Persuasive Essay On Queer Phobias

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On to the final focus: queer-phobia. Queer-phobia tends to be deeply rooted in strict, traditionalist beliefs, and in many cases even religion. For example, after the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Steve Anderson, pastor of Faithful Word Baptist Church, said, “the good news is that there are fifty fewer pedophiles in this world.” Beliefs such as these being preached to the public, and to our children, and even to people from third-world countries via missionaries, are what’s keeping this prejudice alive. Two-thirds of LGBT+ students hear anti-LGBT hate at school, reports the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN). In even as recent as the 1970s, it was illegal for people of the same sex to dance, hold hands, or show affection

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