Blog #6

TIME magazine wrote an article last may called “Behind the TIME cover story: Beyond ‘He’ or ‘She’”. They discuss how in the past there is male and female, or hetero and homosexuals, but in current time the society has opened the ideas to not only having 2 ways of identifying yourself. With new terms like bisexuals who are attracted to both male and females. There are trans people or people who just do not identify as either/any gender in general. Now with the very well-known LGBTQ+ community they feel more comfortable with coming to terms with themselves or coming out to others around them. The author of this article wrote about how the most difficult part for this community to face is explaining their gender and sexualities as it is a fluid scale. The other difficulty is those who choose to not conform to either gender and they choose to not be identified in general. For people to go from calling them he or she and now calling them ‘they’ can be hard. It is something that these people must correct in order to feel the respect they deserve, and be able to fully identify themselves in the manner in which they choose to be seen. The author also talks about the harassment and abuse this community receives every single day. They have come so far, from being a major taboo, to now being able to legally identify as they want to, and legally marry whoever they choose to. 

I believe this community has fought so hard to gain the respect they properly deserve, yet are still being frowned upon and discriminated so often. If we all just became more educated, and accepting to those then we could offer them a safe and comfortable place to open up about it. If the LGBTQ+ community has fought so hard to receive the disappointingly small amount of respect they are given then maybe the rest of the world could fight to understand and come to terms with the fact that times are changing and people are coming to terms with who they are meant to be. As a human race, we should be able to embrace that this is what is going on and be supportive of our peers. I believe all people are created equal. Regardless of their race, their sexuality, or the way they choose to identify themselves, we are equal. No matter how somebody appears to be, they deserve the respect of others around them to address them with the proper pronouns, and to be given the respect that they have given the rest of the world who has done nothing but create more obstacles for them.  (word count 452)