For many years now, people have been discriminated against in stores, in restaurants, and in different public places because of their sexual orientation. According to Lumen, “Prejudice is a negative attitude and feeling towards an individual based solely on one’s membership in a particular social group” (Learning). They are being subject to such discrimination because of homophobia. Homophobia has been around in the United States for a while because Christianity has been the most accepted religion in the US. Certain racial groups have also been subject to discrimination in the past and in the present. For example, black people have been subject to racism in America since the beginning of the US. Racial groups and gay people have a history
