need to be educated on current issues before voicing an opinion. This is a time where people should be educated on these issues. This can be seen because people are deciding at this age and people who are LGBT are getting bullied for the way they are and the way they express themselves. According to The American Psychological Association, they stated, "For most people, sexual orientation emerges in early adolescence without any prior sexual experience.” Furthermore, people are being bullied verbally and physically for loving and or expressing themselves in certain ways. Examples may include saying “f *g” and getting beaten up in the halls of their schools. Students are not the only ones getting assaulted either. in 2016, Pulse nightclub for LGBT people in Orlando, Florida was attacked by a shooter and many were killed horrendously. Many pride parades and events get looked down upon even though people are just trying to express and celebrate their differences together. According to The Trevor project, the rate of suicide attempts is 4 times greater for LGBT youth and 2 times greater for questioning youth than that of straight youth. According to evidence, people who are queer struggle with the thoughts of being different and not fitting into society. Helping this problem could include teaching people about what not to say, not bullying people and ways to help so that the rate of suicide rates won't be so high in the future. This is the time to help people and show them what is happening and how to feel safer. Indeed, opponents claim that these topics should not be spoken about at all at school.
School has more important things to teach about, such as the difference between a chemical and physical change or how to find an indirect object within a sentence. School is needed to teach information that can be used for the long term and LGBT topics are not one of those topics. Talking about it could also bring up more and more hate. People may gain the knowledge of what is happening in the community, they will become stronger and bully more and worse.furthermore, School years are planned out and need to cram in certain knowledge in a certain timeframe meaning that there is no time to teach about LGBT topics. topics of the present could be pushed in if there was time, but since schedules are so tight, there's no opportunity to teach it. Even if there was time, teachers and administrators wouldn't know where to start or what to say because they haven't been exposed to it much either. As well as teachers, there is problems regarding parents. some parents may feel that their children shouldn't be educated on this and that they should be taught other things instead. Topics of LGBT can get very in depth to sexual conversations and parents may want to shelter their kids from topics like those until later …show more content…
years. When looking at the issue of whether or not LGBT topics should be taught at school, it is clear to see that it should.
looking back evidence shows that it is a very current and serious issue that should be brought up so people can be more informed. I believe that current matters should be spoken about because society needs to understand the current situation of many people of this current generation. instead of throwing it into the planned curriculum, it can be talked about for a short time in heath or fit into electives instead of relearning the same topics of how important exercise is. people can start raising awareness instead of staying quiet and afraid. In addition, schools can start a GSA (gay straight alliance) club that talks about these issues and how to be appreciative/supportive of LGBT so it is an optional choice. Nobody should be afraid to be who they are. Hopefully, this time we can learn, help, and support everyone no matter
what.