Have you ever felt oppression? Have you seen people kicked out of their homes, beaten, or bullied to the point of suicide simply for a part of who they are? These are all issues that affect people within the LGBT+ community. Transgender and gay people alike both suffer for practically no reason. Trans-people can be told that they’re “not a real girl/boy” or that they’re just trying to be a special snowflake. Gay people can be kicked out, fired from their job, beaten, and all for just the possibility of liking the same gender.
People within the LGBT+ community are looked down upon for the gender, sexuality, or romanticity. All three of these things make up a part of who a person is, and yet somehow society has carved out a “normal” setting for these. People claim you to be broken or wrong when you fail to meet the cis-hetero-normativital expectations. This minority group is used as an excuse to say slurs or to insult others within the community for their own sexualities or genders, used as a punchline, treated like a joke–as if they aren’t real people. The treatment has led to many people within the LGBT+ community suffering with mental illnesses. These people are forced to live in fear of their own society because of the treatment in the past. They can feel so broken and out of place that they kill themselves because society refused to welcome an …show more content…
The odds for media covering LGBT murders is disturbingly low. For example, in 2012, Sage Smith (from Virginia) went missing at age 19 with Heather Hodges, who was 22. Hodges was a white and cis-gendered woman, and Smith was a black transgender woman. Popular LGBT+ media reported the missing Smith, but mainstream media focused on
People within the LGBT+ community are looked down upon for the gender, sexuality, or romanticity. All three of these things make up a part of who a person is, and yet somehow society has carved out a “normal” setting for these. People claim you to be broken or wrong when you fail to meet the cis-hetero-normativital expectations. This minority group is used as an excuse to say slurs or to insult others within the community for their own sexualities or genders, used as a punchline, treated like a joke–as if they aren’t real people. The treatment has led to many people within the LGBT+ community suffering with mental illnesses. These people are forced to live in fear of their own society because of the treatment in the past. They can feel so broken and out of place that they kill themselves because society refused to welcome an …show more content…
The odds for media covering LGBT murders is disturbingly low. For example, in 2012, Sage Smith (from Virginia) went missing at age 19 with Heather Hodges, who was 22. Hodges was a white and cis-gendered woman, and Smith was a black transgender woman. Popular LGBT+ media reported the missing Smith, but mainstream media focused on