Lgbt Persuasive Essay

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Have you ever saw the news showing stories of LGBT people committing suicide or being murdered? Hate crimes happen often and people are bullied until they don’t want to live. These things happen all of the time. People bully LGBT people since they don’t fully understand what it means to be LGBT. Since they don’t understand, they just know that these people are different from them and they are afraid. With most of the public, people don’t know much about the LGBT community beyond the basics, so I believe informal lectures can fix this problem. People obviously need to be informed. People need to know everything they can about being LGBT. No one is just going to fully understand LGBT people unless they get the correct information. People have different personal preferences. Some people choose to write on paper instead of on the computer. Some people choose to wear a short sleeved shirt instead of a long sleeved one. Many people want others to know what they do and don’t like, such as foods or colors. This is really similar to how LGBT people want others to know that they may like the same sex or both or they may be a boy instead of a girl. It’s all personal preference and how people were born. You don’t …show more content…

Our school has had Kevin Wanzer, who talked of embracing diversity. He showed how people can be different in their own way and there’s no reason to hate anyone else for it. This is a good message that he showed us through his informal, and not to mention entertaining, lecture. We’ve also had the Diversity Initiative group from the University of Evansville. They talked about all of the many differences found in people. They showed us that just because we think we know something, doesn’t mean it’s always right. Both of these programs had a very successful outcome and a good message. We need to do something similar to this to get our points across and let people know who we

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