“Marriage is a socially or ritually recognized union between spouses that
establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between
them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity”
This definition and any other you found on a book, dictionary or web page doesn’t
establish a gender or preference, and that is a polemic situation in which a lot of
people disagree because of their believes.
Since the beginning of the civilization in the Independent Mexico there have been
a lot of rejection in the sexual preferences. Being gay was considered something
ethically wrong and the influence of New Spain ideas where it was a crime for
which you will be persecuted. The fault falls on a government very involved with
the religion at the ancient times until the “Porfiriato” age where legislations
changed the way of the country was ruled. If you were gay at this time they thought
you were a criminal and have diseases like human immunodeficiency virus or aid,
believing you were against the word of god. This believes are still present in our
society in a special form, some adults or elder ones still think wrong about a free
thought like this creating insecurity in this community.
All this prejudices and believes about LGBT community (Lesbian Gay Bisexual
Transsexual) affects their way of life and is not only a comment that everyone
forgets next day. The stigma about being gay is a hard topic to be discussed,
imagine how hard is for people who live in this situation where they can not talk
about their personal issues whit their relatives or friend because of the fear to be
discriminated. In my family there are cases where some cousins lived with this fear
all their youth, not telling their parents, some of them juts to their closest friends
who support them in every aspect. Also they are other ones who just because of
their insecurity and not being in a relationship are judged as gays and suffer from
the same bully that has to end. At the end of the day is your life and you should not
care about what people say, this will be be right if everyone respect the others
decision and not intervene in their life.
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