User talk:StevenSchroe

Prejudism - My point of view. Hi, my name is Steve Schroeder, I am 17 years of age. The point of view I'm trying to voice is my opinion on gay/lesbian/transgender/bi relations. The thought I put to it was, why is it pointed out? My younger brother is a homosexual, that doesn't bother me, and I don't know why it would bother anybody else.

I don't see why it's pointed out that people are gay, wether you dislike them or not. Have we really made Homosexuality different than being straight? If people say it's so normal, why is it celebrated with 'Gay Pride Parades'? I do understand the Parades are to commemerate The Stonewall Riots. "'Gay pride refers to a world wide movement and philosophy asserting that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity. Gay pride advocates work for equal 'rights and benefits' for LGBT people.'" Now, if it were so equal, why would it be celebrated in a 'Gay Pride' parade, straight people do not celebrate straight pride. That's the whole issue that I'm fed up with. Anybody that has been to or going to highschool or any other school knows this, people don't admit they're straight, so why should being gay be something to admit? You're not wrong for admitting it but why is it needed? You're as equal as anybody else could be. It's good to be proud of your sexual orientation, but being proud and wanting to stick out are two different things. The only chances you should admit you're of any sexual orientation is if you are in the situation to do so...girl or guy asking you out perhaps.

If something were so equal, there wouldn't be any celebration for it because it would be like everything else, as a straight person, I don't feel that being Homosexual is "unique" because it's just as normal as being straight, I quote unique because it's a strong word to me. People cannot choose the way they think, if people hold back what they think, they aren't being themselves, and I don't agree with that. I don't believe if you are gay, it should be hidden, if people are told that, the person telling them that has some real issues to think out, and shouldn't tell people how to live their lives. Homophobes/Racists; What's there to be afraid of, something you feel the need to be labeled different? I don't believe you should point somebody out because of the way they think, you'd be just as bad as you think they are. I won't call you bad, but if you really are this way, why can't it be kept for yourself? Do you really want people to be dragged down to the same emotional state as you? That's all you're doing, making life harder on people.

Anybody that has been to or going to highschool or any other school knows this, people don't admit they're straight, so why should being gay be something to admit? You're not wrong for admitting it but why is it needed? You're as equal as anybody else could be. It's good to be proud of your sexual orientation, but being proud and wanting to stick out are two different things. The only chances you should admit you're of any sexual orientation is if you are in the situation to do so...girl or guy asking you out perhaps. My little brother goes through highscool as well as I do, he is 15 years old and is a Homosexual, now he has a bad habit of trying to stick out, as well as he'll deny it, but day after a day he's torn apart by the comments he gets from other kids at his school. He claims to take it up with the principal/teachers, I have not heard of any of them getting punished, and it frustrates me to death. I try to tell him not to advertise the way he thinks, but even if he does, he shouldn't have to be tortured the way he is. I think the only way to get rid of this sort of problem is to really have a rule about equality in the school. If a student was to make fun of a race that wasn't white, it seems the school takes too desperate of measures and the parents of the child are sometimes sued, and I do not think that's the way to handle that. It's just, schools need to punish kids no matter what race/sexual orientation. The only prejudice about anything is making something stick out, it's not being fair to anybody else, no matter how much you claim to be unique, you're making it stick out.

That's all I have to type right now, if I think of anything else I might just edit it in, I hope you read and understood that this is an opinion, and I'm not trying to change the way any of you think, I just needed somewhere to spill my rant. Steve Schroeder 02:48, 6 August 2007 (UTC)