Looking for a paper or project topic? Consider one of the following:
CULTURAL
- difference between sexual orientation (who you're attracted to) and gender identity (who you are)
- queer performance art / film festivals
- discrimination and treatment of LGBTQ+ people in the workplace
- violence toward / bullying of LGBTQ+ people
- gender nonconforming children in schools
- asexuality (what is means, how it is often misunderstood)
- marriage of LGBTQ+ people to heterosexuals in order to ‘pass’
- LGBTQ+ writers, pioneers, activists
- LGBTQ+ parenting
- transgender history, visibility, importance of 'passing'
- difference between sexual behavior and sexual identity
- bisexuality (history as a separate identity)
- how nonbinary identity differs from transgender identity
HISTORICAL
- time period / location where same-sex attraction was accepted
- LGBTQ+ political history, fight for gay rights
LEGAL
- legal rights of transgender people
- LGBTQ+ rights worldwide
- same-sex marriage (who supports it, who opposes it, legislation pertaining to)
MEDICAL
- biological research on sexual orientation
- LGBTQ+ mental health
- gender dysphoria and the controversy of diagnosing ‘gender identity disorder’
- new surgical technologies for LGBTQ+ people
- how the medical establishment treats transgender people
- role of testosterone limits and measuring tests in professional sports (especially in regard to female athletes)
