The Hypocrisy That Is Stopping IGBTQ+ Rights

 Karen Matsuoka

11/27/2023

Prof. Buckmire

Queer 3.0

The Hypocrisy That Is Stopping IGBTQ+ Rights

What I wanted to get to from this meme was that it should not be difficult for people to think that LGBTQ+ people deserve rights as much as straight people. The way that anti-LGBTQ+ people view LGBTQ+ people is hypocritical because they think they deserve rights but they do not think LGBTQ+ people do not deserve rights solely because of their sexual orientation and gender identity. Historically, when people do not think that a certain group doesn’t deserve rights such as proper education, healthcare, freedom of speech, etc, that means they are being viewed as below everyone else. This worries me because IGBTQ+ people being seen as less than others is so normalized in our society that this will slow the process of LGBTQ+ people having rights (and it is also still hard for other minority groups to have FULL rights so it’ll take even longer for the LGBTQ+ community). This also explains the increase in anti-LGBTQ+ laws and ideas. Due to white supremacy, white abled bodied cis-men are the “norm” but because of that, anything outside of that is considered “others” and we need to continue questioning how these “norms” have affected our rights as a part of the LGBTQ+ community (like what we’ve been doing in class and beyond) and reflecting back on history to educate ourselves how we can tackle gaining more rights as a community.