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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Gay Rights"”.
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An Analysis of Tolerance Variation Among Adherents to Feminist, Environmentalist and Gay Rights Principles
… social movements: the women's, environmental and gay rights' movements. Socio-structural and attitudinal variables were regressed on tolerance, the dependent variable, which was divided into general and group-specific indexes. Education and urbanism were shown to be significant predictors of …
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On Being Gay and Christian.
<p>This thesis deals with being gay and Christian in the United States, the history of the beginnings of the Gay Rights Movement, and the past thirty years since the Gay Rights Movement. In order to gain a better understanding of the subject, twelve Christian denominations were investigated to …
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Saving America's gays and lesbians from hell : a fantasy theme criticism of the anti-gay rhetoric of the far-right
… examined in this study are Peter J. Peters, Dan Gayman, Edward Fields, Fred Phelps, Jeny Falwell, and James Dobson. In order to understand the discourse of the six rhetors, five research questions were developed to guide the study: (1) What are the images portrayed of homosexuals and gay rights …
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Gay families in the media in the age of HIV and AIDS
This thesis investigates print media discourse on gay families in the context of HIV/AIDS and the gay rights movement. Comparing and contrasting reports from the mainstream heterosexual press, the mainstream gay press, and the gay community press, revealed a moral discourse on AIDS that implicated …
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The Proud Plaintiff: The Mattachine Society of Washington, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Invention of Gay Pride, 1957-1969
Histories of the early gay rights movement in America have aptly placed emphasis on the Mattachine Society of Washington (MSW), founded in 1961, and its founder, Frank Kameny. Told as part of broader social or political histories of the 1960s “homophile” movement, these narratives often recognize …
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School's Out : a comparative study of workplace sexuality through the experiences of gay and lesbian teachers in California and Texas
… investigates the workplace experiences of gay and lesbian teachers. In-depth interviews and field observations were conducted with 51 teachers in Texas and in California, two states with different legal approaches to gay rights and worker rights. This comparative study highlights the …
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Harvey Fierstein: A prophetic voice in the gay community
… has become an important influence in the gay community. His first major play, Torch Song Trilogy, was a major milestone for gay theatre. By becoming the first gay play to be commercially successful, it launched Fierstein into the spotlight. Since his first major Broadway play, he has …
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Cosmopolitanism as a measure of political tolerance : an inquiry into the acceptability of homosexuality
… attitudes may engender more success for the gay rights movement.
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‘Current Regimes’ a play and critical analysis
… issues: the linguistics of Exhumations and Gay Rights. The critical analysis examines the craft of playwriting with ‘Current Regimes’ as case study. It discusses the diverging theatrical traditions contributing to the writing process and the deployment of dramatic devices within the play.
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Working it "Out": A Relational Understanding of Disclosure Decisions in Same-Gender Couples
"Coming out" is a unique experience for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other sexual minority individuals (LGB+), yet it remains ill-defined within scholarship and is individually focused. This study investigates how same-gender couples negotiate relationship visibility and what motivates them to come …
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Registered Nurses' Attitudes Toward The Protection Of Gays And Lesbians In The Workplace: An Examination Of Homophobia And Discriminatory Beliefs
Discrimination and inequality encountered by gays and lesbians in the United States is profuse. A cornerstone of the gay rights movement, equality in the workplace has been a pivotal struggle for gays and lesbians. This study examined the attitudes and opinions of registered nurses (RNs) regarding …
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Fortuyn's Foundations of Homonationalism (Homonationalism in Dutch everyday life)
… as a form of nationalism that utilizes gay rights to exclude (Muslim minorities). This thesis analyzes the development of Dutch homonationalism from 1990-2002. It finds that the origins and development of homonationalism are rarely discussed. Only research by Bram Mellink focused on the …
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Young-Adult Gay Literature: Coming of Age for LGBTQ Teenagers
… will explore the evolution of Young Adult (YA) Gay literature from 1969 to the present. It will explore the impact this genre has had on the LGBTQ community, the gradual societal shifts in attitudes towards homosexuals, the reciprocal influence within the scope of Queer Theory, and the …
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A Hermeneutical Consideration of Islamic Jurisprudence on Same-Sex Acts
… of same-sex identification or the emergence of gay rights organizations. This thesis offers an analysis of the Islamic sources (the Qur'an and ahadith, sayings of the Prophet Muhammad) utilized by Muslim scholars to reject same-sex identification and critiques the ways in which the sources have …
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Narratives of Exclusion: Gender, Sex, Islamophobia, and Violence in American Political Discourse
… case studies such as the use of the analogy “the gay jihad” by conservative political actors attempting to pathologize gay rights activism, invocations of “the Taliban” and “Sharia” by liberal critics of reproductive restrictions, and media attempts to Islamicize instances of mass casualty …
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Capturing the Chimera: Ideology and Persuasion in the Rhetoric of Soulforce
For more than half a century, gay rights organizations have sought cultural and political equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals in society. The organization Soulforce continues that legacy, but from a distinctive perspective. Soulforce, has positioned itself in a unique …
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The Australian Football League and the closet
… thesis examines the complete absence of openly gay males from the ranksof the professional players in the Australian Football League (AFL). It seeks to explain this absence in the context of the modern gay rights movement. incontemporary Australian society. It compares and contrasts the effects …
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Playing the (Policy) Fields: The Lesbian and Gay Movement and the Development of the Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Bill
The lesbian and gay rights movement in Canada has a rich history comprised of numerous groups and individuals that worked tirelessly for decades to promote lesbian and gay rights and champion for protections to the community at a number of levels. One of the primary challenges that occurred was in …
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