Understanding Discrimination: A Focus on LGBTQ+ Minority

Discrimination is defined according to Joseph Healey (2014) “as the unequal treatment of the persons based on group’s membership”. Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender are considered minority groups because they are only few percent of them in the society. “The majority (57%) of the attacks motivated by the sexual orientation of the victim were directed against male homosexuals (FBI, 2012)” this can be found on page 165 of our textbook. This topic is important because while reading the chapters, I noticed that the textbook didn’t really say much about this minority group.
Same sex marriage has not only been an argument or issue in the past decades, it is something that has been going on for years over and over. Gay marriage to me is a choice of life,

Although there are several examples when people of opposite sexes stay in an unhappy marriage, or get divorced, nobody questions the credibility of growing up in a same sex marriage. A same sex marriage does not always have to be happy and it does not always provide a suitable environment for raising children. This is purely based on discrimination because same sex marriage is something people are used to and they will retain their opinion that it is the only way to provide a person with a normal childhood, even though this marriage might not be happy or might not last. On the other hand, a child will feel better growing up with a same sex couple instead of growing up alone. The main things Post-modernism and Feminism are re-questioning in the modern society, love and marriage, are the most important things a child can look up to when growing up. If there is no love in a regular marriage, this marriage cannot provide a decent environment for a child 's upbringing. However, if a same sex marriage provides a loving environment for the child, it should not be discriminated against, but rather encouraged to contribute to the harmonious development of a child without sexual or any other forms of