How would you feel to get personally attacked or harassed just because of who you are and your preferences? Many people in the world have gotten verbally or physically attacked because of this same reason. There has been discrimination and hate crimes towards people of the LGBTQ in America for many years now, and it still happens today. Even though there’s some people who go against these people, there are still some who want equality for all. Discrimination on members of the LGBTQ has been active for a long time but some people do whatever to get equality for everybody. To begin, many members of the lgbtq, go through many hardships and face these problems everyday. They face the rejection of other people and harassment of others too. In
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For example, North Carolina is against LGBT members. A bill was passed and was signed by Republican Governor Pat Mccrory and the bill was discriminating the members. According to Mark Joseph Stern in “North Carolina’s New Anti-LGBTQ Law is Vicious, Shameful, and Unconstitutional”: “ In a special session called for exactly this purpose-and which cost taxpayers $42,000 a day-the legislature passed a stunningly vicious, completely unprecedented bill stripping LGBTQ North Carolinians of their rights.” This is relevant because the political system is being unfair in taking away people’s rights. Even though they are lgbtq members, they still deserve the same rights as everyone else. The bill took away their rights and prevented them from doing some things. If the people were transgender, they couldn’t go to the bathroom of the identity they see themselves as, they needed to go to the bathroom of the gender that they were born with. In addition, this bill also violated federal law. It violated federal law because it discriminated students that are in school, they were forced to use the bathroom they weren’t used to using. This affected these students because the law risked schools not getting funding they needed, and this might’ve affected the kids’ education. Some schools could’ve been closed because of the lack of funding. This …show more content…
For example, there is Obama, who wanted equality for everybody, and wanted everybody to be treated the same. Since President Obama has been in office, him and his administration have done many things to try to expand the equality of lgbtq members. He has worked with Congress to pass a law that extends to the Federal hate crimes to include attacks on individuals actual or perceived identity and sexual orientation. This means that if anybody tries to create an attack on a certain individual that is involved with the LGBTQ, it would count as a federal crime. In addition, Obama accomplished the mission of stopping the discrimination of people. According to the the Office of the Press Secretary in “Fact Sheet: Obama Administration’s Record and the LGBT Community”: “In July 2014, the President signed an Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating against any employee or applicant for employment ‘because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin,’ continuing to set an example as a model employer that does right by its employees. This shows that with the help of someone superior, change can happen, change that benefits many others. Moreover, business people can no longer discriminate people who are, gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. Also, since 2010, members of the
For example, North Carolina is against LGBT members. A bill was passed and was signed by Republican Governor Pat Mccrory and the bill was discriminating the members. According to Mark Joseph Stern in “North Carolina’s New Anti-LGBTQ Law is Vicious, Shameful, and Unconstitutional”: “ In a special session called for exactly this purpose-and which cost taxpayers $42,000 a day-the legislature passed a stunningly vicious, completely unprecedented bill stripping LGBTQ North Carolinians of their rights.” This is relevant because the political system is being unfair in taking away people’s rights. Even though they are lgbtq members, they still deserve the same rights as everyone else. The bill took away their rights and prevented them from doing some things. If the people were transgender, they couldn’t go to the bathroom of the identity they see themselves as, they needed to go to the bathroom of the gender that they were born with. In addition, this bill also violated federal law. It violated federal law because it discriminated students that are in school, they were forced to use the bathroom they weren’t used to using. This affected these students because the law risked schools not getting funding they needed, and this might’ve affected the kids’ education. Some schools could’ve been closed because of the lack of funding. This …show more content…
For example, there is Obama, who wanted equality for everybody, and wanted everybody to be treated the same. Since President Obama has been in office, him and his administration have done many things to try to expand the equality of lgbtq members. He has worked with Congress to pass a law that extends to the Federal hate crimes to include attacks on individuals actual or perceived identity and sexual orientation. This means that if anybody tries to create an attack on a certain individual that is involved with the LGBTQ, it would count as a federal crime. In addition, Obama accomplished the mission of stopping the discrimination of people. According to the the Office of the Press Secretary in “Fact Sheet: Obama Administration’s Record and the LGBT Community”: “In July 2014, the President signed an Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating against any employee or applicant for employment ‘because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin,’ continuing to set an example as a model employer that does right by its employees. This shows that with the help of someone superior, change can happen, change that benefits many others. Moreover, business people can no longer discriminate people who are, gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. Also, since 2010, members of the