Topic > Rough draft - 538

Currently, only 13 countries offer rights to members of the LGBT community. Within these countries, few offer equal rights such as healthcare, the right to marry, and adoption to LGBT members. Many people around the world would agree that these rights, along with all the other rights afforded to heterosexuals, should not be afforded to these members of the LGBT community. A prevailing idea is that being gay, or being included in the LGBT community, is unnatural. This notion is simply wrong; Everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity or sexual orientation, deserves the same freedoms as their heterosexual counterparts. Being a member of the LGBT community has no negative effect on the lives of others, unless those people view heterosexuality in a negative light, allowing it to torment them and, ultimately, change the way they live their lives. Being gay is completely natural. While some would argue that homosexuality is unnatural, others would disagree, as research has been conducted. The conclusion was that the way people think and feel about others is s...