The History Of Sexuality, Discrimination, And Revolution

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The History of (Homo)Sexuality, Discrimination, and Revolution

Love, it is very interesting isn’t it. Love is really strong. Love can mean the world to the vast majority of people in the world. Love is free, there is no price tag on it. You don’t need to pay anything for the loving affection of that special someone. Love, there is something about it that you just describe until it happens to you. There is love at first sight, there is love that develops over time through friendship. Hell, there is even love from hate. Love is an amazing feeling and it empowers me and you. So, everyone should have it, right? Love is an amazing thing that makes people happy. If you are in love, don’t you want the freedom to express

"As has been frequently noted, the ancient Greeks [roughly 2900-146 BC] did not have terms or concepts that correspond to the contemporary dichotomy of ‘heterosexual’ and ‘homosexual’… Probably the most frequent assumption of sexual orientation is that persons can respond erotically to beauty in either sex.” ("Homosexuality," plato.stanford.edu, Aug. 6, 2002, updated Feb. 11, 2011). Homosexuality is not a new, modern thing. And you can technically linki support for “Homosexuals” back to the ancient Greeks too. Philosopher Plato said himself that the army should compose of “male lovers”. His reasonings were about how they would be able to overtake other armies because of their undying loyalty to one and other. Homosexuality can also be found in many

Not always, but usually, people bring up that homosexuality isn’t natural. I won’t go too far in depth with this topic as I will discuss it in my next piece. But, the opposition is not coming up with logical points for not allowing the legalisation of equal marriage.

With no logical opposition, the reasons to vote “no” for equal marriage in congress and state governments are slim. With that, more and more states are legalising gay marriage. As of now, 37 of the 50 state recognize same sex marriage and issue marriage licenses. Sadly, there are still 13 states that don’t legally allow same sex marriage. Although progress is being made in those states, the states still don’t recognize same sex marriage. Hopefully, the U.S. Supreme Court will put an end to the discrimination and and let the nation have what we deserve, free love.

As stated earlier, there was some definite opposition. Some was peaceful, and some were the opposite. An example would be the Stonewall Riots in 1969. It was the event that has been credited for sparking the gay liberation movement. The riots were basically the reactions of people who were getting arrested for just being gay and being in a gay bar. Some of the arrested were just transvestites also. It was a targeted hate crime that spiralled out of control. The event happened on June 28, 1969. With that date in mind, you can see that the marches for gay rights happen around