Fear and Hate: Homophobia One of the main human interactions, love, allows people to express their feelings for something or one another resulting in them spreading their affection. What happens when the controlling force over the people, the government, derive those of the same-sexual identities from expressing their own love to each other? Andrew E. Kramer is the writer of the article “Chechen Authorities Arresting and Killing Gay Men, Russian Paper Says” where he writes of the horrors taking place in which gay men are being arrested and some executed in taboo of their sexual orientation all around this Russian republic. “Homophobia in Kenya: is a change going to come?” is another article in the African country of Kenya where another mass
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Wesangula uses the short story into the life of Patrick Murage to his advantage at ethos to express how a closeted gay man at the age of 36 has to hide the fact that he may have found his one true love at last. According to Wesangula’s report (2015), Patrick Murage expresses in his words “‘I am at the age where I am supposed to have a job, a family of my own, a wife, and children too,” he says. He does have a family though. A secret one.’” (P. 2). It’s a struggle having hide one’s lifestyle from their family, but being at the risk of getting arrested by the government and having your family abandon you would not be a safe thing to do either in regards to your security. Wesangula provides a very strong pathos argument that reaches out to try and question those who agree with hate towards the gay community. Stated in their article (2015), violence ensued as “...a gay club in downtown Nairobi was the scene of a grenade attack that led to the death of one patron.” (P. 6). Although also expressed that this ordeal was not known to be an act of terror or anti-gay hate, it still shows that there are those who will take action to harm a certain group of people that they disagree with. Thankfully, the actions have also caused more activists to stand up and take charge of the current homophobia situation in Kenya. Wesangula gives information that the National Gay And Lesbian Human Rights Commission has been applying to register themselves as an organization not under the government, but allowed to coincide with the LGBT+ community of the country. After the registry’s acceptance, backlash came upon the act showing the true colors of discrimination that works in the favor of Wesangula’s validity as they also
Wesangula uses the short story into the life of Patrick Murage to his advantage at ethos to express how a closeted gay man at the age of 36 has to hide the fact that he may have found his one true love at last. According to Wesangula’s report (2015), Patrick Murage expresses in his words “‘I am at the age where I am supposed to have a job, a family of my own, a wife, and children too,” he says. He does have a family though. A secret one.’” (P. 2). It’s a struggle having hide one’s lifestyle from their family, but being at the risk of getting arrested by the government and having your family abandon you would not be a safe thing to do either in regards to your security. Wesangula provides a very strong pathos argument that reaches out to try and question those who agree with hate towards the gay community. Stated in their article (2015), violence ensued as “...a gay club in downtown Nairobi was the scene of a grenade attack that led to the death of one patron.” (P. 6). Although also expressed that this ordeal was not known to be an act of terror or anti-gay hate, it still shows that there are those who will take action to harm a certain group of people that they disagree with. Thankfully, the actions have also caused more activists to stand up and take charge of the current homophobia situation in Kenya. Wesangula gives information that the National Gay And Lesbian Human Rights Commission has been applying to register themselves as an organization not under the government, but allowed to coincide with the LGBT+ community of the country. After the registry’s acceptance, backlash came upon the act showing the true colors of discrimination that works in the favor of Wesangula’s validity as they also