Persuasive Essay On LGBT Discrimination

It seems so simple to love, that the comfort of attraction lends itself to everyone and that the subtleties of interest are selfsame, by instinct at least; even so, it’s said that we’re conditioned to love, but to me, it’s not that we’re conditioned to it as much as we’re in the condition of its capability, simply being human—to love’s as natural as life itself, as typical as sight or sound, as native as a thought of rationality. Trouble, then, comes about when love we know true doesn’t quite liken the love someone else experiences, from which differences and judgements then arise. This is true of many circumstances, but continues to be true for Americans who identify as LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgendered)—that judgments of them …show more content…
Too often these people are bullied and disrespected at the hands of others that lack empathy and understanding. And no sole sub-group within the community is discriminated against more so than another—no matter age, class, or race, if a person identifies as LGBT, they’re attacked on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity, specifically, for no better reason than that they’re different from those doing the bullying. They are labeled and put down, made to feel worse day after day as a minority, but it’s those who don’t identify as LGBT who must act within their power and on behalf of their responsibility as a majority to combat the …show more content…
Identity is as true for you as it is for the next person; it is of the self, as yours has no effect on another’s. And when in the course of human events it becomes necessary for a person to protest for the acceptance of their identity, it is their right and duty to do so. And when the ability to fix the inadequacy with which the LGBT community has been treated is held firmly in the hands of everyone else, it’s their right and duty to foster an atmosphere of acceptance, free of hate and