Sexual orientation is a hot topic of thought across the globe. Nearly half of LGBTQ people face workplace discrimination in the world. According to various surveys, more than 40% of people have experienced workplace discrimination and harassment, including being fired, underpaid, sexual abuse, verbal harassment, and more. As the job is necessary, many LGBTQ people hide their gender identity and survive an uncomfortable life to avoid workplace discrimination.
Although the Supreme Court of India accepts the LGBTQ community, society still frowns upon them, especially at work. Though many MNCs support the LGBTQ community, many people still suffer workplace discrimination and abuse.
In many countries, especially in rural areas, the LGBTQ community has a hard time living in their communities. Moreover, the denial of access to legal recognition causes them many issues. Since recognition is their fundamental human right—in 2018, the Supreme Court of India passed a verdict striking section 377, the criminalization of the LGBT community. However, the community still faces widespread discrimination and stigma worldwide.
Not surprisingly, the LGBTIQ Community faces discrimination, prejudice, and exclusion worldwide, especially in the educational and employment sectors. They also face exclusion from their families. In many countries, the LGBT community faces physical assaults and murders because of their different sexual orientation. Being sexually different is a criminal offense in many countries. People are getting punished for their preferences; how ridiculous.
What is Sexual Orientation?
Sexual orientation is your emotional and affectionate attraction to others. Gender identity and sexual orientation are not the same. Sexual orientation defines your attraction toward the other person, with whom you want to be, and gender identity is what you call yourself or who you are. Sexual orientation is related to feelings and emotions, while gender identity is already present.
Some of the known gender identities are:
- Lesbian: Women are attracted to women.
- Gay: Men are attracted to men.
- Bisexual: people interested in both men and women.
- Transgender: people who are not satisfied with their birth gender.
- Queer: common term for people who are not heterosexual.
- Heterosexual: people attracted to different genders.
- Asexual: don’t have any sexual attraction to anyone.
Even though your sexual orientation is part of your life, it can change or shift. According to researchers, sexual orientation is a scale where gay is on the one end and straight on the other end, and people’s sexual orientation comes somewhere in the middle of the scale.
Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia: Types of sexual orientation
Did you know May 17 is the day against homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia?
Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia, and Acephobia are terms of fear of someone based on their negative beliefs or stigma about people who belong to the LGBTQ community. This fear or dislike forces people to behave differently towards LGBTIQ people. Some common examples are using derogatory terms, jokingly calling names, harassing, abusing, and more; all such behaviors are unacceptable.
Homophobia
Homophobia is the fear of homosexuals, gays, and lesbians. According to psychologists, homophobic people dislike homosexuals for various reasons. Therefore, when a homosexual person approaches any random person, often the meeting turns bitter.
Biphobia
Biphobia is a fear of bisexual people. However, bisexual people or homosexuals have to coexist with people who are reluctant to meet them. Often most traditional people think that mono-sexuality is the best. However, this is not true. Each person with a sexual orientation can live their life.
Transphobia sexual orientation
Transphobia is the stigma against transgender people. Trans people are the ones who are not comfortable with their gender, as they often wish to change their gender surgically. Let’s hope to eliminate these phobias, and let’s consider everyone human and everyone equal. Let the differences vanish, and peace prevail.
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