The society sees them as a different species. Some do not have any problem with them while some are uncomfortable in their presence. I have met some people who were not straight. I personally never had a problem with them being a part of society; after all they are also humans. But many of us do look at them as they are Martians. Why?? Don’t they have a right to do what they feel is right? Don’t they have the freedom to live ‘their life’ the way they want?
We live in a society which habituates people of different thoughts and perspectives. Some may feel friendly with gay men, while some may not. Ask yourself: how did you react when you saw a man walking in a girly way? The probable answer is that you laughed or grin thinking, “that guy is gay.”
We as humans are always very curious to know what’s going on in someone’s life and we are more curious to know about homosexuals. And question them as they are some strange creatures. Our questions make them feel uncomfortable, unknowingly; we do hurt them many a times. Stats show that two out of five LGBT youth do not feel safe in school because they fear being questioned about their sexuality.
Many of the normal men fear of homosexuals, actually, that cannot be even termed as fear, the word should be hatred. The hatred for them many a times takes a deadly phase. I read about a news article about such an incident. The news was: ‘Man beheaded a homosexual because of shame.’ The man had sex with him and was shameful for what he did. He hated it and thus he killed his partner. Even in schools and colleges most of the people are not gay-friendly. They try to avoid them, leaving a psychological impact of their minds. They are not accepted by their families and sometimes not in their friends’ circle. This pressurizes them to commit suicide. Some homosexuals are brave enough to fight the situation but not everyone is. Another study says: Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual youth were more than four times as likely to report being threatened with a weapon on a school property.
I also read an article by an 18 year old gay. He wrote, “In my country being gay is not only a sin, if you are gay you’re considered sub-human. No possible penance. I was once told that the only way to “heal” a homosexual is... with a bullet through the head. ” He concluded by writing, “It’s just so hard not being able to be who you are in front of people, it’s so hard measuring your every word, your every move so that you don’t slip up. If anyone knew, my life would be over.”
Read each of his words carefully. How lonely and fearful he is! The article by that boy shows what kind of status do homosexuals get in that country. He didn’t mention the name of his country but it shows how homosexuals are treated over there. Can’t we show some love towards them? Some choose to be gay while some are forced into it because of the situations. You might be wondering how the situations force a person to be gay. I have the answer, Out of many instances I read about homosexuals and other members of LGBT community, most of them went through SEXUAL ABUSE. Many of them complained they were sexually abused in their childhood, either by family members or someone else. The childhood which was meant for them to play with toys, they were used as ‘toys’ instead.
The society has a lot of myths about the LGBT community. They are portrayed in a very ‘cheap’ way in various forms of media. You must have noticed in many movies and TV shows, the Gay character in the movie always had his hand bent downwards. It is not necessary that all gays love to walk like that and have a hand posture in that way.
Another myth is that homosexuals are sex addicts. I heard this from many of my friends. Let me remind you the myth which states: Men think about sex every 7 seconds (which is not universally true.) Some men might think about sex most of the time but it would be unfair to say that ‘All’ men keeps thinking about sex. This theory applies in this case too. Not all gay men are sex addicts and it would be inappropriate to term Homosexuals as Sex-addicts.
They are no different from our society and I believe they deserve the same rights and happiness which we do. They deserve to live and not crushed beneath our feet. I know we live in a society, a society, where a single thought cannot change the thousand minds. But there’s a word called “TRY” and I want to.
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