Gender issues cause gay men and lesbian women to be discriminated against, treated unfairly, and to be denied the right to engage in the social institution of marriage which is unreasonable due to the fact that homosexuality is something that you are born with, it is not a choice that a person decides upon. Gays and lesbians have been treated unjustly for their sexual orientation or their attraction to the same sex. Being gay or straight is something that I believe that you are born with and can not be changed according to what a certain culture deems appropriate. In 1930 Sigmund Freud signed a statement declaring the punishment of homosexuals was an extreme violation of human rights (1, pp. 395). Ever day hate crimes are committed against gays and lesbians because people fear what they do not understand. They do not understand how someone could be attracted to the same sex or why they do it.…
