Research Paper on Homosexual Culture

if it helps at all, i asked "do you support gay marriage" on facebook with age ranges awhile back
of the people who answered
50% yes (age 20-29)
22% no (age 20-29)
14% no (age 40+)
7% yes (age 30-39)
7% no (age 30-39)

PM me if you'd like.....I'm bored and willing to answer your questions.

I'm straight but I support the LGBT community. I think Chik-Fil-A can eat a bag of d1cks and I won't be eating there. Also do they even lift?

5. How does he feel about the Chik-Fil-A situation?

POLITICS, GET OFF MY CHICKEN

Seriously though, that one made me laugh really hard. ♥

I personally will not support a conglomerate that is stuck in a close minded point of view especially when some of their workers could be gay. It is truly saddening that we live in a world that still discriminates.

Let me make sure to check the political stance on everything I put in my face.

OH MY GOD.... my yogurt supports PETA.

*throws it away* :noway:

Not gay but am a heterosexual Ally who was an intern for my university's LGBT resource center. Basically, Chik-Fil-A has the right to whatever opinion they want just we have the right to disagree and boycott them for views that we may consider bigoted and discriminatory.

The wording is a bit weird. You could say you're doing a paper on how homosexuality impacts our society.

Or just different forms of sexuality that are not the "norm." Psychology and sociology majors, as well as those who do not identify as only homosexual, will be all over you if you only include "homosexuality."

ETA: and for the record, I'm not a heterosexual ally... at least my girlfriend doesn't think so lol :bigsmile:

Also, I always find it amusing that I've heard so many stories of people who actually work at Chick-Fil-A not identifying as heterosexual. Sticking it to the man? Maybe.

My paper is a point of view paper not compare/contrast.

I wasn't saying this as a compare/contrast. I was saying for wording purposes, "homosexuality" doesn't cover the entire spectrum of the culture that you're getting a point of view on.

And... you also just put in a previous response post that this is for a "compare/contrast." Now, I'm confused.

Sunny, see my PM.

I didnt get a PM

Odd... looks sent to me, but I just re-sent.

I would suggest making a blog post listing the questions and asking for people to respond to you that way. You may get more responses and you're less likely to cross the 'terms' line on the message boards. IMHO

I'm straight but I support the LGBT community. I think Chik-Fil-A can eat a bag of d1cks and I won't be eating there. Also do they even lift?

FTW

Word!

okay, i am a white, straight, female, 25 years old, from Cincinnati, OH, married, no kids (not sure what all info. u need for ur demographics)

For females:
1. Describe several typical stereotypes associated with lesbians and why or why they are not accurate.
seems to me that people go 2 ways, either they have these fantasies about 2 super hot super model looking lesbians rubbing oil on each other and having pillow fights, or they think lesbians are "butch" I don't know how many times someone has commented that a woman must be gay because she is built a little beefier or has a short hair cut, etc.
anyone of any shape, size, and type can be gay. they don't have to dress or act manly, nor do they have to be super sexy, they can range anywhere in between, but i bet if u put up a group of pictures mixing gay and straight women in randomly, with a variety of shapes, sizes and personality and asked people to pick out who they thought was gay, they would be shocked to see that some gay people look just like them and some straight people look a lot different.

2. How did mainstream society view you and how has this changed over the years?
not gay, but it seems that people are becoming a lot more aware now and the younger generations are a lot more accepting than past generations, not that i think everyone feels that way, but at least in my area, it seems that way.

3. If you could change one thing to make life better for the lesbian community, what would it be?
people should stop seeing them as different, they are still people, they still have feelings, and so what if they are in a relationship with another woman, as long as you are happy, who cares who makes u that way!?

4. What contributions has the lesbian community made to our society?
i honestly couldnt say, aside from just making people more aware, but ask me what the straight community has done, i couldnt answer that either, lots of people have dones lots of things, and i dont know whether they are gay or straight

5. What are your core values? How do they play into your relationships?
be nice to me and i'll be nice to you. I grew up Baptist and was very involved in the church until somewhere in my early teenage years. I realized how intolerant those people could be, not only about gays, about a lot of other things as well, and i knew that i disagreed deep down (this was before i was really aware of people being gay or not gay, seems like it wasnt really talked about much then) and i quit attending that church. My belief is that more people should worry about themselves and stay out of everyone elses business. It does not hurt anyone for someone else to be gay. I grew up hearing the whole sanctity of marriage business (and my parents still believe in that) but seriously!? two people who love each other and want to be together are not ruining the sanctity of marriage, people who get married for the wrong reasons are the ones who have ruined it.

6. If there was something you would want mainstream society to understand better about your community, what would it be?
i would want people to realize that they are not gay because they choose to be or want to be different, they are gay because that's just the way they are, like some people are smart, athletic, or funny. you can't change a person from what they are, and there are probably a lot of people out there living an unhappy, unfulfilled life because they don't want people to think badly of them and they hide their true selves

7. How do you deal with the shortcomings of mainstream society when it comes to how the lesbian community is treated and/or viewed?
I try to stick up for people, they are still people, with very real feelings. I think it is difficult for people to stand up and say hey, this is the way i am, and i'm not going to hide it, so why make their life harder?

8. How does the lesbian community compare to other groups within our society?
not sure, but i feel like it should be no different than any other group of people with some sort of similarity

9. Why should the rest of society recognize the lesbian community?
I just don't understand why people feel so strongly against it, no one is trying to force a straight person to be gay or get married to a gay person, so what does it really effect!? if two people want to be together, whose business is it but theirs? not so long ago, people didn't think different races should mix, some people still don't think so, but times change and its time to accept people for who they are and let them love and be loved

10. How does religion play a role in your community?
organized religion has made its way out of my life, i will still believe what i believe in my own way, but i'm not going to be told what i should think

to addres the chick-fil-a thing
unfortunatly they are a very religious company and thats what they believe, however i don't think that everyone who works there or even eats there has the same views.
what it really is is a horrible business move, if you are trying to market a product, you don't do something that causes a large part of your consumers to boycott you... their views should have been left in the church, not expressed in their business

I have to do a paper on homosexual culture.

I'm straight. But if I were you I'd consider a change in language here. The phrase "homosexual culture", seems a little strange to me. It implies a stereotype. Homosexuals come from all backgrounds and cultures, they just just are attracted to members of the same sex.

THIS!!
Is what I was trying to say the first time.....