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Should we discriminate one because of his or her sexuality
September 16, 2006 - 10:06 PM
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Recently I had an encounter while still in the University as an undergraduate,where an individaual was mass dicriminated against because of his sexuality.The individual was gay and haapens to mess himself up by touching a new roomate in his room in the night, probable was so attracted to the fellow that he could not do without trying to fondel him in his sleep. He was caught and given the bit of his life and was paraded allover the school making jestures of him. Deep inside I wept for this poor fellow for the cariature being made with him but I cant do anything to help stop it .It is our responsiblity as youth to help stop that sought of art.I wasnt encouraging homosexuality but to me it is not right to treat a person this way just because his sexuality is not accepted in our society.
Today this poor fellow was made to sleep in classrooms because he is afriad to come back to his room. people make fun of him and call him names, he has loose his prestige among fellow student. he lives in an agonising situation. his friends deserted him.This is a situation that many people face expecially in the parts of the world where the homosexuality is treated as a taboo. I ask should we discrimate anyone because of his or her sexuality?
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Re: Should we discriminate one because of his or her sexuality
October 23, 2006 - 03:52 PM
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We shouldn't discrimate anyone because of sexuality, life choices, race, gender, or nationality. People can be very unwilling to accept homosexuality in many cultures.
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Re: Should we discriminate one because of his or her sexuality
October 23, 2006 - 05:39 PM
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Members are advised to note that for the TIG discussion boards, we have based our guidelines upon:
1. The UN Declaration of Universal Human Rights
2. Amnesty International.
This means that on TIG, " We believe that every human being, regardless of their ethnicity, gender, race, religion, or sexual identity has the right to be afforded equal treatment and dignity in line with international humanitarian and human rights law."
In other words, no, we should not discriminate against homosexuals. If you have a problem with this or the TIG board guidelines in general, please contact either myself or any of the other mods/TIG staff members. You can email us at discuss@takingitglobal.org
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Re: Should we discriminate one because of his or her sexuality
November 24, 2006 - 05:40 PM
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The word discrimination, itself describes that you don't have to. Discrimiation always lead towards conflict. So, we have to respect every creature.
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Re: Should we discriminate one because of his or her sexuality
November 24, 2006 - 06:03 PM
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People should not discriminate because of one's sexuality.
I think many people struggle with their own sexuality and sometimes recognize their sexuality in someone else, they get scared of being rejected and try to cover their fears by bullying others.
You would find that most of the people discriminating are those who are gay themselves.......
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David Habba
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Re: Should we discriminate one because of his or her sexuality
November 26, 2006 - 01:57 PM
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people got different views, for me, your sexuality define how i would treat you, i would not stigmatize you yet i know to what level you can go with me. just like in having someone with HIV/AIDS aroun, you ought to be careful, am an expert in that area and am not stigmaizing. i would have to wear gloves to clean theri body fluids. so is it liken to one witha sexuality i PERSONALLY consider ABSURD. My bible is the bedrock of my saying, different people got different views, i hope my is clear, if not celebrated, please toolrate. Nice time
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hekatea
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Re: Should we discriminate one because of his or her sexuality
January 3, 2007 - 09:03 AM
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Should we ever discriminate? You can be critical or analytical, you can be aloof or sociable, that's your personality and that's your choice but to discriminate someone on the basis of his/her sexuality (religion, race, ethnicity or politics) is, I think, absurd. Those who discriminate are either the privileged or the defensive ones. It's crazy.
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Re: Should we discriminate one because of his or her sexuality
January 5, 2007 - 01:00 AM
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Discrimination is many a times very subtle. Sometimes people or organisation's practice indirect discrimination without even realising it. The only thing that can possibly cure it is more interaction among people from different backgrounds.
And I feel that internet can be a very effective social interaction zone through which people can understand more about each other.
[i]Direct discrimination
Direct discrimination occurs when a person is treated less favourably than another in a comparable situation because of their racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.
An example of direct discrimination is a job advert, which says "no disabled people need apply." However, in reality discrimination often takes more subtle forms. That’s why indirect discrimination is also covered.
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Indirect discrimination
Indirect discrimination occurs when an apparently neutral provision, criterion or practice would disadvantage people on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation unless the practice can be objectively justified by a legitimate aim.
An example of indirect discrimination is requiring all people who apply for a certain job to sit a test in a particular language, even though that language is not necessary for the job. The test might exclude more people who have a different mother tongue.[/i]
[link="http://www.stop-discrimination.info/46.0.html"]
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Erin Daprato
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Re: Should we discriminate one because of his or her sexuality
January 6, 2007 - 07:46 PM
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I agree that discrimination is out of the question in every form, but that's the thing, discrimination isn't always as black and white as a formal definition. The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) held a census this past month that listed "Transexual" as a sexual preference right under gay lesbian and bi sexual. When confronted the TDSB defended their mistake by announcing that we were lucky that they were as inclusive as they were. This to me is legitimate discrimination. Misrepresentation in the media is far too frequent and this aditude of "At least we said anything at all" is frankly deploreable! If the GSA's and other pro queer content groups fight as hard as we did to have our options represented we should at least be given the proper representation.
My point is discrimination is truely complex and it's not always as simple as homophobia but it can be just as hurtful.
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