Acceptance vs.

Suicide

As we look at in our society today, we can incredible movements when it comes to making a differences
in the LGBT Community. There are gaybrights festival held annuality. artists creating moving music to
symbolize the journey that the LGBT community goes through, and events such as super bowl of 2015
that dedicate their whole performance to making a statement for the LGBT rights for people. Althpugh
making impacting statements are crucial to getting closer to finding acceptance in our society. Or society
seizes to realize that the suicide rate in the U.S continues to increase and a difference isn't being made.

According to LGBT Bullying statistics. "If the family of the LGBT youth does not accept them, they are
eight times more likely to commit suicide other teens. One-third of the suicide attempts that actually
results in death are due to crisis in sexual identity. Adolescents face are a struggle of coming out not only
their friends, but even more worse their family. Over 50% of the people that the LGBT Bullying Statistics
members surveyed state that, "their biggest problems are acceptance by their families, bullying at shool,
fear of being open about their sexuality".

Studies show that when teens can't find the courage to come out even their families, they will try to hide
if for as long as possible. until something else reveals their secret to set them free. Another LGBT Bullying
Statistics that hepls demonstrate the fear that people go through when coming out is 42% of LGBT yputh
live in a hostile environment where they are not accepted". LGBT adolescents are also twice more like to
report a physical assult from their home or from their school. 69% suicidal homesexual have experienced
violence from an adult figure in thier life. These recet statistics just increase the fact that adolescent
today will continue to fear wherever they may be. Children are raised to grow up into someone who goes
to school, finds a career, gets married to someone of the same-sex, and then has children. With parents
being so close minded, it pushes their children away from being open with them about their feelings or
conce

According to Stephanie Pappas, "there's evidence to suggest that gays and lesbian are especially
accepting of open adoptions, where the child retains some contact with his or her birth parents. And the
statistics bear out that birth parents aften have no problem with their kids being raised by same-sex
couples adoption agencies have been known for rejecting applications from same- sex parents, but due
to recent studies, the adoption agencies have begusn to consider same-sex parents as top candidates
when adopting a child . People fear that a child who is raised by parents of same-sex will grow up
sheltered and will be taughtto grow to love someone of the same-sex because that's how his/her parents
are. This like many others is just another assumption

Pappas states " children raised by same- sex couples are no worse than the kids of staight couples on
mental health, social functioning, school performance, and a variety of other life success measures.
There are multiple factors that can be consedered a disadvantage to child growing up, but same-sex
parenting isn't one of them. The key disadvantage is that society is against simple acceptance to those
who differ. Pappas studies show that individuals who are interviewed state " there perspective on
family, gender and sexuality have largely been chanced by growing upwith gay parents". Parents of
same-sexhave already endured the parents challenge of not feeling accepted by either their families or
society. so that almost give them an advantage when raising a child. They teach their child with an open
mind, encouraging honestly and acceptance to whatever the child chooses for their own life.