The document discusses discrimination faced by the LGBT community. It begins with a story of a gay teenager who committed suicide after facing abuse for his sexuality. It then provides definitions of LGBT and discrimination, and discusses the bullying and prejudice LGBT people face in schools and throughout their lives. It also talks about laws against homosexuality in other countries. While progress has been made in some places, discrimination remains a problem and LGBT people still lack full rights and protection. The document ends on a more positive note, discussing how greater social acceptance is helping to improve conditions for the LGBT community.
The document discusses discrimination faced by the LGBT community. It begins with a story of a gay teenager who committed suicide after facing abuse for his sexuality. It then provides definitions of LGBT and discrimination, and discusses the bullying and prejudice LGBT people face in schools and throughout their lives. It also talks about laws against homosexuality in other countries. While progress has been made in some places, discrimination remains a problem and LGBT people still lack full rights and protection. The document ends on a more positive note, discussing how greater social acceptance is helping to improve conditions for the LGBT community.
The document discusses discrimination faced by the LGBT community. It begins with a story of a gay teenager who committed suicide after facing abuse for his sexuality. It then provides definitions of LGBT and discrimination, and discusses the bullying and prejudice LGBT people face in schools and throughout their lives. It also talks about laws against homosexuality in other countries. While progress has been made in some places, discrimination remains a problem and LGBT people still lack full rights and protection. The document ends on a more positive note, discussing how greater social acceptance is helping to improve conditions for the LGBT community.
The document discusses discrimination faced by the LGBT community. It begins with a story of a gay teenager who committed suicide after facing abuse for his sexuality. It then provides definitions of LGBT and discrimination, and discusses the bullying and prejudice LGBT people face in schools and throughout their lives. It also talks about laws against homosexuality in other countries. While progress has been made in some places, discrimination remains a problem and LGBT people still lack full rights and protection. The document ends on a more positive note, discussing how greater social acceptance is helping to improve conditions for the LGBT community.
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Be Who You Are
Bang. She reads the note that lies beside his pillow. She cries and her husband comes in concerned and knowing. She cant let out more than the gasps she makes searching for the air in between her now silent wails. She reads the part of the note out loud to him, Im sorry to the people that I love but I cant f***ing take it anymore. So I am gay. Why does everyone hate me because of that?(Caruso 1). After slow minutes moving by, she reads the last words of the note while feeling numb, Goodbye I love you mom and dad but I hate almost everyone else. Dont be sad. I am happy now (Caruso 3). This is what can happen to people of the LGBT community who think theyre not normal and who encounter daily abuse by narrow minded individuals and groups. LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and along with heterosexual they describe people's sexual orientation or gender identity. (Google 1). The LGBTs rights for equality have developed significantly for the betterment of us all.
Discrimination Discrimination: The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex (Google 1). Theres been discrimination before anyone could record it. Discrimination is not only wrong but shows how shallow you are by being prejudice about someones sexuality. There is a lot of bullying from discrimination in schools at all grades. bullying is still incredibly common and causes young people to feel isolated and alienated (Walton 1). People bully others at school if they think theyre anything but straight, and its not right for anyone to do. During discussions in school, we talk about bullying and the dangers of social media but we have never touched base on the subject as related to the
LGBTs. And theres not just discrimination at a
young age, it travels all way through adulthood for most people. Friendship relations with persons with a different sexual orientation, on the other hand, significantly reduced prejudice, especially among men, while the results also show that changes in the level of homophobia are related strongly to conservative views on gender roles (Hooghe 1).
All around the World
Here in America, we have a state to state ruling on gay marriage. But in other countries, gay marriage is banned. Uganda, Africa; Ugandan Constitutional Court makes a new anti-gay law (Kleinveld 1). Homosexuality is not mentioned in Egyptian penal code, and technically it is not illegal, but members of the LGBT community are often arrested and charged with pornography, prostitution, or debauchery (Living in Fear 1). Most of the discrimination experienced by LGBTs has an excuse that lies in religion, but nothing says you have to torture and hate homosexuals, its just you shouldnt be one. Both dominant religions in Egypt; Islam and Christianity, prohibit homosexuality. Rather than the literal translation, the word describing homosexuality in Arabic is shezoz, meaning abnormality (Living in Fear 1). If you have a right to choose what religion you are, you should have the right to choose who you love, regardless of gender.
Opening Up Homosexuals have always been discriminated against, but thanks to the brave individuals who come out, there are greater numbers of straight people who know and love an LGBT and want laws to protect them. There are 36 out of 50 states with gay marriage equality (HRC Highlights Californias 1). And there are states pending to have gay marriage legalized. As government starts to realize that sexual orientation is not a choice or a crime, laws to protect all humans rights begin to emerge with greater equality. Homosexuals are victims of discrimination. They must have
the right to marry, the same as heterosexuals
(Bernheim 1). As a country, there have been significant advances against falsehoods towards homosexuals. For example, granting adoptions to same sex couples which was unheard of not so long ago. What is most important is love. A homosexual couple can give much love to a child, sometimes even more than a heterosexual couple (Bernheim 1). We cant judge a humans parenting skills on their sexual orientation.
The Good Clark said in Casey Geraldos LGBT video, Once people, though, have those conversations in a state like Nebraska, they know their friends and neighbors are gay or lesbian, peoples minds start to change and their heart starts to change (Geraldo 1). And as a witness, its true. You never really put
much thought into liking or hating someone because
of their sexual orientation until youre brought to think about it. After knowing someone who is gay or lesbian and after knowing they only mean good things, it changes your output on them and you can only want the best for them. Once we start to realize they dont mean anything bad we can only continue to go about spreading the good about them. Eskridge also said, What it tells us is we need to continue having these conversations around the community (Geraldo 1). It will maybe be forever before the LGBT Community will feel safe everywhere they go. But, for now, we have to educate one person at a time. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender are a label. We are all still human.
By: Caroline Harvey
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