Lgbt Community Research Paper

Looking back at my childhood, I do not understand how I went so long without realizing the controversy surrounding the LGBT community. Now, although I will never fully understand, I recognize the struggles that some people are forced to go through just to be themselves. Because I grew up in an open-minded household without religion, I am, and have always been, able to form my own opinions about the LGBT community. As a child, it was never described to me that a person can have feelings for another person of the same gender. It was never necessary for it to be explained to me; I was raised around it. My mom babysat for a lesbian couple, and I viewed the couple’s relationship just as I viewed my mother and father’s relationship. I did not identify any differences, and I never had any questions or concerns. I just thought that it was another way that

My best friend at the time invited me to go to church camp with her for a week during the summer. I was not raised with religion, but I thought it would be enjoyable to spend time at the camp anyway. While I was there I remember the pastor, for some reason, saying that on a previous day he had been flipping through the television channels. He said that he ended up landing on a reality television program that showed two boys kissing. I was not at all prepared for what he would say next. The pastor went on to say that the scene was repulsive and it should not have been allowed on television. I remember observing others around the room, and seeing everybody around me acting disgusted for the same reason that the pastor was. I was the only person acting disgusted for other reasons. I had never heard or realized before that gay people are not widely accepted. I was very irritated at the pastor, and because of that, he made me angry at religion. I started having questions about the LGBT community for the first