Essay On Gay Rights In Schools

All throughout time, gay and lesbian individuals have been denied certain rights for many reasons. Whether the issue be with same sex marriage, adoption by same sex couples, or gay and lesbian groups in school, these issues need to be addressed. Many of them, in recent times, have been addressed, and rights like gay marriage have been legalized. However, even though many matters involving gay rights have been legalized, they have not been accepted by society today.
Book: Gay Rights- Kafka discusses homosexuality involving children and teenagers and their education in school compared to heterosexual students. Some believe that due to harassment, discrimination, and isolation, homosexual students, and students that have gay parents, are denied an equal education compared to other students. Others argue that gay students, and students that come from gay households, get the same education, …show more content…
One of the reasons this is happening, is because schools do not want to offend parents that want their children to stay oblivious to the subject of homosexuality. Some parents believe that gay rights affect such a small portion of the school and community that it is not worth discussing in school. These parents feel disrespected when their religious beliefs are “ignored,” and their children are forced to engage in conversations about homosexuality. In 2002 New York considered passing the Dignity for All Students Act, which stated that all students between the grades of kindergarten and twelfth would be educated about on the discrimination of race, religion, ethnic background, disability, and of course, sexual orientation (Kafka 59). Many church groups and other Pro-Family Activists disagreed with this bill, claiming that it would make people view homosexuality as a normal and acceptable behavior. With all the opposition, the bill was eventually