“As a nation, we’re founded on the belief that all of us are equal and each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness.” (Obama in “It Gets Better” project, 2012). Discrimination has been a problem of the society recently whether on skin colors, nations, religions or especially sexual orientation – LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender). In recent years, LGBT people are becoming more open with the society to fight for their sexual, fight for their right. However, it has been a long time since the discrimination started but when will it stop if the government does not take any action, LGBT people still have to face so many discriminations at school, on their jobs or even at their own home.
As to LGBT youths, with …show more content…
“Home” is where love, care and protection, where you can rely on and search for guidance. However, with some of the LGBT, family is where they find most depressed and stressed. Almost half of LGBT are neglected by their parents because of their sexual identity. One of the most critical events for LGBT youths is disclosing their sexual identity to family members (Salvin-William, 1998). Youths may fear that they will not be welcomed to the family after disclosing their sexual identity to their parents. They are afraid of being rejected and ignored. According to York College, 40 percent of youths homeless are classified as LGBT youths (Jocelyn-Blackman, 2013). They left home because of quarrel with parents, being neglected or even being abused by their parents because of their sexual orientation. As parents, they should understand how many hardships their kids have to go through and give them the support and guidance they need. Parents should also try their best to make an attempt to help their kids from being bullying at school. The rates of suicide and depression among LGBT youths would be decreased if parents serve the roles of parents to kids in the right …show more content…
There are so many situations about LGBT being fired because of their sexual even though they did well on their job. In 2011, 78 percent of respondents reported that they experienced harassment or mistreatment and 20 percent lost their jobs because of their sexual identity (Munoz; Kalteux, 2016). For example, in 2014, Brian Stone was fired after working at Red Robin for eight years. His boss, Louis Tsourovakas mocked him after found out that he was gay and told him to look for a new job. Even though Tsourovakas acknowledged that Stone had been working very well on his job, Stone still had to leave. The reason why discrimination still happens a lot because it is legal in most state to do so. In Title VII of the Civil Right Act of 1964 state that “it shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex or national origin”. But against discrimination in sex of the Title VII do not means against discrimination in LGBT (Muñoz, and M. Kalteux, 2016). Eventually, the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) rejected the proposition in protecting the sexual orientation discrimination. Even today, the U.S supreme court has never confirmed the sexual orientation is being protected under Title VII or not (Munoz, and Kalteux, 2016). The government need to change their mind to bring equal to
As to LGBT youths, with …show more content…
“Home” is where love, care and protection, where you can rely on and search for guidance. However, with some of the LGBT, family is where they find most depressed and stressed. Almost half of LGBT are neglected by their parents because of their sexual identity. One of the most critical events for LGBT youths is disclosing their sexual identity to family members (Salvin-William, 1998). Youths may fear that they will not be welcomed to the family after disclosing their sexual identity to their parents. They are afraid of being rejected and ignored. According to York College, 40 percent of youths homeless are classified as LGBT youths (Jocelyn-Blackman, 2013). They left home because of quarrel with parents, being neglected or even being abused by their parents because of their sexual orientation. As parents, they should understand how many hardships their kids have to go through and give them the support and guidance they need. Parents should also try their best to make an attempt to help their kids from being bullying at school. The rates of suicide and depression among LGBT youths would be decreased if parents serve the roles of parents to kids in the right …show more content…
There are so many situations about LGBT being fired because of their sexual even though they did well on their job. In 2011, 78 percent of respondents reported that they experienced harassment or mistreatment and 20 percent lost their jobs because of their sexual identity (Munoz; Kalteux, 2016). For example, in 2014, Brian Stone was fired after working at Red Robin for eight years. His boss, Louis Tsourovakas mocked him after found out that he was gay and told him to look for a new job. Even though Tsourovakas acknowledged that Stone had been working very well on his job, Stone still had to leave. The reason why discrimination still happens a lot because it is legal in most state to do so. In Title VII of the Civil Right Act of 1964 state that “it shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex or national origin”. But against discrimination in sex of the Title VII do not means against discrimination in LGBT (Muñoz, and M. Kalteux, 2016). Eventually, the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) rejected the proposition in protecting the sexual orientation discrimination. Even today, the U.S supreme court has never confirmed the sexual orientation is being protected under Title VII or not (Munoz, and Kalteux, 2016). The government need to change their mind to bring equal to