Culture and science has molded society in such a way that it functions in a heteronormative view. People of different sexualities and gender; bisexuals, homosexuals and transgender, struggle to fit in with everyone. Since bisexuals, homosexuals and transgender people have the same flesh and blood as every human being, does that not make them the same as you and I? I will argue that heteronormativity is a norm that we as human beings should no longer follow and evolve to a more diverse and equal norm. I will also discuss the flaws of heteronormativity and that as more people are made aware of the flaws that heteronormativity withholds, bisexuals, homosexuals and transgender people would be more accepted. An event called Pride Parade is held
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This breaks the very foundation of heteronormativity and helps lead us in forgetting of such norm. Many people who are homosexuals, bisexual and transgender lose themselves and are forced to inhabit the heteronormative view just to feel accepted. Western culture is so influenced by heteronormativity that it affects the very language that we speak. At birth you can be only two genders that a doctor can specify; male or female. (Anne, 3). The Pride Parade breaks this view against transgender people by showing the world that there can be more than two genders. When transgender show up to the parade they put themselves out in public proving to not only themselves, but others that a person does not have to be male or …show more content…
Heteronormativity limits who you are and what you can become. Bisexuals, homosexuals and transgender face stress and health conditions because they have to go though violence and harassment for something they can not control. They are neglected and face a lifetime of stress. In the journal “Bc 's Mental Health and Addictions Journal Vision Vol. 6 No.2” edited by Sarah Harnid Balma,, states that research shows that “homosexuals and transgender people are three times as likely to committee suicide than their peers.” (Balma 10) The journal also states that “homosexual people are also three times as likely to be kicked out of their own home” (Balma
This breaks the very foundation of heteronormativity and helps lead us in forgetting of such norm. Many people who are homosexuals, bisexual and transgender lose themselves and are forced to inhabit the heteronormative view just to feel accepted. Western culture is so influenced by heteronormativity that it affects the very language that we speak. At birth you can be only two genders that a doctor can specify; male or female. (Anne, 3). The Pride Parade breaks this view against transgender people by showing the world that there can be more than two genders. When transgender show up to the parade they put themselves out in public proving to not only themselves, but others that a person does not have to be male or …show more content…
Heteronormativity limits who you are and what you can become. Bisexuals, homosexuals and transgender face stress and health conditions because they have to go though violence and harassment for something they can not control. They are neglected and face a lifetime of stress. In the journal “Bc 's Mental Health and Addictions Journal Vision Vol. 6 No.2” edited by Sarah Harnid Balma,, states that research shows that “homosexuals and transgender people are three times as likely to committee suicide than their peers.” (Balma 10) The journal also states that “homosexual people are also three times as likely to be kicked out of their own home” (Balma