What should be done to stop the hate of LGBTQ+
Since human civilizations started, LGBTQ+ people have faced discrimination. The discrimination has gotten less over time but as more and more people come out, we need to speed up the process of acceptance. Through this report we will be looking at the problem of hate in LGBTQ+ hate. This will look into what the problem is, what is being done, and what needs to change. The solution that we have found to this problem is we need to keep doing what we are doing until we can have pride parades again. After this, The ministry of Education should develop a resource for intermediate age children as part of the curriculum. This resource will include stories of LGBTQ+ individuals, some of the history surrounding it, and how to be more accepting of this group of people.This has been found through a PMI table, research of this topic and talking to experts in this field. So we invite you to read on and find out more about this topic and what should be done to stop the hate of LGBTQ+ people.
What is LGBTQ+ and what is the problem? This will be split into two different paragraphs. First being, what is LGBTQ+ and the second being what is the problem. They will explain what they are, who it is and who it affects, Among other things.
What is LGBTQ+, Well it stands for, lesbian (L), gay (G), bisexual (B), transgender (T), queer or quistioning (Q) and the plus stands for the other 41. These are sexualitys so who you like and Identify as.
This a small list for some of the most common sexualitys:
LGBTTTQQIAA
Lesbian-2 girls
Gay-2 men
Bisexual-Same as you and others
Transgender-Diffrent gender to your sex
Transsexual-Get your gender changed though sergary or hormon treatment
2/Two-Spirit-Used before colonisation was a thing is North America
Queer-You dont know yet
Questioning- Diffrent word for Queer
Intersex-Born as not a girl or boy. They are not classed as anything really and this can be genitals or hormones that can do this.
Asexual-Low to no drive to have sexul activitys
Ally- You help with all other genders for equal rights
This graph shows the percentage of the population of New Zealand that identifies as LGBTQ+. The bulk of the population identifies as straight. This is 94.2% of the population. The other 5.8% identify somewhere on the LGBTQ+ spectrum. This is mainly made up of Bisexual people. 94.2% of the NZ population is about 4.71 million people. The other 0.29 million is the LGBTQ+ community. This number means that 1 in every 20 people in New Zealand identify as LGBTQ+. I think this number will continue to grow and the acceptance will be more in the future.
This graph shows the distribution of the 5.8% of the New Zealand LGBTQ+ community. It shows that people mainly identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual. 2.6% of New Zealand identify as gay or lesbian, 1.8% of New Zealand identify as gay or lesbian, and 2.6% of the population identify as bisexual. 0.6% identify as Bicurious, 0.5% identify as pansexual, and 0.3% identify as Asexual. This means the LGBTQ+ community is mainly made up of sexualities and not genders.
Do people think there are too many genders to identify as? This is a very hot topic, and I have listened to both sides of the argument and found my own perspective. So The BBC has a list of 100 genders that you can identify by what they are trying to teach to kids. People think this is ridiculous and really it is. Genders are not your sex. Your sex is what genitels you have. So
Male
Female
Non-Binary
Those are the 3 biological sexs where as genders are who you identify as. But if everyone identifies differently then we will have over 7 billion different genders and that is just not possible. I can see 10 or 20 genders but 100 is just a bit over the top. There is a point where it is just too far and it will start making more problems than it fixes. But I also found some more scientific studies about nature and the human cycle. That the human body goes through mental changes that we can control and we need to just admit that you are going to change. Whether that is just physical or a mental change as well but your body is always changing. Though the documentaries that I watched people said that they would not have put themselves through this much pain if it was a choice. So that makes it seem like it is not a choses and people think it is. Your brain is your best friend and enemy at the same time. It controls your whole body apart from your heart feelings. But some people are just born into the wrong bodys. That's is where we transgender poeple come into play. This will be talked about later on but transgenders in sports need their own sanction. But this was a quote that I found in a documentary, “people say trans gender is a new thing. It’s not new, we are just slowly starting to understand it” - Science Plus. I think this can be used for anything that is new. Humans are extremely bad at adopting new things and understanding them. This is why the LGBTQ+ community and transgener are getting so much backlash.
With all the new gender comes more pronouns. For more simple people if you are talking about someone and you say “He rode his bike to school” or “She plays netball” those are pronouns. There are a few like, they or them and some that I found were zee and zer. One teacher was fired from the University or Taronto for not accepting to say what some of his students want to be called. Which I do not really have anything to say on as I do not really understand his point. But he said it was against his freedom of speech but I think it is just common courtesy to anonse someone by what they want to be called. This has led to him being on the radio and television over his point. He has talked to lots of people on this topic and has never really given them a chance to give a good point.
What is the perception of LGBTQ+ in sports? This issue has been the hardest question to answer out of all of them. There are 2 very strong sides to this question both for and against LGBTQ+ sports. So I have decided to split them up into two separate paragraphs.
*For this question we are more interested in the male to female transformation then the female to male.*
*There is no reason to keep someone out for sports if they are gay or bi we are talking about transgenders.*
For: So there are a lot of points for keeping transgenders in sports. Like all transgender althletes has to go though one to two years of hormon tretment beofre being able to compet in professional sports. Most of them after the treatment they have lower testosterone levels then naturally born women. To enter the Olympics as a woman you have to have a testosterone level of below 10 nmol/L and an average natural woman has around 3 nmol/L. But the olympics are thinking about changing that down to 5 nmol/L but this could affect some of the female athletes that just happen to have abnormally high levels of testosterone. There have also been a number of tests conducted of power and strength of the women that have gone through the testament and they all come back as lower or less powerful as their male pre tests. They also have the point of inclusion. If transgender people are not aloud to conpet in conpetitive sports they are excluding them for doing what they love and also arent we going back in time. Like when sports were really only from males and females could not play at a high level. This was changed and now anyone can become a world champion and There isn't a reason that they should not be able to play.
Against: Same as “For” they have a lot of veiled points. Like if a boy doesn't have the surgery before they go through puberty they are still going to have a bigger frame and more of an “athletic” body type. They are also going to be overall bigger and stronger which gives them a big advantage over natural females. The recorded books also speck say it quite well as well. There are 2000 men that can run 100 meters faster than the fastest ever female runner, and 1500 of the top male tennis players can beat the top female player Serena Williams. So if one of those 1500 men decides to identify as a female they could absolutely dominate the female tennis stage and ryan the sport. Once they are done, say that they are a man and go back to living their old life. Which really says alot about how much there is between the two genders.
Conclusion: So after looking at both sides of the issue I have come to the conclusion. Sports needs to change to adapted to transgender athletes and transgender athletes need to change as well. We have to meet somewhere in the middle where there is little compromise for eatherside. Something like athlete have to be transgender for 2 years after there end of hormon treatment to be aligibul to conpete in elite sports. As one of the problems was that a top 100 male athlete could become transgender and go to womens sports and domanate. I feel that if someone wants to go through all the trouble of becoming trangender that they are going to stay like that. But if someone does then there should be a law or stand down period of 20-30 years before they can go back and keep the tilite if they won something. It may seem like a long time but if someone becomes trangender they do it for life so it should be now problem. There is no way that we can stop someone from making their own life decisions but if they go back to being there natural sex before the 20-30 years is over then the tilite will be place into the female down the podiam. As for teens trangender that are dominating there is really nothing we can do that I have found. They can’t race at the man's level because they have gone through hormone treatment but they still have a man's frame. This may be a place where sports has to adapt and support rather than stay the same and push them out like they are some other speize. Because that is why I play sport, the constant change and having to change how I play to beat someone has a big advantage.
Throughout history, we have seen instances of LGBTQ+ individuals and couples undercover. They were undercover because until the 20th century, having any sort of LGBTQ+ relationship or identifying as anything different from the norm was against the law. This made it very hard for these people to live when it is a part of their lives. Through the late 20th century, a movement was underway to accept these people and groups. This movement was sparked by the change of the feminism movement and the growth mindset adopted by the more modern world. 400 years ago,colonists from parts of Europe were shocked and disgusted by the fact that Native Americans and Africans had same sex couples as a part of their community. In the more “advanced” countries, these types of couples were removed by society and were considered outcasts just because of their sexual preference. This system continued until the 1870s, when these shunned individuals began to cry out. In Europe, writers began to understand the male need for the same sex couple. They did not however write anything about the female need for same sex romance. The turning point came in the 20th century.
During the 20th Century, the community began to cry out. The AIDS epidemic set the gay community back far thoiugh. It was considered to be the “gay disease” and the hate became crushing. The last decade of the 20th Century was a huge leap for the female side of the LGBTQ+ community when Elen DeDeneres came out on television. This move was brave and full of risks. It began a wave of gay pride marches, gatherings and communities coming together to show their frustration. A milestone came in the USA in 2015 when same sex marraige was legalized. This was the most recent step to full acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community.
There is certainly a problem involving LGBTQ+ hate. A survey in 2016 shows that 1 in every 4 people who identify as LGBTQ+ feel discriminated against on a daily basis. The 2015 United States Transgender Survey found that, among transgender people who visited a place of public accommodation where staff knew or believed they were transgender, nearly one in three experienced discrimination or harassment. This included being denied equal services or even being physically attacked. The workplace is another example where hate is prevalent. In 29 states in the USA, it is not against the law to fire someone for their sexuality.
David, a gay man, works at a Fortune 500 company with a formal, written nondiscrimination policy. David could be fired just for being gay. He told media “when partners at the firm invite straight men to squash or drinks, they don’t invite the women or gay men. I’m being passed over for opportunities that could lead to being promoted.” This type of discrimination is not ok for any person to go through. We can not continue to let this happen.
Many countries support the LGBTQ+ community. Although there is still widespread discrimination in the world today, much is being done to stop it. In some countries such as New Zealand, Australia, and the United States, there are anti-discrimination laws that are based on the human rights act. Unfair treatment will be illegal if it’s done because of certain reasons covered by the Human Rights Act. Examples include your race or country of origin, or your gender identity or your sexual orientation. This discrimination is also illegalif it happens in an area of public life covered by those laws. These consist of applying for a job, renting a flat, buying things from shops, or dealing with government departments. These laws can help with very bad discrimination but they are problematic. This is because some LGBTQ+ individuals feel like they shouldn’t report it because it happens to them all the time. They also feel like it wouldn’t make a difference or they feel like there will be repercussions on them if they report it. What needs to happen is for the communities to have more emphasis on gathering
and working together.
All around the world, we see pride marches and pride days with thousands of people of all ages, genders, sexual identities and races gathering together and coming together as a community.
Doing this is a way for people who are questioning to still feel accepted and for people to know they are not alone. Pride parades are held in almost every city in the western world. There are many different kinds of pride parades. In Tauranga, we have a pride picnic. This involves performances, food and a fun day out at the strand. It is a way for those in the LGBTQ+ community to feel accepted and meet more people in the community. The possible solution to our problem is for governments to fund a pride parade once every two months in every city.
Increasing the amount of pride parades has its pluses and minuses. When pride parades take place, the LGBTQ+ community feels accepted and can rally with those in the same boat. However, it still does not stop the hate. This is because people make fun of anyone who attends these marches and more discrimination comes from it. The stigma surrounding pride parades can be very hurtful to the community.
Our second solution involves enforcing stronger laws about the problems with LGBQT+ discrimination. This would involve the government taking action against those who discriminate against LGBTQ+ people. These laws would go further so that bystanders should be the ones who report the discrimination, and the world to make it part of their day to speak up. The laws would make sure no slurs be used at all in a public setting, no denial of human rights because of sexuality or gender, and no bias against those who do not identify as part of the community. This last law would help those who are questioning to feel more accepted.
Enforcing laws may have its good sides, but it is problematic. As mentioned in previous paragraphs, the LGBTQ+ people sometimes do not want to report the discrimination. By having bystanders report it, it increases the amount of times that the bigotry is caught, but still does not stop it entirely. Enforcing laws also might not be ready for another few years because of larger government issues. Another reason that this solution might fall is that if the government does enforce stronger laws with LGBTQ+ rights, there will be calls for them to do the same with racism and sexism and other types of social justice.
Our third is to have more done in churches. This scored last on our PMI for many reasons which I will talk about in the pluses and minuses. But how will it work? We would have to start making it more acceptable to be LGBTQ+ in church. So things like LGBTQ+ meets or guest speakers that make it more acceptable to be LGBTQ+ in churches.
Pluses: It will help lower hate in the churches, help with understanding and go straight to the epicenter of the most hate. Most of the hate in LGBTQ+ comes from the bible and a church is where people that heavily believe in following it all meet. This would mean that we can get the point across to lots of people at once and those people are most likely the ones dining most of the hating. But on the other side there are some churches that are very good at accepting people and are most focused “everyone is God's child and he loves all of you” then hating on LGBTQ+ for being different.
Minises: You are going to be poking the bear with a hot stick. This could either go really good or go really bad really fast. For most social problems religion is a big player in it. LGBTQ+ hate is not different, the bible is one of the worst for it as well. People are very set in their ways and you will never be able to change all of them. It is very risky doing this on a large scale but people need to let LGBTQ+ in and not kick them out for who they are and expert them for who they are.
Our fourth solution is for more to be done in schools. Children are the future of the world, and educating them about what is right and wrong will shape what lies ahead in the world. The Ministry of Education should develop a resource for intermediate age children as part of the curriculum. This resource will include stories of LGBTQ+ individuals, some of the history surrounding it, and how to be more accepting of this group of people. We have already seen success in New Zealand with the Treaty of Waitangi being a more integral part of the curriculum. I think that having this in place with LGBTQ+ acceptance could have a great effect.
There are some problems with this solution however. With so many people in the world discriminating against the LGBTQ+ community, there will be some teachers and parents who do not want to see this topic taught in schools. This would mean the topic might be taught in some classes and not others, sparking a problem. Another issue is that if they only teach about acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community, there will be calls to do the same with race and religion and other forms of prejudice.
Our fifth solution is to keep doing what we are doing. This included pride marches, some laws in place against desgrimantion and having pro-rights activists speak up. These as our expert said are working but if we want to speed the process up we need to try some new things. This came out as 3 in our PMI as it is working for most people who are not included in LGBTQ+. They Are not getting forced to be part of it and do not have to do much. But it is not really doing much for LGBTQ+, they need more support through their community and friends.
Pluses: It is not interfering with people that do not want to be a part of LGBTQ+. This is good as some people just want to keep to themselves and just keep their opinions to themselves. It is also doing something and we are moving forward at a speed.
Minises: It is not helping the LGBTQ+ community as much as it could. They want to have more done to help show people that they are ok to be around. This is not really being achieved doing this apart from pride marches. That is the only way that they are really expressing themselves out to the wider community. This could be changed if we do some more around this topic and help them and support them.
To find the best solution, we need to judge it on 5 different criteria. These criteria are cost, effectiveness, foreseeability, longevity,how problematic it is, and rights. We have chosen these solutions because they give us a way to see which solutions are the most versatile and work in every circumstance. For the first criteria, the most expensive option was to educate children in schools. The cheapest solution is to keep doing what we are doing. For effectiveness, the most effective solution is to enforce stronger laws. The least effective solution is to have more pride parades. In terms of foreseeability, the closest is keep doing what we are doing. The solution furthest from happening is to enforce stronger laws. For the criteria of longevity, the solution that will last the longest is to educate the younger generations about acceptance. The solution that will not last is to keep doing what we are doing. The most problematic solution is to enforce stronger laws. The least problematic solution is to have more pride parades. For our final criteria, the solution that people could complain most about is to enforce stronger laws. The solution that affects no one's rights is having pride parades.
To find the best solution, we need to use these criteria. The two solutions that are the best with the criteria is to integrate LGBTQ+ learning into schools, and have more pride marches. An issue with this solution is that both of these options are not very close in the making. By keeping up what we are doing now, our fifth solution, we can continue the progress of LGBQT+ acceptance until these new solutions can be put in place.
In conclusion, we need to keep doing what we are doing until we can have pride parades again. After this, The ministry of Education should develop a resource for intermediate age children as part of the curriculum. This resource will include stories of LGBTQ+ individuals, some of the history surrounding it, and how to be more accepting of this group of people. This is the best way to stop the hate of LGBTQ+.
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Expert: Peter Lineham
Peter is the Head of the School and his major fields of research are eighteenth and nineteenth century English religious history and New Zealand religious history. His major books include There we found Brethren, No Ordinary Union, Bible and Society, and Transplanted Christianity, and he has written many articles and contributes in other ways to church and society.
His most recent book is "Destiny: the Life and Times of a Self Made apostle" (Penguin, 2013)
New Zealand religious history
English religious history, 18th-19th century
Religious phenomenology
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