The number of homeless youth that are LGBT is 40%, because some shelters will not take them or because they are out of space. There are some major companies that will not accept your job application if they are part of the LGBT community. The candy company, Jelly Belly, donated $5,000 to get rid of bill “1266” (Smith 1). For people who don’t know what the bill is, it bans schools from taking the rights from transgender students and LGBT students. There are 75 countries that say if people are LGBT they will be killed. “Then there are only 25 countries and territories that LGBT people are protected” (“War” 1). In the United States Of America there is a law that states are freedom of speech.. Although some people feel as if LGBT rights go against
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The chairman of the board of the company Jelly Belly has helped fund the efforts so they can repeal bill 1266. In September, he donated $5,000 to the Privacy for All Students Company (Smith 1). This bill was signed by California Governor Jerry Brown this August; “This bill requires the state’s transgender students to be allowed to “participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil’s records” (Smith Qtd. in Brown 1). This is important because the school is supposed to be a safe place for kids, so they can be free and show who they really are and these laws are taking away all of that. For example, “We know that these young people face the most bullying and discrimination and assault, you name it, not only from the outside world but often from their own families, neighbors and close associates” (Bahrampour Qut. in Bowser 1). This matters because this makes teenagers who already have enough problems to deal with, but on top of it all they can not feel safe anywhere they go. From all of the laws that the world is putting on these people it make it so hard for them to just live a normal life. As a result of these laws, the LGBT community is having a hard time at just keeping them …show more content…
The big question going around is should transgenders use the bathroom they want or the one they were born with. So if people take a person's rights into play with this, is that they should use the bathroom they perfer not the one they were born with. The sad thing is most people do not care enough to let people have the rights they have always deserved. This put them below what people think of a normal human being and the truth is no one is normal it is a concept that is made up of nothing. Which this makes people want to change who they really are which is wrong. What the world needs to accept is that people are all weird in there own little ways no matter the oppression placed upon the
The chairman of the board of the company Jelly Belly has helped fund the efforts so they can repeal bill 1266. In September, he donated $5,000 to the Privacy for All Students Company (Smith 1). This bill was signed by California Governor Jerry Brown this August; “This bill requires the state’s transgender students to be allowed to “participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil’s records” (Smith Qtd. in Brown 1). This is important because the school is supposed to be a safe place for kids, so they can be free and show who they really are and these laws are taking away all of that. For example, “We know that these young people face the most bullying and discrimination and assault, you name it, not only from the outside world but often from their own families, neighbors and close associates” (Bahrampour Qut. in Bowser 1). This matters because this makes teenagers who already have enough problems to deal with, but on top of it all they can not feel safe anywhere they go. From all of the laws that the world is putting on these people it make it so hard for them to just live a normal life. As a result of these laws, the LGBT community is having a hard time at just keeping them …show more content…
The big question going around is should transgenders use the bathroom they want or the one they were born with. So if people take a person's rights into play with this, is that they should use the bathroom they perfer not the one they were born with. The sad thing is most people do not care enough to let people have the rights they have always deserved. This put them below what people think of a normal human being and the truth is no one is normal it is a concept that is made up of nothing. Which this makes people want to change who they really are which is wrong. What the world needs to accept is that people are all weird in there own little ways no matter the oppression placed upon the