Blog #6

I was shocked about the Westboro Church people.  I cannot believe they protest about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered at soldier’s funerals.  The Westboro Church made nasty signs about Fags and they came up with chants and songs to protest.  Everyone that seen them made rude comments towards them because people find this wrong on how they are protesting.  I understand they have the Right of Freedom Speech, but I think they can protest in a different way.  I also liked the video about the gender roles and stereotypes.  The part that stood out for me with gender roles was when the boys were driving the Ford trucks and the little girl playing with her kitchen set.  I think these gender roles are still in effect today because you normally do not see boys playing with dolls, but sometimes you see girls playing with matchbox cars.

I feel that Jeanette’s mother pushed her away from her life because she disagrees that her daughter is a lesbian.  Her mother is very religious and thinks her daughter should be with a man.  Jeanette wants to explore her sexual identity, but she still loves God.  Jeanette’s church also disagrees on what she is doing.  The church told her that she can no longer teach her bible study group anymore.  Jeanette’s mother also kicks her out of the house.  Jeanette has to start a new life all over because she is different and wants to be with women.

I find this very odd because Jeanette came from a very religious family who believed in God.  Jeanette’s mother taught her the bible.  I think her mother did not expect her to like women because she was supposed to do missionary work.  This goes to show that anyone no matter what religious background they have they can be gay or lesbian.  These people want to explore their sexual identity and they want to come out into the world, but they cannot do this because people will judge them because they are different.