Sunday, October 13, 2019

Bullying and LGBT Youth Essay -- equality, homosexuals, LGBT Teens

When is it considered okay to take away someone's rights? A person cannot be defined by one word. Homosexual is only one word. Television and movies have not perfectly portrayed all of Americans since it started. Having two moms or two dads isn't the worst thing that could happen. A child growing up with two dads or two moms will believe that it is normal. According to many cultures and religions, being a homosexual is wrong and it does not really exist. Homosexuals are being shunned by followers of these faiths. LGBT teens are more likely to think about or attempt suicide because they encounter bullies at school, work, and in other public areas. The issue of gay rights was similar to women's rights in the 1920s. Homosexuals do not look any different from heterosexuals. Marriage is a topic of many young girls and even some boys daydreams. Russia recently passed laws that make gay rights nonexistent. Nothing can change an LGBT male or female. When describing a person's personality, more than a word or phrase comes to mind. That is because the human mind and personality is more complex than a single word or even a single phrase. Of course, one word may stick out in one's mind more than others, but that does not mean that it is the only word that describes that person. An LGBT man or woman is more than his or her sexuality. Only a series of several words or phrases can be used to partially describe a person. â€Å"Homosexual† is only word that can be applied to a person. Gay rights should not be an issue because taking away gay rights is like taking away human rights. If he or she cannot list several good and bad things that describe another person's personality, he or she does not know enough about the other person to judge hi... ...Cited Bauder, David. â€Å"'The Fosters' Is Grateful For Negative Attention† The Huffington Post, 25 January 2014 1. pag. . Black, Phil. and Eshchenko, Alla. CNN, 14 Febuary 2014. Web. 8 Apr 2014. . â€Å"Gay Bullying Statistics†. Bullying Statistics Web. 29 Mar 2014. "Hallmark nixes 'gay' from Christmas carol lyric on ornament†. n.d. 31 October 2013 McDonald, Natalie Hope. "Queer, Young and Bullied - G Philly." Philadelphia Magazine. N.p., 3 Apr. 2013. Web. . .

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