LGBT Youth Scotland

encourage the group to come together as a whole and get to know one another. The initial activity did a fabulous job of encouraging the youngsters to introduce themselves to their peers in a fun and non intimidating way. It ‘broke the ice’ (LGBT Youth Scotland clips 2-6). If the introductions had been done with a greater amount

Forming involves the LGBT young people coming together and learning to ‘form’ as a group. This involves Scott and Jean supporting the group to work together. The next stage is Storming the young people start learning about what roles they play – for example, the leader of the coordinator, the resource investigator, team worker, the plant, shaper… this is followed by norming where the young people understand their responsibilities and their role as part of the group. This is completed by the performing

What is equality? Is it just a political nomenclature or an ideological concept? Or is about working towards creating a fairer society in which each individual can enjoy his/her rights and freedom without any judgement considering that “[w]e will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.” Will Rogers (1924, p210). The task of this is essay is not so much to find the bona fide implications of the word “equality”, but rather to clarify its meaning towards

nevertheless, this occasion only applies to England and Wales. Scotland will not be able to celebrate such a milestone for another 13 years, as it has only been 37 years since The Criminal Offences Act (1980) was passed to the same effect. Since then we've certainly come a long way from the rampant homophobia and discrimination of the 80's but much of that prejudice is still prevalent in today's society. In the past year alone one in five LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) people have been

Critically discuss the role of Community Youth Work with LGBT youth. I remember as I when I was young boy I fancied a boy in my class, how could this be? What does this even mean? What have I done wrong? All the Emotions? What are these feelings? How can I change this? I was 10 years old I felt alone, scared, I didn’t know who I could talk to. It took me 3 years to fully understand that I was different and that the feelings and emotions that I had for this boy meant only one thing, I was gay

In the last several years the United States of America has shown progression towards equality for LGBT. With whole states being the frontrunners of support for LGBT rights it has become apparent that change is happening. In 2012 gay marriage was legalized in all fifty states, allowing many couples the ability to wed. Close friends of my mom were able to wed because of the law. Not only has there been steps taken for sexuallitys but, also for those who are transgender. In the last couple years the

support began to surface. In 1924, Henry Gerber attempted to start America’s first gay association (Marcus). When that didn’t really work, people tried again in the 1960’s and the 1970’s with LGBT community movementsin cities such as NYC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and others (Burns 27-28). The LGBT community is very active today and even includes support straight members! Throughout recent history, terminology has been affected by the movement. The word gay, which originally meant “happy

The research on health disparities across the United States is still relatively new. For many within the medical field there are still many who focus on issues of disparities without addressing the structural issues at the base of those disparities. When it comes to interventions to address these disparities and inequalities, research is focused on the role of medical professionals with little research on community engagement and empowerment. Problem Theory When address the issue of structural racism