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Being Gay & Their Life

Valentine Letsoin (N0122120)

Video Title: Outcast: being gay in Indonesia

Date: 14 November 2022

  1. What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
    So, in this video we discuss about Bagas being gay, being bullied by his brothers and sister, being HIV positive, and convert from a Muslim to a Christian. At the beginning of the video, he says that he was rejected and that means he is nothing in his family. In the video it says he left his house when he was 16 years old, and it’s because his brothers and sister make a joke and also bullied him a lot from when he was a child to a teenager, they say “don’t you have a girlfriend. are you gay?”. And because he also lives in a small area so the joke can spread, and everyone can find out about it. So, he went to Jakarta but the first month he was in Jakarta he lived on the streets, and he continued his life doing some work. but now he has a steady job as a freelance designer, and he’s been in a relationship for five years. After a few years of being in a relationship he found out that he was HIV positive and after finding out that he felt like he was going to die and had to give up all his dreams. but he felt lucky to be able to find out information about treatment faster than them. he had also tried to commit suicide by taking a lot of medicine, but apparently it failed. and after that happened, he went to get treatment and learn to live with HIV. he also said the last few years the situation had gotten worse; the local government did not allow them to express their community and many LGBT events were banned.
  2. What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
    The main topic in this video explains the life of someone who becomes gay in Indonesia.
  3. How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
    This video can be trusted because the speaker in this video is Bagas (a pseudonym) who has personally experienced what he is talking about. So, the source and speaker in this video can be trusted.
  4. What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
    The speaker in this video speaks in a relaxed tone, he seems to agree with gays, because he said, “He hope that one day he will have their own house with his boyfriend, and they want to live as a normal couple without having to be seen as weird by the public.”
  5. Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
    This speaker is speaking a valid argument because he has personally experienced it.
  6. Explain how this article will help contribute to your larger group project.
    The topics covered in this video will be of great help in contributing to my larger projects. Because, he has given me a bit of understanding about the topic that I am taking.

Video Title: There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Gay Gene’: Study

Date: 11 November 2022

  1. What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
    This video discusses what makes someone gay, so the video explains that there is no single gene that determines whether an individual is likely to be a gay or heterosexual. And the study concludes that the genetic factor accounted for most twenty five percent of the same sex behavior, the rest is attributed to a complex environmental factors such us upbringing and personality. The latest study stating that homosexuality cannot be attributed entirely to genes, and there are other environmental places that can in fact contribute to the way sexuality develops in an individual.
  2. What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
    So, the main point here is that homosexuality cannot be attributed entirely to genes, and there are other environmental places that can actually contribute to the development of sexuality in individuals.
  3. How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
    I think this video is trustworthy. The speaker is News anchor. The source comes from scientists all over the world. I think the source and the speaker are trustworthy because what they talk about is not random and must go through a research process first, and here also not only through one source but through many sources.
  4. What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
    The attitude or tone of the speaker (he from the video) is very formal like the presenters in the news, not stiff and very fluent in telling the news. From what I see he seems to agree with what he said because he got it from a trusted source.
  5. Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
    The speaker supports the main points by providing strong arguments through strong sources.
  6. Explain how this article will help contribute to your larger group project.
    This is very helpful in providing information for me to know more about people who become gay and their lives.

Video Title: What Does the Bible Tell Us About Homosexuality?

Date: 15 December 2022

  1. What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
    This video explains what the Bible says about homosexuality. In the video it is said that the Bible does not provide theology about homosexuality, but it does provide theology about marriage. So, what we think about homosexuality is one result of what the Bible shows us about marriage, so the biblical vision for human sexuality is that marriage is between a man and a woman for life. So, any kind of sexual behavior outside of any definition of marriage to the contrary, is not something we as Christians can embrace.
  2. What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
    The main aim of the speaker is that we should not see same-sex sexual relations as being compatible with Christian discipleship. Because the Bible says that only men and women can marry.
  3. How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
    This video is trustworthy. The speaker is Sam Allberry who is an author and teacher. The source comes from the Bible. So, I think the source and speaker are trustworthy.
  4. What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
    The attitude and tone of the speaker is very relaxed. She disagreed because it was said in the Bible that only a man and a woman could marry.
  5. Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
    He spoke according to what was said in the Bible. And what is said in the Bible is the same teaching for all Christians.
  6. Explain how this article will help contribute to your larger group project.
    This can help me to understand more deeply the religious (Christian) view of homosexuality.

Video Title: JAYKEEOUT : What Koreans Think about Gay / Lesbian (Homosexuality)

Date: 16 December 2022

  1. What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
    From the video above, the information I get is that according to some people, if someone is gay, it’s normal and according to some people, it’s a very strange thing. And they hope it will not be legalized in their country.
  2. What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
    So, the main purpose of this video is, he asks some Korean people who are in the station via interview, what do they think about gay (Homosexual).
  3. How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
    I think it can be trustworthy, because this was done through interviews and not just one person he asked, and this was also according to their respective thoughts. So, I think the source and the speaker are trustworthy.
  4. What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
    The attitude and tone of the speaker was relaxed. Because he asked not just one citizen, the answers he had varied, some agreed, some disagreed, and some were neutral.
  5. Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
    Since they have varied answers, I think what they answer can be right or wrong. And isn’t this according to their own thinking, so we also can’t judge for ourselves.
  6. Explain how this article will help contribute to your larger group project.
    This can help me to see the opinions of various people and various countries regarding homosexuality. And specifically for this one, I can see the opinion of Koreans about gay (homosexual).

Video Title: Growing Up with Gay Parents and Being Adopted | Bo

Date: 20 December 2022

  1. What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
    In the video she explains that being adopted by gay parents is not something bad, it’s normal. she also said people often felt weird about it and made fun of him a lot, and that was kind of rude. she said that she was not the only one adopted, but there were also a few other people like her two neighbors namely her boyfriend and his younger sister, and she knew there were about 20 of them in his town.
  2. What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
    The main purpose is, she wants to say that being adopted by gay parents is not a bad thing.
  3. How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
    This video can be trusted because the speaker in this video who has personally experienced what she is talking about. So, the source and speaker in this video can be trusted.
  4. What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
    The speaker in this video speaks in a slightly angry tone. She also seems to agree that being adopted by gay parents is never a bad thing.
  5. Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
    This speaker is speaking a valid argument because he has personally experienced it.
  6. Explain how this article will help contribute to your larger group project.
    This can help me in this project, because being able to know if being adopted by gay parents, doesn’t make us gay like them.