LGBT Injustice LGBT rights are as great as they could be, LGBT people often are treated poorly compared to others. From early points in history LGBT’s have been given less rights then those who aren’t LGBT. Injustice for LGBT has been very common from early days in time. In ancient civilizations LGBT people had been shamed, suppressed, and been forced to keep their sexuality a secret. During 1965-1999 people were put into factions based off of the movements they believed in or were involved with, which then had the homophile movement. New generations of young gay and lesbian Americans saw their struggle within a broader movement to get rid of racism, sexism, western imperialism, and regarding drugs and sexuality. The different perspective …show more content…
From the beginning of the modern LGBT rights movement in the United States, social-conservative opposition to the legal authorization or recognition of LGBT people. Efforts to recriminalize same-sex sexual relations and strip LGBT-inclusive human rights ordinances and laws from the books in various jurisdictions became rallying points of social conservative opposition, as was opposition against other liberal reforms such as abortion rights. This began to form a core of policy for Republican politicians after 1994.
Lack of rights or being treated poorly can make LGBT’s feel like they don’t want to live. Statics show that 28.1 percent of gay or bisexual males in grades 7 through 12 had attempted suicide at least once during their lives, only 4.2 percent of heterosexual males in those grades had attempted suicide. The corresponding percentages for females were 20.5 percent, for lesbian or bisexual females and 14.5 percent for heterosexual females. The suicide rate is higher for LGBT’s than for …show more content…
On January, 2014, a Polish gay man was murdered after leaving a club in Szczecin. A man was murdered because of his sexuality, because someone was motivated by that to kill someone. The man was killed because of who he is, many LGBT have experienced hate crimes for how they are. Those who are different are treated as if they are nothing compared to those who are the same. It is found that 86% of LGBT have reported being bullied or harassed at school. 82% of LGBT youth had problems during the previous year with bullying about sexual orientation. 64% felt unsafe at school due to sexual orientation. 44% felt unsafe at school due to gender identification. 32% did not go to school for at least one day because of feeling unsafe. In, 2012, Hatzenbuehler & Keyes reported that LGBT bullying statistics improved when school policies against bullying included LGBT youth. LGBT are not treated as equals and are very often bullied or acted upon is violent or extreme ways. It isn’t fair for them to get treated like that when they didn’t do anything