LGBTQIAP+ people have, for the longest time, been the victims of hate speech, hate crimes and discrimination. Even in today's society, LGBT+ people are being marginalised, oppressed and discriminated towards by not only individual people, but also politicians, lawmakers and entire government systems. Queerness is, in many countries, a crime punished with harsh prison sentences, torture and sometimes death. Crimes committed towards LGBT+ people however are often overlooked by peers as well as law enforcement. Families, across the globe, disown, abuse, and in some instances, kill their own children because of their sexuality and or gender identity. But why? Why, in this day and age, are there still so many people who view LGBTQIAP+ persons as inherently bad or wrong? …show more content…
Religion serves, for many, as an answer to life’s questions. Religion tells you not only how to act and what to believe but also what’s right and what’s wrong. So when a popular religion, such as for example Christianity or Islam, opposes and even condemns non-heterosexuality and non-cisgenderism, then that greatly affects a massive amount of people’s views on homosexuality, bisexuality, transgenderism, etc. According to both Christianity and Islam, same-sex love and same-sex relationships are inherently wrong because God created men and women to compliment each other and because same-sex relationships don’t do that in the traditional sense then that goes against the way God intended for humans to live. Also, many religious people argue against transgenderism and gender fluidity (as well as different sexualities and gender identities) because they believe that you can’t be “born in the wrong” body because God does not make