Good Article Review On Gay Pride

This paper will examine the issues related to the specific social problem and define which sociological theory corresponds most to the context of this problem. In order to illustrate the discussion on this topic, the relevant article will be presented and analyzed in this essay. The article I would like to discuss in this study is called CBS Films Should Show Some 'Pride' in Lesbians and Gays and is written by Huffington Post’s author Asher Huey. The article focuses on the controversy that rose around the new movie about European LGBT community, Pride. The main issue discussed by Huey is that the US release of the DVD contains edited cover where the sign with the words “lesbians and gays” is cut out of the big picture. The major question the author asks the audience is why is CBS Films selling a movie about pride by erasing gays and lesbians (Huey, 2014))? This issue attracted attention of thousands of people which resulted in a petition to CBS Films that was signed by 20,000 people.
The issues discussed in the article express the ideas of many sociological theories, as many other issues related to homosexuality in the society. For instance, I find that the conflict theory and the symbolic interaction theory corresponds the most to the context of the article. The issues presented in this writing can be explained from the perspective of the conflict theory in such way that one can see how the powerful majority (in this case it is CBS Films that represents the interests of heterosexual population) suppresses the minority (LGBT community in this case) and dictates its own rules of social behavior creating the struggle in the society.
I believe that Huey’s article can have a great impact on the society at large. First, it raises awareness of the minority’s problems. Second, it illustrates the willfulness of the corporations. Finally, it demonstrates how such social issues can be resolved through common effort of the community.

References

Huey, A. (2014). “CBS Films Should Show Some 'Pride' in Lesbians and Gays”. Huffington Post. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/asher-huey/cbs-films-should-show-som_b_6435382.html