In this blog post, I am using an "X-ray" process so I can see the "bones" of my Research Project argument. At this point, my research project is still a work-in-progress, so this post serves as part of my revision process.
1. My thesis statement is: Homeless youth symbolizes the American zeitgeist of today when it comes to our acceptance of the LGBT community, and us as a society should find ways and push the government to fund or support laws uplifting shelters and support systems for those who are gay or transgender. 2. My first supporting point that argues the how or why of my zeitgeist is: That most parents reject their LGBTQ children and kick them out of their house. I added in percents from research that prove my point. The source(s) I used for this point: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2017/03/29/homeless-rates-for-lgbt-teens-are-alarming-heres-how-parents-can-change-that/ 3. The second supporting point that argues the how or why of my zeitgeist is: How 1 in 4 teens are forced to leave their homes after coming out, and using the story of Rex Ogle to support it. The source(s) I used for this point: https://lesley.edu/article/the-cost-of-coming-out-lgbt-youth-homelessness https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dad-kicked-me-out-gay_n_5b33b23ae4b0b5e692f38ab7 4. For the third supporting point that argues the how or why of my zeitgeist is: There are no federal programs, no federal protections, and few laws to protect the youth from being discriminated while accessing homeless services. The sources(s) I used for this point: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbt/reports/2010/06/21/7983/on-the-streets/ 5. The counterargument I used in my paper was the idea of straight pride parades, but I'm planning on changing it to something surrounding Evangelical Christians and their dislike for the LGBTQ community due to religion. 6. I haven't exactly come up with a prediction yet, but I plan on adding it in. My prediction would be that there's going to be more calls for action, but that the government doesn't exactly do much. I feel like the people are going to be stuck funding themselves and having to keep asking for donations and all. I feel like if the government wanted to help change the idea of the LGBTQ youth no longer being homeless, they would've already stepped in and did something. 7. The conclusion at the end I had a call for action by listing multiple charities that you could donate to if you wanted to help, but also called out the government by saying that we should push them to fund places for LGBTQ youth to have a place to rest.
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Hi and welcome back to my blog! For today, I’ll be going over what I have right now in my research project and what I plan to add. I also want to talk about things that I think I could improve with the right help, and what I want the impact of my project to have!
To start, I’m going to talk about what I right now have in my project. I knew I wanted to do something surrounding the LGBTQ community but I was unsure on where to start exactly. I started on and decided to write about homelessness in the LGBTQ community. I think I have a pretty good base to it, and I know that I have good body paragraphs with supporting evidence. I also made my bibliography and made sure that all my sources were cited. I do want to make sure that my MLA formatting is correct and re-check that everything in my paper is needed, that I’m truly capturing the “zeitgeist” of our day and age surrounding my topic. A few of the things that I want to add in are another rebuttal, someone who’s against the LGBT and I think that evangelical Christians would be a good viewpoint to add in. I also want to work on my thesis and my conclusion. I’m not sure if they’re strong enough or if they’re where I want them, but I think they’re pretty good for a first draft. I want my paper to be written so well that it can potentially change viewpoints. I know it’s kind of rare for anyone outside of this class to come to my blog and maybe even read my paper, but just talking in a regular sense.. I think if my paper had the power to change someone's viewpoint from a negative type view to a more positive and accepting view, I’d feel pretty satisfied. Overall, even though I’m only at a draft I’m still pretty proud of my draft. I actually feel good about a project for once and I’m looking forward to my own finished project. Hello! In this blog post I’ll be going over my topic for my Research Project which is going to be related to the LGBTQ community. I’ll be explaining the “zeitgeist,” or “the spirit of our time” of the community today and how it’s going to affect both me and others in the near future.
The zeitgeist topic I want to research is the LGBTQ community and the impact that it has on society today. I think this would be a good opportunity for me to look into it and see if this is maybe something I want to get involved in in the future in terms of helping and finding out ways that I can help support. A few primary sources I’d use to begin my research would be articles and blogs from people who are LGBTQ themselves. This zeitgeist would most impact people who are young adults, or teens people ages 15-25 since we are the new generation and anything new and upcoming in the LGBTQ world would fall on the new generation and it’s our choice to change laws and the world when it comes to topics like this. In my mind, the boomer generation and even some of the new generation now is too far strung on old, conservative ideals and they don’t support things such as the LGBTQ community as much as the new generation of kids and adults. This zeitgeist has always been around- as LGBTQ people were always a thing. The only difference is that now it’s a lot more accepted. Years ago, it wasn’t even legal to get married in same-sex relationships and it still isn’t in some countries. This zeitgeist would most impact the LGBTQ people, but also people such as lawmakers or the government since they would eventually be the ones changing laws about these types of things. This zeitgeist exists because you can’t exactly help who you’re attracted to. It’s nothing new, people have been attracted to the same sex for centuries upon centuries now. People would get criminalized about it and sometimes even killed. It needs to change. Liking someone, regardless if they’re the same gender as you or not.. It’s just something that happens. Why should someone care so much about who someone else loves? It’s not impacting your life directly. This zeitgeist makes me feel like I want to support those in the LGBTQ community. I have a few friends who are a part of the community, and the idea of her being pointed out in a negative way just for her being a different sexuality just isn’t something that I can get behind. She’s a person just like the rest of us. This zeitgeist makes me want to think how the LGBTQ people have been impacted themselves from a first person point of view. Even now that it’s much more accepted today, there’s still a lot of people who aren’t completely on board with it. That’s completely fine and all, but there’s a line that needs to be drawn when you start treating them a lot different just because of their sexuality.. I’m hoping that if I do the research about it, I can also figure out new ways to help support people in the LGBTQ community. This zeitgeist makes me want to change the way I do things by being more active in the world. If I see something wrong or someone being singled out I’ll step up and say something rather. Another way I could help is by calling politicians and asking for different laws to be changed regarding the community. |
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