What Can Be Do To Promote LGBTQ+ Acceptance?Īccording to some research and studies, experts say that affirming LGBTQ+ identities can have a positive effect on their mental health.
It’s will make them feel like something is wrong in them which can result in various mental health related issues like The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill attach the self-worth of the LGBTQ+ kids and youth, they well feel unseen and not validated. It will also promote acceptance of the sexual and gender diversity. Professor Abbie Goldberg specializes in gender identity and sexual orientation shares that talking about sexual orientation and gender identity at a young age can help in removing the stigma attached to it. Children are inquisitive and when at a young age issues like gender identity and sexual orientation are not addressed rather hashed will unfortunately promote resistance and non-acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community. If a child does not identify with the gender they have been assigned at birth, it’ll be very tormenting for them not to talk about it in school and with their peers. How Will The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill Imapct The LGBTQ+ Community? They are also saying they this bill can confuse children and they might find it difficult to understand gender fluidity and sexual orientation. All Critics have to say about ‘Don’t say gay’ bill and similar bills is that it will take us all several step back rather than taking one step forward towards accepting the LGBTQ+ community.
