Essays on Gender Identity

Sexual Identify Sexual identity is an integral part of our lives. It shapes our identity as a person and relationships with others. Kids who identify as LGBTQ are very aware of and sensitive to social and familial pressures to engage only in heterosexual relationships. LGBTQ…

Who Belongs to LGBTQ+ According to Wikipedia, the LGBT+ community is a loosely defined grouping of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) and LGBT-supportive people, organizations, and subcultures, united by a common culture and social movements. These communities generally celebrate pride, diversity, individuality, and sexuality….

Introduction Fun Home: a Family tragicomic, by Alison Bechdel, deals with the difficulties that a father and daughter face with sexuality/ being gay. Alison Bechdel realizes that Bruce and her are on opposite side of the Kinsey scale regarding their gender preferences. The story pursuit…

Introduction The memoir “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel reminds me more of a fictional rather than “real” graphic memoir. Bruce, Alison’s dad seems like he is escaping from the world rather than in the reality due to his hidden identity, being homosexual….

The Themes of the Play “Welcome to our home on Maple Avenue.” With this line, the Bechdel family brought the audience of the Ensemble Theatre along for a ride through their life. The story is told through the eyes of 49 year old Alison Bechdel…

Introduction Like many refugees that fled from Vietnam to America, my parents definitely did not have it easy. My parents and their families fled to the United States in search of freedom and happiness. They fled Vietnam by boat headed out to sea, crammed with…

Most kinships ordinarily shape for similar reasons, e. g. , shared interests, support, and fellowship. In any case, the sort of relationship seems to contrast among male and female connections. Men, not at all like ladies, have a tendency to lean toward greater movement-based companionships…

Gender and racial identity have long been subject to public opinions, morals, and beliefs. One person may express his or her feelings toward a certain group of people in one way while someone else may go about doing so in another. Visuals, music, and everyday…

Introduction To be capable and efficient as a counselor is very important. More so for a multicultural counsellor one has to be competent. To be competent is to have the necessary ability, skill and knowledge to successfully achieve a task. It is not something that…

Identity is how you see yourself and how others see you; many different aspects of society, such as, family, peers and media, can influence this. Gender is a significant part of an individual’s identity and can be reflected in countless different ways, such as, the…