The Courier, Volume 19, Issue 22, May 2, 1986

Stories: $1.5 Million Computer Lab Proposed Affordable Housing: Rare In ’74 Trustee Belushi Hit Apathy, Poor Parking CD Group Becomes Heroes In China Smokeless Tobacco Gains Popularity Netters Sweep All 10 Titles At N4C Chaps Clinch Pennant Lady Chaps End Successful Season People: Jim Belushi Steve Mologousi

The Legally Queer Child

This article explores the various presumptions and arguments of Canadian courts in largely denying queer children a legal presence. An analysis of the intersection of homosexuality and children is explored with a view to arguing that legally, queer children deserve a voice. The author begins by outlining the development of the legal conceptualization of the child . This conceptualization led to the notion of the child as innocent, and thus in need of protection. In comparison, homosexuals came to be characterized as aberrant and predatory . Protecting children from homosexuals then became a simple step of logic, which ultimately led to the larger legal construction of the nascently heterosexual child. This presumption underlies many of the court decisions reached in this area, often leading to a complete failure on the part of the law to acknowledge and confront the complex and sensitive issues facing queer children. Heterosexual normalization and homosexual abnormalization pervades the legal landscape, such that any child exhibiting non-heterosexual tendencies is presumed to have been influenced by an aberrant and predatory homosexual adult. Legal institutions respond by protecting children from homosexual influences, thus denying these children access to gay norms and contexts. The author canvasses the manner in which major institutions and devices -- in the context of family and custody; religion; education; and harassment and verbal abuse -- are used to ensure the invisibility of the queer child. In conclusion, it is noted that while some courts are beginning to recognize the queer child, much progress is needed before the queer child is accorded full legal visibility. Number of Pages in PDF File: 3

Spartan Daily, October 7, 1975

Volume 65, Issue 17https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/6001/thumbnail.jp

Spartan Daily, October 2, 1975

Volume 65, Issue 15https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/6000/thumbnail.jp

Shame on you; shame in me: the impact of degradation on males who identify as gay

Literature in gender and identity studies does not reveal plentiful inquiry regarding the impact of shame, particularly with regard to males who identify as gay; however, the literature does reflect that people who identify as non-conformist with regard to sexual and gender identities often experience ongoing emotional and physical degradation in the forms of harassment, taunting, name-calling, physical aggression, assault, and violence. As a result of a void in the knowledge base about the intersection of degradation, shame, and identities, this study explores the experiences of males who identify as gay and who have experienced degradation resulting in shame. Working from a postmodern epistemology grounded in qualitative and feminist methodologies, using auto-ethnography and dialogue as methods, the author and four participants, deeply explore the experiences of external shame messages, how they became internalized, and how they were/are negotiated. The experiences of the participants including the author’s are contextualized within the so-called gay liberation movement. Several theoretical perspectives are examined including gender, identity and queer theories, particularly as they relate to how identities are shaped and how hegemony operates within particular identities that may be considered marginalized from the mainstream. Working from the perspective that codified identities are exclusive and restrictive, opportunities for (re)imagining identities with regard to gender and sexuality are explored theoretically and pragmatically. Models for confronting heterosexism and homophobia are presented in the arenas of religion, schooling, the media, and human services. Visibility as a person who is sexually and gender non-conformist is discussed as are the tensions between boundless and fluid imaginings of identity and the need for boundaries related to the impact on others of identities and practices/acts associated with them

The New Hampshire, Vol. 67, No. 45 (Apr. 15, 1977)

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire

Prospectus, April 14, 1982

JACOB SPEAKS AT RAMADA INN FRIDAY: LEADER WORKS FOR RACIAL EQUALITY; News Digest; Students speak at meeting; Achievement winners announced; Senator voices opinion on issues; Students should help StuGo out with input; WPCD not real issue -- fear of change is the problem; Foreign film festival offered next week; P.C. Happenings...: Circle K thanks jellybean guessers, Learn to manage time, Phi Beta Lambda thanks helpful people, Program focuses on wellness, Swing Choir places first, P.C. sponsors management workshop, Thanks to all who helped in blood drive, Parkland plans for Ground Zero Week, Swing Choir to perform today, Rathskeller to play 1st outdoor concert; Phi Beta Lambda: bettering business; Students to meet to help ratify ERA amendment; Positive attitude important in job hunting, interview; Motorcycle trips are a great way to go; Alcoholics find needed help at AA; Bicycle tour scheduled; Respiratory therapy offers many career opportunities; Community Calendar; Classifieds; Theatre production performances scheduled; This movie is a four-way winner; What\u27s been happening in the music world?; Weather keeps team prisoner; Men\u27s baseball 12-game statistics; StuGo answers questions about new widescreen TV; Cancelled practices may hurt team play; Sports Watch...https://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1982/1022/thumbnail.jp