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This is gay. If you are a homophobe stop here. Or read on depending if you think this can open your mind a little.

https://www.shutterstock.com/search/neon+love+sign

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In the past there was little to no people that thought being gay was a good thing. It was seen as a sin and most people still don't accept the LGBT community into their lives. As of the 1700s all the way up to as recent as 1900s very few countries have been on board with the ¨gay¨ gene.  People thought that having a homosexual relationship or feeling as if you would love the same gender was a sin and in some countries punishable by death. The consequences for having relations with people who were homosexual could range from death or just imprisonment.

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Newly as of 2003 you are allowed to have intercorse legaly when you are gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans. This usually doesn't happen right away these laws have to be brought into this gradually. Not many people are open minded as of now and don´t believe that gay rights are important. Now you are able to marry the same sex and also be able to successfully marry people who are from the opposite gender who originally from the same gender.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnk52bU92oE

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Jehovah's Witnesses use this creepy anti-gay cartoon to indoctrinate children

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In the future I hope small minded people can come out of their shell and fully accept gays as a part of their community instead of putting straights in one group and everyone else in the other. Homophobia is a real thing and many parents fear that their child could potentially be gay. this is bad because your parents keep a small mindset and don't want to be open to new ideas. If people open their minds anything is possible and I want to be that change that makes it happen.

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In ancient egypt nobody really cared and everyone could love who they wanted even one of the pharaohs were considered ¨gay¨ and some of the hieroglyphics on the walls of the tombs saying that homosexual relations did happen and were not frowned upon

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Scholar Pan Guangdan had counted and he made sure his predictions were right. Most of the emperors had more than one male counterpart that they used to have sex with, other than their wives. homosexuality dated back to 600 BC and was even referred to in many literature pieces.

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In africa women that liked women had to be with a husband, but could have the relationship. They would need to have sexual contact with their husband in order to prove loyalty even tho they liked the same gender. You could even have a gender change. Africa was really open but things changed in the 1900s.

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Homosexuality was not something that was to be ashamed of in this time period. The law states ¨if a man shall have intercorse with his brother-in-arms, they shall turn him into a eunuch.¨ (Paragraph 7). This means that if you have intercorse with your brother in the military you will be condemned and could be put to death. Despite this homosexuality was very common among the mesopotamians. Some of the kings even slept with men other than their female companions. Even some of the priests were gay, crossdressing men.

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1996 it was illegal to have homosexual relations with anyone even to have physical contact with another gay. in 1997 that all changed when they passed a law stating it was legal to have any relations with people in the LGBTQ+ community. Even tho they can have relations they cannot and probably will not be able to get married and or have children. The  rules may have changed but peoples mindsets have not. They still ridicule people on the streets and make fun of gays when walking past but this does not mean everyone does just some people.

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20131202000503

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In india things were slightly different than the other things we have talked about. The demigods and gods even were lesbian and gay. Several stories show that there are homosexual relations going on. There was even a ¨club¨ for transgender people that were born intersexed.

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People now are very surprised by the acceptance of the homosexuality in the past and have not changed their ways of thinking. Homosexuality is raging in Egypt and many think that it has to do with the past and people not changing their ways. In some of the parties all the male dancers had male companions that they loved as their own and the female dancers had female companions. The men and boys of siwan practice homosexuality.

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Unlike china there is a law against discrimination of gay people. This does not mean it does not happen, it just means that if caught on a large scale federal action has to be taken. as of this year, 2018, in January there was a law passed that transgender people are allowed to enlist. Obama even kissed a very gay, David Cameron.\

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/105342078758540521/

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For today you are not able to be in a relationship with a person of the same sex. This shows you are a part of the devil and it is against buddha. Gays in india get ridiculed each day and not so many people are out from india. LGBT´s cannot legally obtain a marriage license or have children and it is a crime if they do. This is different from the transgender side of things. If you wanna get a gender switch you can legally do so, nobody cares but you cannot under any circumstances get the gender reassignment surgery. They can only write themselves down as ¨other¨ on any legal documents.

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This touches home for me because most of my friends are LGBTQ+ and then the other half are gay hating people that do not understand how to open their minds. Many people a day face discrimination because they aren't normal and that just shouldn't happen. My own mother was angry that I did this topic because it would make fun of ¨them¨ and it pained me to see her say that. She thought I was gay and hoped that I would not be. I am not gay but she said ¨I know you are not gay, you cannot be, I have seen you like countless guys and 0 females¨ It made me feel sad so I swung back and said ¨what if I was¨ and she told me that I was not and will not ever be a part of that community. This made me want to do this project even more and help others that may be going through this. I also thought this project went really well with helping spread the word that you do not need to be normal in order to be ¨normal¨. It taught me to just be myself and not want to try to be something else. I am Bi but a little support goes a long way.

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https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

https://support.therapytribe.com/lgbt-support-group/

https://itgetsbetter.org/get-help/

https://lgbt.foundation/

https://www.glaad.org/

We are all human It is time to make a change. Be the change that leaves a mark!

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Say what you think at the bottom of the wall and you may or may not leave your name it is up to you. Keep it black because project is in rainbow.

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Say what you think at the bottom of the wall and you may or may not leave your name it is up to you. Keep it black because project is in rainbow.

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SX_zYM-qv45NikxgA-hCYuxqXykgZ7COl80YjZfgqSs/edit?usp=sharing