The LBGT Community

We come to this world as innocent infants, who know nothing of discrimination and differences. We learn to dislike and differentiate as we grow older, this is due to our social, cultural and religious backgrounds. We are all unconsciously attached to our believes and our knowledge of how the world works that most of us have the feeling of unease with the notion of change. Today, changing a few ideologies of the past is becoming more flexible. One of the most controversial topics is sexual orientation. This topic has been roaming around, publically, for six centuries. The LBGT (lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender) community have had a rough start being accepted in society, and most of them still are having a tough time due to where they are located. …show more content…
They identify with the base in Maslow's pyramid of needs, and that is the "physiological needs" just like the rest of us. Due to the idea that these sexual orientations are not blended naturally into society, this community has found that it does not identify with the rest of the pyramid. Historically, same sex activity was embraced by the Romans in the public bathrooms that they had. This changed with the insertion of religion where mentality has changed over the issue of sexual orientation. It has become a burden to society, even heterosexual activity was considered a burden if it wasn't consummated after the holy church performs its marriage rituals first. Society has changed tremendously since that time. Today, respecting one another is essence of our survival. Therefore, in my opinion, everyone in the community deserves to be respected despite their sexual tendencies, because we all have the right to live a life with dignity where we can freely express ourselves and we can have the right tools to promote a new ideology into the