CHARICE PEMPENGCO

A.K.A JAKE ZYRUS

(TRANSMAN)
BOY ABUNDA
(GAY)
JOSE MARIE VICERAL A.K.A.
VICE GANDA
(GAY)
MARK BAUTISTA
(BISEXUAL)
ROSTUM PADILLA A.K.A
BB GANDANG HARI
(TRANSWOMAN)
MONIQUE WILSON
(LESBIAN)
 LGBTQ+
AND
POP CULTURE
 WHAT IS LGBTQ+?
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender are
collectively referred to as LGBT. The
initialism, as well as some of its widely used
variations, serves as a catch-all phrase for
sexual orientation and gender identity.
 WHAT IS LGBTQ+?
The term LGBT is a modification of the initialism LGB,
which started to take the place of the term gay (or gay and
lesbian) in reference to the larger LGBT community in the
middle to late 1980s. Instead of exclusively referring to
people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender when
transgender people are not included, the shorter term LGB is
still used in place of LGBT. To acknowledge this inclusion, a
common variant of LGBTQ includes queer people.
LGBTQ+
“L” STANDS FOR LESBIAN
THE TERM “LESBIAN” DESCRIBES A WOMAN WHO IS
PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, OR ROMANTICALLY
ATTRACTED TO OTHER WOMEN.
“G” STANDS FOR GAY
• THE TERM “GAY” DESCRIBES A PERSON WHO IS
PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, OR ROMANTICALLY
ATTRACTED TO PEOPLE WITHIN THE SAME
 LGBTQ+
• Q” STANDS FOR QUEER: AN ADJECTIVE USED BY SOME
PEOPLE WHOSE SEXUAL ORIENTATION IS NOT
EXCLUSIVELY HETEROSEXUAL OR STRAIGHT.
• “Q” CAN ALSO STAND FOR QUESTIONING: WHEN “Q”
COMES AT THE END OF LGBTQ, IT CAN ALSO MEAN
QUESTIONING. QUESTIONING IS A TERM USED TO
DESCRIBE A PERSON WHO IS EXPLORING THEIR
SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY.
LGBTQ+
• “+” STANDS FOR PLUS: THE “+” SIGN IS A SYMBOL
THAT REPRESENTS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
WHO IDENTIFY WITH A SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR
GENDER IDENTITY THAT ISN’T INCLUDED WITHIN
THE LGBTQIA ACRONYM. IT’S AN INCLUSIVE WAY
OF REPRESENTING GENDER AND SEXUAL
IDENTITIES THAT LETTERS AND WORDS CANNOT
YET FULLY DESCRIBE.
WHAT ISSUES ARE
FACING THE LGBT
COMMUNITY?
“Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex
(LGBT) people experience prejudice in
practically every aspect of their existence
throughout the world. Access to jobs, education,
and healthcare are all denied to them. They are
attacked primarily because of how they express
their gender or because of how others perceive
their sexual orientation.
 THE ROLE OF
PSYCHOLOGY IN
SOCIETY’S ACCEPTANCE
OF HOMOSEXUALITY
Up until the 1970s

First, psychological research refuted the notion that

homosexuality is associated with criminality and mental
disease. It was simple to draw the conclusion that they were
connected because, up until the 1950s, the majority of
homosexual people studied by psychologists and others were
either convicts or mental patients.
Beginning in the early 1950s, Evelyn Hooker, a courageous
psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles
(UCLA), started disproving this notion. Evelyn Hooker
concurred, “He’s right – we know nothing about them. He’s
right,” when a gay former student said, “Evelyn, it is your
scientific obligation to investigate males like me” (cited in
Burr, 1993). There is no such thing as a normal homosexual,
the chair of the department of psychiatry responded when
she said she wished to examine them (Hooker, 1993, p. 450).
Her task was challenging. She wanted to test gay men, but
they were worried she might reveal their identity. Their
“jobs and very lives were at jeopardy” if she did (Hooker,
1993, p. 451). Both the government and companies would
not employ homosexuals.
Thirty homosexual and thirty heterosexual men were each given the
Rorschach test by Hooker. Three Rorschach specialists attempted to
differentiate between the two groups’ results, but were unsuccessful
(Hooker, 1957). Numerous additional research using different
metrics came to the conclusion that there was no pathology
associated with homosexuality and that homosexuals and lesbians
functioned just as well in both romantic relationships and the
workplace. Homosexuality was taken from the American
Psychiatric Association’s list of mental illnesses in 1973. This
understanding that homosexuality is not linked to any disease has
contributed to fostering its acceptance .
The Inheritance of Homosexuality
The realization that homosexuality is substantially driven by genes
and not merely by free will is a second contribution made by
psychology. This finding is significant since there is a substantial
correlation between support for gay rights and the idea that
homosexuality is something people are “born with” (Gallup, 2007).
The majority of homosexual men and lesbians think they have
“absolutely no choice” regarding their sexuality (Herek, Norton,
Allen & Sims, 2010).
The Inheritance of Homosexuality
The data supporting the heredity of homosexuality expanded dramatically in
the 1990s. The sexual orientation of male identical twins, fraternal twins, and
adoptive brothers was compared by Bailey and Pillard (1991). They reasoned
that if homosexuality is influenced by genetics, persons who are more
genetically linked should have more in common with one another. According
to their research, homosexuality can be directly linked to heredity in roughly
70% of cases. Later research supported this, however the percentage varied
over time. It’s possible that a gene network, fluctuations in the mother’s
hormone levels during pregnancy, and their interactions are all involved.
Perhaps homosexuality has several biological bases (Ngun & Vilain, 2014).
The Inheritance of Homosexuality

Today, a lot of Americans acknowledge that homosexuality

is a real condition. Only 13% of people thought
homosexuality was something one is “born with” in 1977
(Gallup, 2007), but by 2015, 51% thought similarly about
gays and lesbians (Gallup, 2015).
 THE ROLE OF
POPULAR CULTURE
ON LGBTQ+
The country has quickly shifted from long-
standing opposition to gay rights to support
for gays, including same-sex marriage,
acceptance of a gay child, and willingness to
vote for a gay politician. Popular culture is a
key factor in this broad and rapid shift in the
nation’s politics.
On the five-time Emmy-winning ABC sitcom
“Modern Family,” Cam and Mitch, a married
couple raising a daughter, are watched by
millions of viewers. Last year, the marriage-
equality chant “Same Love” by Macklemore and
Ryan Lewis rocketed to the Top 5 on the
Billboard rap music chart.
 POPULAR CULTURE AND SOCIAL
MEDIA
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and
other sexual and/or gender minority (LGBT+)
kids have access to social media platforms that
are crucial for enhancing their well-being by
allowing them to explore their identities, find
resources, and interact with others.
 ASSIMILATION CHALLENGES
Increasingly favorable representation in popular media
would aid in changing views, activists knew. The president
and CEO of GLAAD, Sarah Kate Ellis, asserted that “the
media is the best method to influence hearts and minds.”
“Networks were hesitant to portray LGBT characters in the
same way that they portray heterosexual characters for
many, many years. In the end, we want LGBT people on
network TV to be portrayed in a multidimensional way, just
like straight characters.
THANK YOU