" McDonough explains that Michael Sam came out as gay, and the coaches and NFL spokesmen were less than thrilled. Many of the spokesmen responded with extremely homophobic comments, including one that stated being gay is not acceptable in the world of NFL because "it'd chemically imbalance an NFL locker room and meeting room" (McDonough). ... In Sam Borden's article, "Female star comes out as gay, and sports world shrugs," he explains that the basketball player Brittney Griner casually came out as a lesbian in an interview, and the media's reaction was j...

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In the past twenty years many Western nations have seen an increase in the accessibility of sexually explicit materials and a rise in reported rapes (Harris 218). ... The gays and lesbians contribute billions to the American economy annually. ... It is seen as normal for Americans to watch heterosexual people kiss in a commercial, but a gay cruise line commercial was banned for portraying gay people having fun on a ship. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Haunted by herpes of being, beaten by her father, and raped by a high school football player, Jess leaves home in search of others like herself, By meeting other manly women in the factories, Jess continues to grown, and learns more about love from prostitutes and about survival from her older butch lovers. However, there is no security in her new home, as vicious policemen raid the gay bars regularly. ... In the context of commodity lesbianism today, the lesbian community, or more broadly the gay and lesbian community, has been considered by many to be an untapped goldmine. Businesses targeti...

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Also, discrimination of gays, lesbians, transgender, or even members of different castes are all examples of political and religious control. ... Kripal explains cases of religious discrimination towards females throughout history which include genital mutilation, foot binding, inability to divorce, getting blamed for getting raped, dowry deaths, etc. ...

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Feminists have researched extensively on all types associated with gender, including gay and lesbian, thus acting towards the literature on masculinity slowly increasing within the past 20 years due to the pressure from feminist works. ...

• Word Count: 3847
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate