Today it is easier for people to express themselves the way that they want to because there is not as harsh discrimination, depending on the way they are expressing themselves. An example would be if someone were to express themselves as LGBT, they would be discriminated by many people, discriminated a little by others, and not be discriminated at all by the rest of the population. Discrimination is not a new practice, it has been done to people for centuries. Some people are discriminated for the way they perform a job or project as opposed to other’s methods. There are also many other reasons why people are discriminated. Sexual orientation and gender identification are known to be some of the biggest known discriminations today. If a person …show more content…
In May of 2014, the regulations for medicare was changed so that sexual reassignment surgery would be covered for transgender people. There have been 254 bills introduced by legislatures since 2013, though only twenty of them have became actual laws. In 2013, legislature across the United States responded strongly opposed to the Supreme Court presenting a bill for same sex marriage, legislatures introduced a same sex marriage refusal bill more often than not. In January 2015 after another spike, the Supreme Court decided it would make a ruling on Obergefell v. Hodges. This was a monumental case that would determine whether same sex marriage would be allowed for people nation wide. Once the ruling was announced in 2015, the number of refusals bills skyrocketed by 220 percent. However, only two of the bills were passed. In 2015, sixty one percent of Americans thought same sex individuals should have legal rights get married. This was a complete opposite from a decade before. In June of 2015, the Supreme Court decided to legalize same sex marriages, which has been the most recent wave of legislation. Now same sex marriage is legal in some states, however, there are more bills being introduced largely due to protect government employees and religious people from the legal actions if these individuals choose not to perform marriages. Just last year 2016, seventeen marriage refusal bills have been introduced. During the time of the passed legalization for same sex marriages, lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders were starting to be shown on more television shows, movies, and in books. It is now more common to see an LGBT person on television shows, movies and even in books than it would have been just a decade ago. There were then four other bills introduced by State legislatures but not until 2015 did the bathroom bills for