Lgbt Persuasive Essay

Have you ever saw the news showing stories of LGBT people committing suicide or being murdered? Hate crimes happen often and people are bullied until they don’t want to live. These things happen all of the time. People bully LGBT people since they don’t fully understand what it means to be LGBT. Since they don’t understand, they just know that these people are different from them and they are afraid. With most of the public, people don’t know much about the LGBT community beyond the basics, so I believe informal lectures can fix this problem.

People obviously need to be informed. People need to know everything they can about being LGBT. No one is just going to fully understand LGBT people unless they get the correct information. People have different personal preferences. Some people choose to write on paper instead of on the computer. Some people choose to wear a short sleeved shirt instead of a long sleeved one. Many people want others to know what they do and don’t like, such as foods or colors. This is really similar to how LGBT people want others to know that they may like the same sex or both or they may be a boy instead of a girl. It’s all personal preference and how people were born. You don’t

judge people for liking a different color than you and tell them that they aren’t going to make it anywhere because they like a different color.
There are many instances when people come in to talk to schools to teach them new things.

Our school has had Kevin Wanzer, who talked of embracing diversity. He showed how people can be different in their own way and there’s no reason to hate anyone else for it. This is a good message that he showed us through his informal, and not to mention entertaining, lecture. We’ve also had the Diversity Initiative group from the University of Evansville. They talked about all of the many differences found in people. They showed us that just because we think we know something, doesn’t mean it’s always right. Both of these programs had a very successful outcome and a good message. We need to do something similar to this to get our points across and let people know who we

are.
No one ever fully knows what’s going on in other people’s lives. Someone you know personally could be dealing with the fact that they are LGBT, but don’t know who they can tell. They don’t want everyone to think differently of them and they don’t want to lose friends. This shouldn’t have to be a problem. If your child, sibling, best friend, or anyone else you know are LGBT and they think they have to hide it, then that’s wrong. People need to understand what it means to be part of the LGBT spectrum. They have to know that just because someone likes the same sex doesn’t mean that they’re automatically something they’re not. So many people associate something bad with being LGBT. People you know and a very close to may be LGBT. You won’t ever know unless you’re informed and willing to know the truth.
All in all, people really don’t understand what it means to be LGBT. It’s just a thing you have to learn about. I believe that having informal lectures similar to Kevin Wanzer or the Diversity Initiative group from the University of Evansville will really help inform people on what it means to be LGBT. It affects everyone in some way or another. There won’t ever be a point in time when it won’t be important to know these things. We are all humans and we all have our traits that make us different. Don’t let people think that you’re something that you aren’t. We need to step up and take action to make sure people are informed. We need to make sure everyone is accepted for who they are.