I'm doing this project for homophobia ackknowledgement. Most people in the world go through their lives as a straight person. No judgment here, everyone should be accepted for what they want to be. But think about this, if you're a straight reader, even if you are a supporter, aside from childhood, how many times have you looked at an LGBTQIA+ person and expressed a sort of... disgust? A lot of people would say plenty of times. 'Gay' is a term for people who are either in the LGBTQIA+ spectrum or for when two males are in a relationship. (Fun fact, it also means happy!). Plenty of people are gay. I myself are on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. Im a trans male and Non-Binary, bigender. And a lot of you know and dont know how much I have to deal with because of it. Over the years, the LGBTQ community has been growing and changing to make sure everyone is comfortable and has their own identities, although, all these great people and great identites that should be loved and accepted are often hated by society. Over the years, instead of gay being a term for the people in the LGBTQ community, it's become sort of a label for bullies and haters to use against us. Over time, we got scared. Now, there are so many kids and even young adults and older that are afraid to come out to their parents because of what just might happen. There are so many people out there who are looked down uppon only because they like someone of the same sex. Or because they switched genders. Or because someone doesnt identify as a gender. Instead of people feeling comfortable with their identity, many people find the identity that their comfortable with only for people to say its wrong. To the world, we are treated like something miniscule, like we don't matter, like our words don't matter. There are so many people that are so annoyed. Take me for an example, when I was in 4th grade, i realized that instead of acting like a girl, i constantly acted like a guy. Eventually, I started to explore things, so i went by all pronouns. People started hating me when i liked girls. Some time before middle school, I was a he/they transgender non-binary male with a proud trans pin. But in the eyes of others, i was still female. And i still feel now that nobody will ever accept me. Thousands, probably millions of people feel like this. I will expand this later, but my fingers are tired :P
