Repression and Fear of Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, and Transgender America

Repression and Fear of Gay, Lesbian, Bi- stimulateual, and Transgender AmericansEvery June thousands of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender people gather in different locations around the world to celebrate Gay Pride calendar month with dances, festivals, and marches. The categories of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender are fairly recent the term homosexual used to mend to all individuals of a sexual orientation other than heterosexual. The tradition reached its thirty-fifth anniversary this year, and while the number of participants has skyrocketed since the first march, the rights for gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender people have not altered significantly since 1970. For example, not only are like sex marriages not intelligently recognized or granted the same privileges as opposite sex marriages, the current administration proposed to ban the possibility of same sex marriages ever being recognized by the government by dint of a constitutional amendment. This a mendment is one in a series of attempts by the American legislature to restrict and confine the homosexual lifestyle, therefore an undefiled month seems extraneous to celebrate their identity given their lack of legal rights. But the more the government threatens to interfere with the choices of homosexuals, the louder PRIDE becomes cities such as New York and San Francisco boast attendance in the hundreds of thousands. The legislative act of prohibition era has provided strength to the prohibited acts in the case of sexual behavior and identity. Michel Foucault exceed explains how homosexuality became an identity and a category. In The History of Sexuality, Foucault explores the validity of the repressive hypothesis which claims that sex has been repressed in Europe s... ...story of sexuality has resulted in individuals being defined by their sexuality, thus laws against homosexual acts prohibit homosexuals from claiming who they are. genial and legal attempts to restrain the homosexual identity have been met with increasing defy and power. Works Cited1. Foucault, Michel. The History of Sexuality Volume I An Introduction. Trans. RobertHurley. (New York Vintage Books, 1980)2. Rubin, Gayle. American Feminist Thought at Centurys End A Reader. Ed. Linda S.Kauffman. (Cambridge, Ma Blackwell, 1993)3. genus Paris is Burning. Dir. Jennie Livingston. Videocassette. Miramax, 1992.Internet Sources1)Sodomy Laws, A reference site for the history and current place of sodomy laws in the US and around the world.2)American Civil Liberties Union ,Website for the transcription working to defend the bill of rights.