In regards to this weeks theme of LGBTQIA, one of the main issues that we were faced with was that of two steps forward, one step back. With the administration that came into power in 2016, it certainly felt that way. Under the Obama administration, there was progressive movement in regards to gay rights and privileges such as gender neutral…[Read more]

This week’s discussion was on LGBTQ rights. One thing that stood out to me during this week’s discussion was the talk of freedom of religion vs freedom of expression. Thinking back on the previous debates held in class, I realize that a fair amount of discussions can be thought of as where do we draw the line in <span style=”display: inline…[Read more]

The picture I selected for this week’s photoshare is a photo of 21-year-old student and LGBTQ rights activist Matheusa Passarelli. He was assassinated in one of the favelas in Rio de Janeiro. Passarelli was missing, and after a week of investigations, the police search team determined that their body may have been burned by drug traf…[Read more]

To add to this week’s discussion of LBBTQ+ rights and their denial in this country, I included two pieces I’ve read in another class regarding trans politics. The first is Dean Spade’s piece on the limits of the law in relation to trans rights and how this is a product of a neoliberal caste society. The second is Nat Raha’s emotional piece on…[Read more]

The photo illustrates an interracial couple supporting marriage equality by holding a sign that states “Not long ago our marriage was illegal. Be on the right side of history. Marriage Equality for all.” I picked this photo because it strongly relates to this weeks theme, “the right to marry, the right to exist.” In the past it was illegal for…[Read more]

Source:  Wolf, Richard. “Supreme Court Rules on Narrow Grounds for Baker Who Refused to Create Same-Sex Couple’s Wedding Cake.” <i>USA Today</i>, Gannette, 4 June 2018, http://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/1052989001.

This weeks final photo share theme is about the right to marry and the right to exist. The topic definitely reminded me of t…[Read more]

The theme of this week is Marriage equality for the LGBTQIA community where we began our conversation with Obergfell v Hodges(2015) and centered the majority of our conversation around Cheif Justice Roberts opinion statement. One line that we found to be problematic in our discussion was Robert’s assertion that “They [The LGBTQIA community] ask f…[Read more]

For this week’s theme about the right to marry, I found a picture while scrolling through Pinterest that I thought connected well with our in-class discussions. The picture simply states “Marriage is a human right, not a heterosexual privilege”. This was something so simply put but something that I hadn’t really thought about until this week’s…[Read more]

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>I chose this image of a gender neutral bathroom sign designed by Garrett Durland who sells several different versions of these signs on Etsy. I chose this image because it related to the discussion that has revolved around Trump’s administration in relation to redefining the word “Transgender.” These types of signs…[Read more]

This photo shows several affiliates of University of Michigan-Dearborn holding up signs for National Coming Out Day in 2012. Their mission was to spread awareness of the struggles that many members of the LGBT community face. As the photo illustrates, social isolation and even suicide are not uncommon among this community. Regarding our discussion…[Read more]

This week’s theme of right to marry and right to exist shed light on one of the many struggles the LGBTQIA+ community endures, specifically in the United States. For Native Americans/ Indigenous community, “being gay” is considered “Two-spirit” meaning that we are gifted with the male and female souls. However, the white heterosexual cis…[Read more]

This week’s theme is the right to marry and the right to exist, which connects to the LBGTQ community. In lecture, we as a class had discussed about the discrimination, lack of resources, and lack of humanity that people have towards same sex couples. We also mentioned how when couples of the same sex try to adopt a child that they are often t…[Read more]

I chose this photo because I think that it brings up an important issue that many people who express bigoted views do not consider. People can be very comfortable to express hate and bigotry towards groups that are “other” than them. They would not be ok if their rights were the one’s up for debate. They usually don’t think about that because many…[Read more]

In Global Citizen, I found this picture in a very interesting article that shows that rights are still not recognized to the LGBT community in the United States and therefore that battles continue to have to fight.

We can see: the right to be parents, the fact that in some states still children can be sent to “gay conversion therapy”,…[Read more]

The photo I am sharing this week is of a poster that says “The Gay Agenda: 1. Equality. 2. See Item 1.” This was submitted by NightFrog on http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/gay-rights/images/30759640/title/gay-rights-photo. I chose this photo because it relates to what I stated in class- the rights of the LGBTQIA community will not negatively affect…[Read more]

The photo I am sharing this week is of Roxsana Hernandez, a transgender asylum seeker fleeing violence in Honduras. She arrived at a U.S. port of entry in May of 2018, and was treated horrifically by ICE, which led to her death only eight days later. Recently, an autopsy was released that showed that she died of dehydration with HIV complications,…[Read more]

I’ve decided to attach a photo of Pedro Pastor and Erick Alexander Duran at their symbolic wedding in Tijuana, Mexico. Pedro and Erick are one of seven LGBTQ+ refugee couples from Central America that decided to have one of these celebrations in Baja, California. Pedro and Erick, like their fellow queer refugees, are fleeing violence that has…[Read more]

For this weeks photo share I decided to select a “funny” poster from a gay rights demonstration in Sydney, Australia in 2011. The photo says “If I like it then I should be allowed to put a ring on it.” The first reason I selected this photo is because Beyonce is great, but the second (and main) reason is because it highlights how simple gay rights…[Read more]

This week’s photographs are showing the two sides of the marriage inequality/discrimination debate. First is a photograph of Richard and Mildred Loving, the petitioners in the Supreme Court case; Loving v. Virginia (1967)  which found laws banning the marriage between different races (in this base Black/White) to be unconstitutional. These were…[Read more]

The Theme of the Week: The Right to Marry, the Right to Exist.

This photograph was chosen as a result of it being able to convey the very right of marriage and to exist. The right to marriage has been a contested subject in the United States in which resulted in the exclusion of many LGBTQ+ individuals from ever attaining such a right. Moreover,…[Read more]