Effects of Scrutiny and Verbal Abuse on Same-Sex Couples...

Effects that Scrutiny and Verbal Abuse on Same-Sex Couples and LGBQT People In History and Everyday Life For my research paper, I decided to answer the question; how do public, social, and familial scrutiny and verbal abuse affect same-sex couples/marriages, how it has changed over time and what it will be like in the future. Throughout history, the environment around them has impacted same-sex couples in either a negative or positive way whether it was helping them through hard times or completely cutting them off. Everyone has many familial groups such as their family, friends, social groups, such as work and school, and societal groups they are associated with such as the United States and its society as a whole. In this research paper I will be talking about each group and how they can affect same-sex couples to show that negative comments or remarks and even positive ones can change the affect each group has. Today, in the United States, same-sex marriages are not legal in some states but recently have become legal in others, so I will talk about historical laws and how they can c hange in the future. Lastly, many people have researched and had their own opinions about what the future will look like in the LGBQT community if the U.S continues to legalize marriage and the effects it will have, not just on same-sex couples or the LGBQT community, but society in general. In hopes to also give my personal opinion throughout the paper, I also hope that answering this