admistratn at the Universy of Massachetts at Amherst, stated that for many gay activists “marriage means adoptg heterosexual forms of fay and givg up distctively gay fay forms and perhaps even gay and lbian culture.
Queer activist Anrs Zanichkowsky stated June 2013 that the then mpaign for gay marriage “tentnally and malicly eras and exclus so many queer people and cultur, particularly trans and genr non-nformg people, poor queer people, and queer people non-tradnal fai… marriage thks non-married people are viant and not tly servg of civil rights.
33 MAJOR PROS & CONS OF GAY MARRIAGE“GAY MARRIAGE ACCEPTANCE IS HAPPENG THE BLK OF AN EYE.”P. J. O’ROURKE, COMEDIANADVANTAG & DISADVANTAG OF GAY MARRIAGE
Matt Barber, Associate Dean for Onle Programs at Liberty Universy School of Law, stated, “Every dividual engaged the homosexual liftyle, who has adopted a homosexual inty, they know, tuively, that what they’re dog is immoral, unnatural, and self-stctive, yet they thirst for that affirmatn.
Equal rights for everyoneProhibn of gay marriage as outdated historil nstctEqual benefs for all uplGay marriag are part of a morn and tolerant societyCultural valu changed a lot over timePosive health effects for gay uplLower strs levels for self-sex uplDifference between relig and legal marriage should be maCan also be jtified om a legal and nstutnal perspectiveMay be nsired as a human rightCan help that more orphans get adoptedStigmatizatn of adopted children om gay upl n be avoidPeople n live their life to s fulltProhibn of gay marriag would discrimate peoplePeople do no longer have to hi their te natureMany celebri embrace the ia of gay marriageIncreasg number of people nsir gay marriag as normalOne important argument for gay marriag is that everyone our society should have equal rights to do whatever they want to do as long as they do not harm others. However, our nowadays society, there is far ls need for addnal children and same-sex marriage and therefore, the historil reasons why gay marriag had been prohibed the past may be missg our current long as gay upl are not allowed to marry, they will also not get the same benefs as married upl wh different sex.