How Homophobia Hurts Everyone Tolerance Love not hate Let’s face
it, homophobia can be really damaging for LGBT youths and even
for people who identify as straight. Intolerance hurts everyone.
Even if you think you are right in terms of using religion. To
tell someone that you don’t accept a part of them means so much
more to that person, it means you don’t accept them. There has
been a lot of homophobic bullying in the world and it leads to a
lot of tragedy. Intolerance accounts for the reason so many LGBT
youths are homeless and it is a leading cause as to why LGBT
youths have one of the highest rates of suicide. The Suicide
Prevention Resource Center synthesized these studies and
estimated that between 30 and 40% of LGBT youth, depending on
age and sex groups, have attempted suicide. That is an
alarmingly high amount of youths considering that the rate in
the general population is around 1-2%. Even such phrases as,
“That’s so gay!” are proven to be harmful towards LGBT youths.
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