Image by Getty Images via @daylife Marriage and family life are two issues which even the most lenient supporters of gays and lesbians find it difficult to support. How can two individuals of the same gender marry each other? Even if they do marry, how can they provide a happy and safe family life to their children? In any case, members of the same gender cannot have children through the natural procreation process. They will have to adopt. Adoption, as is well known, is not something that can be done lightly. The life of the individual being adopted and the adults doing the adoption … [Read more...]
Why Should I Care About LGBT Discrimination? Read Ahead And Find Out
Many persons have a neutral opinion towards lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals but do not bother much about the issue because they feel it does not concern them. Well, what is the guarantee that your child will not turn out as a gay or lesbian? Do not provide silly justifications like good parenting or disciplined lifestyle. Sexual orientation is not a matter of good parenting. It is not as if all gays and lesbians had bad parents. If you have a general idea of the level of discrimination and complications that lesbians and gays face, just ask yourself whether you would want your … [Read more...]
Want To Improve Condition Of LGBT Community? Remove Myths And Spread Information
Have you done research on the internet only to find many educated individuals in and around your neighborhood having misconceptions about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual community? If yes, you can organize seminars and workshops that will help people clarify their myths. There are some persons who have an inherently negative view about the LGBT community. However, most individuals are merely apprehensive because of certain issues. Will gay individuals target any and every man for sex? Do lesbians practice promiscuous lifestyle? Will they act as a bad influence on kids? Will they … [Read more...]
LGBT Community – It Is Time Mankind Learned To Accept Differences With Maturity
The issue of treatment of gays and lesbians in the world is not just about entry in the armed forces or freedom to marry or adopt kids. Rather, it is all about a very simple question - How should mankind treat those who are different and in a minority? Colored individuals faced the problem that gays and lesbians are facing today. Racial discrimination is not a recent phenomenon. Residents of the Dravidian region in ancient India were considered inferior by invading Aryans because of their dark skin. While discrimination on the basis of color is not as prevalent as it was in the past, no one … [Read more...]