Whilst making this blog, I have learned lots on my topic, sexual identities. If I explained and went into detail about everything I've learned, I think I could go on for hours! Especially during my history and Canada post, my knowledge has greatly improved on this subject.
Some people believe that we shouldn't focus on the discrimination and oppression of minorities (for example, LGBTQIAP people) due to other extremely important issues such as hunger and poverty that they believe are more important. I feel as though working towards eliminating other issues as well as those mentioned does not take away from the importance of them as well. No matter what the issue is, something that has to do with it will affect you. For example, if you see an ad that works for a cause or your friend asks you for advice; this is why you should educate yourself on subject you and/or people around you find important. In the past, the people who take the time to educate themselves are the ones who later go on to make a difference. Adrian Ravarour, who formed the LGBT youth organization Vangaurd in 1962, is a good example of this. We've come a long way since then considering Ireland has recently legalized same-sex marriage and was the first country to do so by popular vote. So, are we making change? Country by country, we'll get there soon.
Now, human rights issues are often a sensitive topic, considering many people are subject to human rights violations every day, this is why we need logical thinking when it comes to aiming to solve them. We need to think about not only how we should solve the issue, but how people who are affected by the issue are treated and how they will react. I think that whilst thinking about this, we should all be aware and try to help solve issues, and not just individuals, but corporations which have a humongous impulse on large numbers of people. Not to forget, of course, the government who legalize same-sex marriage and protection laws for people in the LGBTQIAP community.
Even though these groups may have a large influence on our society we can't forget about individuals; it's those people after all that can grow to spark change everywhere. As mentioned in my global citizen post, even just casually mentioning a subject can influence change even just to one person. It can also be something such as standing up for someone who's down; it doesn't have to be speaking out to nations.
