Safe Zones

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The LGBT+ community grows continually through the United States bringing safety and togetherness for many people. The community works together to ensure equal rights are given to all members; it also gives a safe and welcoming group for people to enter. However, the community also attracts the unwanted stigma of people seething with hate. Those who hate the community stop at nothing to hurt and endanger the LGBT+ community. The social sigma surrounding the ever-growing LGBT+ community brings both positive and negative views into the community, however if the social stigma did not surround the LBGT+ community then life for the people within the group would be increasingly easier.

An author in Britain writes about the increasing of civil rights …show more content…

The fight for civil victories came from courts and the understanding of not only LGBT people but people who know that all human lives are equal, and deserve equal rights (“Shifting Priorities” 2). A large step that was taken in educated systems was the introduction of Safe Zones onto the school campuses. Safe Zones give safe areas where people of the LGBT+ community can go to be with people who understand them. The fear of being themselves around other people is lost in a Safe Zone. However, the Safe Zone on some campuses is a, “politically correct way to advance the homosexual agenda on the campus,” instead of giving the LGBT+ students’ a safe place to go it is only a attempt at political correctness. The giving of zones and bathrooms the students of the LGBT+ community does give them a safe place to be themselves but it is also occasionally a fake acceptance move by the …show more content…

An article called “Shifting Priorities”, stated previously, talks about the favoritism or singling out of a person. The article states, “Such programs can be controversial… some individuals feel that they singled out a specific population for special treatment (“Shifting Priorities”).” The LGBT+ community does not want any special treatment but in an attempt to seem well rounded groups and people will treat LGBT+ members better than other people. A different article deals with this problem by telling readers that, “We can favor people based on their gifts and abilities,” not their sexuality or gender. The article wants to teach people to favor others based off of personality and not penalize people because of their sexuality or gender identity.

One article faces the facts stating that, “Despite significant strides in safer environments for LGBT+ students, many still experience harassment and violence based on their sexual orientation or gender identity (“Hidden Crisis” 1).” Strides have been taken forward in the pursuit of LGBT+ rights but there have also been big strides backward. Laws set in place for the protection and equality of LGBT+ people are being opposed and fought against

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