Discrimination against Homosexuals

Within the past few months I'm sure most if not all of you have heard or seen of the gay rights parades going on throughout the nation. Well our group's Living Museum piece had to do with discrimination against homosexuality. It is a pretty major topic considering that homosexuals are often mistreated or judged throughout their lives. Even the people who were once the closest to them can overreact and mistreat them after finding out a person is gay. I  really learned a lot during the process of the project but I learned even more from our guests the day of the showcase. In between our skits our guests were able to enlighten me a bit more on how they have been victimized and why it tends to happen. They expressed to me that mothers and fathers tend to have different reasons as to why they don't accept the homosexuality of their children.  Fathers tend to not accept that their son is homosexual because they want their son to be like them where as mothers usually aren't very accepting due to their religious beliefs. One of our guests, whom was homosexual, stated that most people who are not accepting of gay rights and gay marriage is because they feel that you can choose whether or not to be homosexual. Although you may be able to choose who you sleep with or who you mess around with, nobody can choose who they are naturally attracted to which is why being gay is not a choice but a lifestyle.