Everyone deserves to be treated with respect in our country, regardless of one's sexual orientation but, not everyone has this same viewpoint about gay people. Over the last few decades, more and more people have started to accept homosexuality in our society. Sadly, there are still some people that like to blame the hatred they have for homosexuality on their religious beliefs when really it's just an excuse to cover up the ignorance that's overpowering them. Attitudes about homosexuality have positively changed throughout the past couple of years, The LGBTQ+ movement has taken off in the most recent years and has a huge following. Our world is ever-changing, especially when it comes to political topics such as, homosexuality and the views that come with it.
The United States Government and The Supreme Court need to make more efforts to protect the rights of the people that are a part of and identify with the LGBTQ+ group. Gay and transgender people are not protected from workplace discrimination and if the employer they are or want to start working for finds out they are gay or transgender, they can be fired due to their sexual identity or orientation. Whether you're gay, straight, or anything in between, you should be protected by the constitution if you're an American, "On Tuesday the court will weigh whether gay and transgender employees are protected not by the Constitution" (LA Times). This type of discrimination should not be allowed because it is inhumane to treat someone badly due to how they look or identify as, the Supreme court needs to do something about this issue. When the world hears the word "gay", everyone assumes the worst. Stereotypes love to follow the community, you will usually hear that homosexuality is a mental illness, homosexuality is a choice, and maybe even hear that homosexuals are prone to catching and spreading diseases. With every social topic that has controversy surrounded by it, there will always be people that spread negativity and stereotypes to stir up disagreement, "Although the LGBT community and individuals remain targets for hate violence and backlash throughout the world, the hard work of activists and allies made it possible to reach this era, where the perpetrators of violence, not the victims, are condemned as sick"(American Psychological Association). As time goes on in this society, more and more activism is happening for the gay and trans community and everyone in between.
Gender equality discrimination is still an issue our society deals with every day, especially when it comes to people in the LGBTQ community. People apart of the community sometimes feel like they're judged for their identity and orientation, even though they're just like everyone else, all human beings just trying to live and be the best kind of person they can be. Discrimination against gay people is common in today's world, not everyone agrees with marriage and relationships between the same sexes and believe that it is a sin to god to be gay. Many countries all around the world still haven't legalized marriage, such as Uganda. In recent news, Uganda is trying to create a bill that imposes the death penalty for gay sex, "The bill - colloquially known as "Kill the Gays" in Uganda - was nullified five years ago on a technicality and the government said it planned to resurrect it within weeks"(The Sydney Morning Herald). This horrible treatment will quickly lead to death for some gay people, and there is not much the United States can do to stop this bill from passing. The Uganda President, Yoweri Museveni heavily supports this homophobic and disgusting bill, "Homosexuality is not natural to Ugandans, but there has been a massive recruitment by gay people in schools, and especially among the youth, where they are promoting the falsehood that people are born like that," Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo told the Thomson Reuters Foundation" (The Sydney Morning Herald). This bill will be re-introduced in parliament in the next couple of weeks and is expected to be voted on before the end of 2019 in Uganda. Even if the law doesn't pass through, there will still be large amounts of discrimination against gay people in the country. The large amounts of discussion on this bill has sparked up people to begin protesting for the rights of gay people, the Uganda President will keep ignoring the people of his country and do what he wants with the bill, which is to try and pass it through the government. The limiting of rights for the LGBTQ community in countries all around the world will keep pushing the positive movement backward when we should be going forward to try and make it equal for everyone.
The world we live in is always evolving, especially in the LGBTQ community. Even though not everyone agrees with gay relationships, more and more people are becoming more accepting and supportive of the gay movement in our society. There will always be people who are disagreeing on a controversial topic like, the LGBTQ movement. We all can hope that the general population in the United States continues to support gay people and treat them like they're normal human beings, and over time people will become more accepting of others. In other foreign countries homosexuality can sometimes be seen as a horrible thing, such as Uganda and their corrupt government. We need to keep producing activism in our country to try and help change the laws of homosexuality in other countries that aren't as open as the United States is. Everyone's overall goal should be to have equal rights for everyone no matter what sexual orientation or identity they are.
Resources: LA Times, American Psychological Association, The Sydney Morning Herald
