In Chella Man’s film, Chella Man used his knowledge to educate himself and others using his platform to demonstrate the history of Stonewall in one of his YouTube videos “Stonewall Forever”. Based on Man’s background, Chella Man is an LGBTQ+ activist and artist. Known for sharing his experiences and knowledge as a gender queer/non binary and transgender.

The issue Man is responding to is stereotypes and discrimination towards the LGBTQ+ community, more specifically, the transgender community. Fifty-One years ago, on June 28 1969, police officers attacked Stonewall Inn, a queer bar in Greenwich Village. During this time, discrimination, stereotypes and Public Morals Divisions was a regular occurrence. Cops had the ability to abuse and arrest as well as use violence towards queer individuals. However, on the night of June 28 1969, the LGBTQ+ community fought back. Chella Man highlights the history of stone wall in his film, therefore, acknowledges thee past and present activists as well as the movements for LGBTQ+ equality before and after.

For this film, the target audience is the LGBTQ+ community and the ones that are allies with the LGBTQ+ community. More importantly, those who are against the LGBTQ+ community. After viewing Chella Man’s film, those who do not support can hopefully change their perspectives and instead also become an ally. The author most likely assumes that his audience are here to educate themselves and look deeper into history to get a better understanding of Stonewall as well as the LGBTQ+ community. To add on, their own identity.

The purpose of this film is to use this platform to spread awareness and bring people together. Acknowledging that even after many years, activist such as Chella Man, are still fighting for LGBTQ+ equality; also using knowledge to further expand more voices ad supporters. The genre of this film is documentary because of how many important information are provided to the audience. The stance the author have towards this subject is thoughtful and serious. Chella Man’s tone demonstrates a more powerful voice throughout his film.

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/living-in-an-immigrant-family-in-america-how-fear-and-toxic-stress-are-affecting-daily-life-well-being-health/

“Living in an Immigrant Family in America…” is written by Samantha Artiga and Petry Ubri in 2017. Samantha is a vice president and director of the Racial Equity and Health policy Program at KFF. Petry Ubri worked on projects pertaining to insurance and access to care. They both have the knowledge and are reliable sources to share the facts on the fear, toxic stress, and health affecting immigrants’ daily lives. The authors of this text want to raise awareness for the struggles that most families don’t know that others are going through, and out of the kindness of their hearts to spread the word to make a change in the immigration family community. In the texts, it proves to the audience event after event of things that go on. For example, immigrant parents try to escape war or gang activity, they have financial or language barriers, fear of deportation. And these are just some major situations these families have to deal with on a daily. The key audience is non-immigrant families, the author is trying to show them that immigrant families have a lot to push through and need support from every angle just to get through each day. The purpose is to observe the facts of the daily lives of immigrant families and understand what they have to deal with and how our society is not resolving the right issues to make their lives easier. In the text, it states “The climate surrounding these policies and this debate potentially affect 23 million noncitizens in the U.S., including both lawfully present and undocumented immigrants, many of whom came to the U.S. seeking safety and improved opportunities for their families.” This shows how immigrant families feel unsafe and our society is not pursuing a strategy to help. This text uses pathos and logos to appeal to the audience. There is pathos by showing the daily struggle they go through and this can wound a heart figuratively the things immigrant families have to go through. It uses logos but showing hard proof of how and when society fails to assist immigrant families. The author seems like a Democrat who is trying to support immigrant families and maybe from an immigrant family themselves. The authors state their negative appeal towards Donald Trump this shows they are democrats and the way they describe the families’ lives shows they feel for them and want to share to help.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/protesters-march-brooklyn-two-men-attacked-alleged-anti-gay-assault-rcna1942

Over time, the discrimination and attacks on the LGBTQI+ community have long been an enduring issue that is prevalent in the present day. While there are people who are more open and accepting of one’s sexuality, there still exists a percentage of people who don’t approve of people’s sexual identity.

In the article, “Protesters march in Brooklyn after two men attacked in alleged anti-gay assault”, by journalist Cynthia Silva, she describes a situation in which two individuals were assaulted and robbed while being called anti-gay slurs. She depicts the event thoroughly through the statements made by Adelaja, one of the individuals who was assaulted by the attackers. This first-hand account gives her article credibility as she gets the full story from someone who experienced the event itself. Her article was also published recently on the NBC news website on September 8th, 2021, which is a credible source of news for Americans. From what I can understand by reading her article, Cynthia shines a light on how members of the LGBTQI+ community are still being prejudiced against in this very day and gives a recount on Adelaja’s experience.

This newfound information is clearly being revealed to the citizens of New York in order to give them more of a reason to fight against anti-LGBTQI+ injustice, especially since it happened in the city. Furthermore, in her article, she also provides a photo of people marching and protesting in front of the scene of the crime, thus providing the audience the encouragement to join and fight alongside the protesters in order to truly receive justice. After all, New York is considered one the largest and most diverse cities in the world, full of people from different backgrounds and ethnicities. So by reaching out to this large scale audience, her central point is clearly to try to persuade everyone in New York to help fight for the cause. Her usage of quotes stated by Adelaja clearly insights the usage of pathos as she is using his emotional words and claims in order to grasp the audience’s attention and further influence them to join the cause. Also, considering the fact that the source is an article of a first-hand account, the genre would essentially be an emotional narrative due to the information and quotes stated by Adelaja as he described the event.

All in all, the article was able to give a clear representation to the issues that still exist within the LGBTQI+ community. It’s important to help out anyone who may be dealing with issues as a result of their sexuality or identity. With the help of Cynthia, more and more people would learn and become more educated on these issues, thus providing society a stronger “vaccine” in order to get rid of the ignorant “virus”