User:Gen-Asher/Choose an Article

Option 1: Intersectionality and LGBTQ+ Communication Studies

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Intersectionality in the LGBTQ+ community encompasses a whole group of diverse people. There are countless ways that people can identify; this section on intersectionality should demonstrate how important it is to have several identities. Those of color, those with disabilities, and those that chose to have an anti categorical queer intersectionality should all be represented here. Carlos will research Crip and Queer Theory, and Asher will research Quare Theory.

The differentiation of quare from queer theory should be analyzed and made clear. There should be a historical understanding of what it means to be black, gay and male. Intersectional groups, as such, have faced profound prejudice and violence and deserve to have recognition under a term other than queer.
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"Kuare Theory", written by Ryan M. Lescure is an article that explains what quare theory is and how it is purposefully different from queer theory. This source focuses on the larger national trends concerning whats culturally and economically changing. It also holds to perspective on womanism which is the root of queer theory while also making sure to point out the systemic problems that queer theory brings. I would also like to include a more historical source called Quare vernacular discourse: vulnerability, mentorship, and coming out on YouTube this source will bring individual experiences that were all organized and documented on Youtube over the years.

Keven James Rudrow (2023) Quare vernacular discourse: vulnerability, mentorship, and coming out on YouTube, Critical Studies in Media Communication, 40:2-3, 121-135, DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2023.2229418, R. (2023, May 24).

Kuaer Theory. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. Retrieved 26 Mar. 2024, from https://oxfordre.com/communication/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228613-e-1175.

Potential Current Wikipedia Article(s)

I think it would be cool to create a page for Quare Theory, as there isn't one yet. I could also add some information to the black male studies page.Black male studies I could also add a subtopic to Queer Theory in order to clarify the difference.

Option 2: Queer and Religion Communication Intersections
Queer people are found in every almost every religion which means that there will be many complex relationships to discover. Being that christianity is the most well documented, there will be more sources from intersections involving christianity and only a few on other religions. We will answer why there is so little an amount of non-christian queer sources and how problems can come from being religious and queer. I would like to focus on the violence that occurs so frequently in religion that is against the lgbtq+ community. Violence seems to be a theme when it comes to the relationship that queer people have with religion; I have two examples one from islam Finland and the other from christian America.
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 * Anti-LGBT violence and the ambivalent (colonial) discourses of Ghanaian Pentecostalist-Charismatic church leaders. I chose this source because it is a very specific example of and article that is not only about violence against queers in the church, but Ghanaian/African queers at that. The other source is equally interesting and niche; it is focusing on online chats about violence that occurs in finland against islamic queer people. Note: The Ghanaian queers can relate to my other topic Quare theory which also contains a source with material gathered online.
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Health Communication

Option 3: HIV and LGBTQ+ Health COMM

 * Section Overview As is the goal with most topics concerning LGBTQ+ health communication, awareness is a big issue. The goals of this section are to bring awareness to diseases and to destroy hurtful stigmas and stereotypes around LGBTQ+ health.
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 * In order to bring about awareness of HIV, it is important to study how people that have been affected by HIV feel about and talk about the disease. Personal experiences give credible answers to difficult questions and can offer valuable insight into a subject that is hard to handle. HIV is historically a taboo topic and I want to find out why and how this started.
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 * Teaching people to avoid prejudices and stigmas is a difficult task, but what better way to show the effects of this than film? Human interactions and examples of correct vernacular and speech can help to understand how to communicate appropriately.
 * Tal Como Somos/Just As We Are : An Educational Film to Reduce Stigma toward Gay and Bisexual Men, Transgender Individuals, and Persons Living With HIV/AIDS
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 * Potential Current Wikipedia Article(s): HIV/AIDS
 * Potential Current Wikipedia Article(s): HIV/AIDS
 * Potential Current Wikipedia Article(s): HIV/AIDS






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