Blog Post

Gays and Lesbians is the topic I decided to look at. Although it's not the topic that I wrote about, I still know a lot about it and I think it's interesting. The struggles that gays and lesbians go through is very sad. I did learn a few things from the blog I visited- Favorites of Today. It seemed like the "Don't ask Don't Tell" policy is a huge controversy today, and it was focused a lot in the slide presentation. I actually wasn't aware of this policy, and I think it's very unfair. This was initially thought of as progress for the GLBT community. I don't think this is progress at all. Gays and lesbians are still largely discriminated against, and this policy still allows that to happen-which is not progress. Soldiers that aren't straight carry the burden of keeping their sexuality a secret. The opposing view of this is that the army will get "out of control." This could not possibly be true because gays and lesbians live everywhere, and the earth is not out of control.
Another issue I thought was interesting was how this person defined what it means to be an American, after researching the topic of gays and lesbians. This blog highlighted the fact that America is a hypocrisy. The fact that the constitution preaches equal rights, but does not give equal rights to gays and lesbians. That is definitely a point that needs to be addressed. It's good that there is a good tolerance at our school. There is a club called SAGA that is dedicated to making things more comfortable for GLBT and straight students, it's like a community of safety. I don't know if any of those students are planning on going into the military, but hopefully that won't happen because they will be very discriminated against. Also, I'm sure this club is great for students that are gays or lesbians because in the Favorite's of Today blog final I learned some facts about students in school that were shocking. Reportedly 97% of students hear homophobic comments made by their peers, and 53% hear those comments from their teacher as well. I can't imagine how hard it would be to hear these comments made by your peers. It's probably difficult to live in a society that discriminates against gays and lesbians to begin with, but when your teacher starts discriminating against you- I think that's just outrageous. That's probably why 28% of GLBT students drop out of school, the harassment is just too much. I hope as a nation we can fix this problem.