UCLA Communications Historical, Cultural, and Family Factors: LGBT Community in China Essay

COMM 110M: Comm & CommunitySmall Group (Partner) Comm Strategy Virtual Synchronous Presentation
15 points (15 % of course grade)
Presentations begin Thurs., March 3 and conclude Thurs., March 10
Final Small Group (Partner) Paper
25 points (25% of course grade)
Due: Tues., March 15 @ 10:59 a.m. PST via Canvas
These are the instructions for your Small Group (Partner) Comm Strategy Virtual
Synchronous Presentation and Final Small Group (Partner) Paper. Both assignments
account for 50% of the course grade, so read the instructions closely. Your course
grade is not contingent on whether the communication strategy(ies) is/are real and/or
actualized.
Presentation Guidelines
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Time frame: no more than 10 minutes total, which includes 2 minutes available
for a brief Q&A, comments, or feedback that might help inform the analysis in the
final paper.
Include at least 1 visual to represent the communication strategy.
Begin with a summary of the community, focusing on any project goals or
objectives and reasoning about why this community was chosen.
Discuss how the community’s needs were established and how these needs
should be addressed. Share what the community felt was realistic and/or
unfeasible or unrealistic.
Describe and/or show the communication strategy conceptualized and/or
executed to help the community of interest meet its needs, receive care, and/or
benefit from the strategy.
Present an analysis or discussion of the strategy(ies) that could be or were put
into practice.
Thinking long term, imagine and address possible or actual impact(s) that the
communication strategy(ies) has/have in helping the community meet its
communication needs. Is there evidence to support these potential or actual
conclusions?
Lastly, address what the pair/group would or will do differently with more
opportunities, time, and/or resources available.
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Paper Guidelines
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This paper structurally should contain multiple paragraphs.
This paper should be at least 800 words and include an official title that creatively
represents the connection between community and your communication
strategy(ies).
You may re-use content from your Midterm. Cite yourself and the year 2022.
Protect yourself from self-plagiarism.
Begin with a summary of the community.
Address any critical historical, cultural, social, economic, environmental, etc.
information that is specific to the chosen community and/or project, focusing on
any project goals or objectives and reasoning about why this community was
chosen. You can reiterate this part of the presentation if desired.
Describe your positionality as participants, students, and/or student researchers.
Make at least one theoretical connection to assigned course readings.
Explain your motivation(s) for the project, how the community’s needs were
established, and how these needs should be addressed.
Provide an analysis of the communication strategy, drawing from any outside
research or assigned course materials to justify points of significance.
Significance can be theoretical or applied/practical/empirical/observable.
Incorporate any final points for discussion or future exploration.
Thinking Ahead
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Questions about Presentations or the Final? Earn some community-building
points by posting them to our Discussions page in Canvas first. You can email
me, too at biatarol@ucsd.edu. If I do not respond, the answer might be on
Canvas.
Good luck!
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The purpose of this presentation is to reveal how the needs of LGBT people in China were
exposed and what the community considers to be realistic and reasonable treatment. It goes
against the popular belief that, LGBTQIA+ people do not have legal rights or privileges as
heterosexual or cisgender people in China. According to Liang (2022), since 2001,
homosexuality has been classified as a mental disease and is heavily suppressed. Same-sex
couples cannot marry or be allowed to adopt in China when both LGBT and non-LGBT people
have different legal rights. As time goes by, the Chinese are becoming more accepting where
homophobic violence has been rare. The courts have given a few gay-friendly verdicts, and a
new facility in Shanghai now serves transsexual children.
Another example of the LGBT community in China is Beijing’s gay community. It provides a
safe, welcoming atmosphere for Beijing’s LGBT+ community, through events and support.
Nights at the progressive Destination or Funky (next to each other) are easy and fun. In China,
the Beijing LGBT Center is a non-profit organization keen to promote the rights of China’s
LGBT+ community.
Few will accept that the State or its rules purposefully target homosexuality. Some say Xi
Jinping’s increasingly conformist and conservative policies have harmed the LGBTQ
community. Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong all have thriving LGBT communities, but public
displays and pride festivals are rare in China since the government limits all forms of public
protest.
The purpose of this presentation is to reveal how the needs of LGBT
people in China were exposed and what the community considers to be
realistic and reasonable treatment. It goes against the popular belief that,
LGBTQIA+ people do not have legal rights or privileges as heterosexual or
cisgender people in China. According to Liang (2022), since 2001,
homosexuality has been classified as a mental disease and is heavily
suppressed. Same-sex couples cannot marry or be allowed to adopt in
China when both LGBT and non-LGBT people have different legal rights.
As time goes by, the Chinese are becoming more accepting where
homophobic violence has been rare. The courts have given a few gayfriendly verdicts, and a new facility in Shanghai now serves transsexual
children.
Another example of the LGBT community in China is Beijing’s gay
community. It provides a safe, welcoming atmosphere for Beijing’s LGBT+
community, through events and support. Nights at the progressive
Destination or Funky (next to each other) are easy and fun. In China, the
Beijing LGBT Center is a non-profit organization keen to promote the rights
of China’s LGBT+ community.
Few will accept that the State or its rules purposefully target homosexuality.
Some say Xi Jinping’s increasingly conformist and conservative policies
have harmed the LGBTQ community. Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong all
have thriving LGBT communities, but public displays and pride festivals are
rare in China since the government limits all forms of public protest.