gabriela's blog responce

By reading Gabriela’s I learned more about the issues associated with being gay or lesbian. I had the most sympathy when she discussed that some people do not have friends and family that are accepting of their sexual orientation. I image that it must be extremely difficult keeping something like that a secret because you know that the people closest to would not accept you for who you are.
People who come out to their friends and family have to be very courageous because this is such a controversial issue. Harvey Milk was one of the faces of the gay and lesbian equality movement. Because of what he represented and his sexual orientation, Milk became a target and was assassinated. I personally greatly respect Milk because he knew the possible outcome of his actions, yet he still fought for his cause. It takes great inner courage to put your life on the line like that.
Although there has been a lot of progress with this issue, there are still major forms of discrimination against gay and lesbians. For example gay marriage is only legalized in 5 out of the 50 states, and the don’t ask don’t tell policy is still in effect in the military. Concerning the don’t ask don’t tell policy I think that this is in violation of a person’s human rights. I think that a person should not have to hide their sexual orientation. This only protects the person from discrimination by secrecy, this does not solve anything; it only quiets the discrimination.