By Aryana St. Marthe
I chose this topic because I´ve seen how students from the LGBTQ+ community in this school have been treated unfairly and I believe that things need to change. At East High School there are people getting discriminated against because of their sexuality and how they chose to identify themselves. Now that I’m growing up, I’m seeing it for myself that gay people are being treated more and more differently than everybody else. And now living with someone who is gay I don’t want people to judge him just because the way he lives his life. People should care about this issue because people in the LGBTQ+ community should always feel safe and not have to be judged just for living their life. This problem can be addressed by people trying to understand that gays are going to live the way they want and they are going to love whoever they want but at the same time (quote from Justice) ¨people choose to be hateful towards gays.¨ I asked two people in the LGBTQ+ community a series of questions about the amount of homophobia happening in school and how it is being openly gay in school. Junior Justice Nunnally-Webb, said that he sees homophobia all the time and he did say something about it because he believes it’s more of a respect thing. He said, ¨Being gay is a part of him and saying that it’s wrong is disrespecting him.” Senior Mckenna French, who identifies as pansexual, said she witnesses this as well and when she sees it she tries her best to speak up and say something for those getting harassed. These students also talked about how homophobia and harassment affects them. The junior responded saying he doesn’t think about it until it happens. He said he's more curious about it because, he asks, “Why does someone care so much about how another person lives their life?” The pansexual senior said it affects her because she feels targeted for her sexuality. She states, “I have been told that I should only like boys because I am a girl and that’s ‘how girls are supposed to be,’” she said. Walking around school I hear all the time guys using gay as an insult so I asked Mckenna and Justice why they think saying someone or something is gay. Justice said because it has a negative aspect to it, they're not saying it as a good thing. Mckenna said, “I don't believe people should use any sexuality as an insult because it isn't anything to be ashamed of. I think that people should be more mindful of the things they say when it comes to the sexuality of others.” Homophobia is something that can change but it will have to take more time because there are many reasons why people are homophobic. I think a way I can address the problem is by just trying to make people understand that they can't control how people love and that it isn't their business. In my opinion homophobes will end up changing one day but it still come back to arrogance and how they see things and trying to change that is going to take some time.
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