Being Gay Is Natural

“Being gay is natural. Hating gay is a lifestyle choice” - John Fugelsang. The question of LGBT rights come into play with this quote. What kind of human rights violations are LGBT people exposed to? When thinking about the answer to the question, there are a lot of themes to take into consideration. For example, LGBT rights affect government, environment, social relations, and ethics. Determining what themes human rights violations affect allows us to see how some countries have better human rights than others. Many of the countries across the world have harsh violations towards LGBT people such as prison and death but on the other hand, other countries have legalized gay marriage in all or most of their states. After seeing other countries

have legalized gay rights it has encouraged other countries to follow and legalize gay marriage.People could relate this question to real world examples by imagining the world where people are free to marry whoever they want without any violations going against them . LGBT rights are global because it affects more than just one specific person of a country, In contrast allowing LGBT people the right to marry also affects many religions around the world. Taking this quote and its themes into account when understanding the rights of LGBT people and how they are treated around the world allows people to get a better understanding of how important everyone's rights are in the world.

The notion that gay marriage is wrong because gay couples are unnatural is not often stated , but this influences other arguments behind people’s negative opinions about homosexuality. For many people, heterosexual relationships are the normal, both in real life and in nature. Homosexual relationships are abnormal and unorthodox , likewise, they shouldn’t be acknowledged by the state or recognized as marriage. Many people think this because their religions and other factors. Such arguments are seemingly effective because they try to get the power of neutral and objective things like “nature” and “natural” to support one’s position.

In this way a person can try to push off accusations of bigotry , intolerance , etc. because it’s just a matter of credible observation as to what is and it's not a proper part of the natural order. In real life, claims about the natural order or the natural law only end up being masked for religious, political, or social prejudices. A common and simple meaning is that heterosexual relationships are “natural” because it is what we find in nature, whereas we don’t find homosexual relationships. The last one is therefore unnatural and should not be acknowledged by society. A good example of this attitude toward the “unnaturalness” of homosexuality is expressed by Peter Akinola, Anglican Archbishop of Nigeria. He says that he can not think that a man in the right mind would have a sexual relationship with another man and that even in animals we don't hear things like this.There are a lot of possible objections to this. First, humans are a part of nature, so if humans have homosexual relationships, Secondly, we don’t find dogs, cows, and lions entering into legal marriage contracts with one another. These objections point to the logical flaws in the argument, the argument is factually

false. Homosexual activity and homosexual relationships can be found in nature — in dogs, cows, lions and other animals. Within some species, homosexual activity is common and regular. In total 72 countries have criminal laws against sexual activity by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex people (LGBTI),But that’s a understatement. It leaves out Indonesia, where thousands of citizens are affected by anti-LGBT laws. It also leaves out three anti-LGBT governments because they don’t appear on a list of internationally recognized countries for one reason. Both Seychelles and Nauru repealed their anti-gay laws in May 2016, then, on Aug. 10, 2016, the Supreme Court in Belize overturned that nation’s anti-sodomy law as enforced to consensual sex. Indonesia, where there are two large provinces that outlaw homosexual acts; and Three political entities that have anti-LGBT laws but they aren’t accepted as countries by the international community of gay rights — the Cook Islands, which is a self-governing country whose residents have citizenship in New Zealand and the territory of Syria and Iraq which is controlled by ISIS troops.The total would be 78 countries if it were to include Russia and Lithuania, the two countries do not have laws against homosexual acts but they do have laws against “propaganda of homosexuality.” Libya and Nigeria also have similar anti-propaganda laws, but they also prohibit same-sex relations.

Parts of Latin America remain the standard for equality for LGBT rights. Argentina's Law in 2012 allowed the change of gender on birth certificates for transgender people. It also legalised same-sex marriage in 2010, which gave same-sex couples the same rights as opposite-sex couples, which included the right to adopt children. Uruguay and Mexico City also allow equal marriage and adoption, and a little while ago Colombia recognised its first legal same-sex civil union (not "marriage"). In Asia, LGBT groups are starting to make progress, slowly. Last year, Vietnam saw its very first gay pride rally and then this year's event will launch a campaign for equality in the workplace. A few weeks ago, it was reported that the country's system of justice has backed plans to legalise gay marriage, after the system of health care came out for marriage equality in April. In Singapore, The Pink Dot pride rally attracted around 21,000 people at the end of June – it was biggest number since it started four years ago. It's a strong signal that Singapore is not as conservative as most people think. The Human Dignity Trust filed a suit at the European court of human rights against the Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus,which is the only place in Europe where homosexuality is still illegal, and it is likely for them to win. In a note sent to Gay right activists, the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago expressed her wish to be able repeal the laws that have banned homosexuality. The prime minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson Miller, has voiced many similar wishes. In June, Javed Jaghai was the latest activist to launch legal actions to challenge the anti-sodomy laws. However, violence against gay people is increasing, and a 17-year-old was stabbed to death last week at a party in Trinidad for being gay. In Malawi, their president Joyce Banda announced in 2012 that laws criminalising homosexuality would be repealed , she has since then separated herself from that, although there has been a little bit of change and have been any prosecutions. Therefore, it's not just the globally north where things are moving forward. It’s in some parts of the world where you'd least expect them, things are getting better for them.
The number of countries that are legalising same-sex marriage continues to grow, such as Denmark, Brazil, France and New Zealand are just some that have joined much more progressive countries that had legalised it earlier. And of course now England and Wales have same sex marriage from the Same Sex Couples Act passed in 2013. In Iran, a place where homosexuality is punishable by death . their country's official who works on the human rights described homosexuality as "an illness that should be cured". Of course, gay rights are no better in a lot of other Middle Eastern countries. The ILGA (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association) provides a good look at state-sponsored homophobia in a 2013 report. A few weeks ago, Eric Ohena Lembembe, was found at his home in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. He had been tortured. His neck and feet were broken, his body burned with an iron and murdered. As the executive director of Camp Aids, Lembembe was one of Cameroon's most outstanding and outspoken LGBT rights activists and he was openly gay. It was an huge act of bravery in a country in which homosexuality is punishable with prison and violence against LGBT people is common and is almost never investigated.
Amnesty International's 2013 report on global human rights stated that even people who supported LGBT rights were being harassed, especially equality lawyers such as Alice Nkom and Michel Togue who had both been receiving calls and text messages threatening to kill them and their children if they did not stop defending the gay people who had been arrested and went to court . In June this year, Togue's office was broken into and his files and computers were stolen. In March of 2012, a workshop held to educate the younger people about LGBT issues was shut down.Last week, two men were given prison sentences under their country's anti-gay laws; in 2011, another man, Jean-Claude Roger Mbédé, was sentenced to three years in prison for sending a text message to another man. Men who are perceived to be gay are arrested, sometimes only on the basis of someone's suspicions, and then some are forced to undergo rectal examinations and tortured into confessing that they are gay. After the death of Lembembe, gay-rights groups said that they couldn't continue to do their work unless they are given protection. They said that they have all decided to stop their work in the field because they have no protection and feel as if their lives are at risk.
When it comes to LGBT rights, there is still a very huge struggle for equality. In many countries, it is still shameful to be anything but heterosexual. Members of the LGBT community often have to prove their worth and value in the workplace, and then in society as a whole. The outlook for them is a bit brighter in the US and a few other countries, but there’s still so much work to be done before the LGBT community is respected all over the world. In a lot of Africa, homosexuality is still illegal. In fact, there are a few places where it is still punishable by death, like Nigeria and Sudan. Other nations will spare the lives of homosexuals, but then imprison them for countless numbers of years, not to mention the abuse and mistreatment they experience during their incarceration. Once where countries, homosexuals were considered mentally ill, the US now has laws supporting gay marriage and equal rights for the LGBT community. Other countries such as France, Canada and South Africa have also legalized gay marriage, and they have created an environment where the members of this community can feel somewhat respected and valued.Who all knows how long it will take before the global mindset about homosexuality will change. The LGBT community has gained many powerful supporters over the past few years, but there’s still a lot more to be done before they can truly feel and be equal to heterosexuals.