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Assignment On LGBT Rights
Assignment On LGBT Rights
The above graph shows increasing support for same-sex marriage. Earlier same-sex marriages
were not accepted and were considered against the order of nature or immoral. But now society is
accepting them and percentage of support for same-sex marriage has increased.
d) Who is the target audience of the myth in terms of followers it seeks?
Myth seeks support from all age groups of our society.
e) What are the key instruments used in the propagation of the myth?
Key instrument - LGBT rights organisation, LGBT advocates, LGBT activists, Internet, Celebrities
supporting LGBT rights
f) Who are the persons or groups the myth is trying to exclude or include?
Excluded - Before the myth switch anyone who was non-heterosexual or non-cisgender were
excluded and they were denied the basic equal rights. They experienced hatred and prejudice
based on their sexual orientation.
Included - But after the myth switch these groups were accepted by people in our society and they
got their basic equal rights.For example removal of Section 377.
References:
● Image-http://religiondispatches.org/more-americans-support-than-oppose-same-sex-marria
ge-for-first-time/
● https://www.hrw.org/topic/lgbt-rights
● https://www.glsen.org/article/lgbtq-history-1
● (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history,_20th_century)