Discrimination Against The LGBTQ Community

Everyone has that one thing they are fighting for. Whether its fighting for what you believe in or what you think is right. We are all fighting for something. I am fighting for the right to be able to walk down the street and hold my beautiful girlfriends hand, and not be looked at like we are an abomination. I am fighting for the right to end discrimination against the LGBTQ community. Even with all of the progress the United States has made in recent years, the LGBTQ community is still facing ongoing discrimination. People always say, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Then they go on and say the same about people; but that is exactly people do. It is just human nature to judge something or someone before you get to know them. I have lost …show more content…
Guys look at you like you are a challenge that they can conquer. The two things I hate hearing the most from a guy is, “That’s hot” and “I can make you straight again.” It really bothers me that guys look at women like a piece of meat that they can devour whenever they want. It bothers me more however, that when some of my best girl-friends found out that I was dating my best friend, Audrie, they stopped talking to me because they thought I was going to make a move on them. It hurts that people I thought would except me would just up and leave because I told them something about my life. Everyone wants love and support in their life from the ones they love but sometimes that just doesn’t …show more content…
I was raised in a pretty strict LDS home, so the moment that I realized I was different I became very scared. I was always taught that feeling attracted to someone of the same-sex is wrong and that you need to get help because you can’t live like that. I remember I was going to dinner with my family and Audrie. When we got to the restaurant her and I were sitting next to each other, and we were pretty close together. My mom looked at me and said, “You need to scoot over, you don’t need to be so close together. You don’t want people thinking that you guys are lesbians, because that would be bad, and then we’d have to take you to go talk to the bishop”. A couple weeks later my parents looked at me one night and said “we are very disappointed in you”. When I asked why they replied with, “you are gay and that’s just not ok.” I wasn’t ready to deal with that confession yet, so I denied it and told them that I wasn’t and I didn’t know where that idea came from. When in my head I was screaming, “Yes, yes I am gay! And I’m in love with Audrie and there’s not anything you can do to stop that.” But, I just kept my mouth shut and didn’t tell them because I knew that if I had admitted I was gay, they would have stopped me from seeing her and gotten her mom, and grandparents involved as well and that wouldn’t have gone over to well. Because as LDS families