Religion and Country on LGBT

Good evening. Today on Traveling Activist with your host Zachery Ramos we have for you all a very touchy subject. LGBT around the world is seen differently and people in this community all go through different events. History is changing, still being created as you read and it is up to us to be apart of it or to stand by and watch it happen. Today I stand on wanting to help it be made. Today's interview is with three very strong people who I had the pleasure to meet. The interview is rather a personal passage of what they see on the LGBT community and how it has grown and seen from both countries views and religious views from around the world. For there privacy there names have been changed and shall not be pictured in this entry.

Q. What are your thoughts on what is happening in countries like Africa, Russia and Ect. to the LGBT community?

Kim- African American stated that: LGBT, a community of people that are just like me and you inside and out but, still on a daily bases are seen and told they are different. LGBT Activist around the world are risking their lives to try to show others that there love is no different than anyone else's. Members in Africa are trying to prove to their fellow people that they are not different but just like everyone else. Yet they are still getting shot and, killed because they will not give up their dream of a future where they won't have to live in fear of who they really are inside. On the streets protesting for their right to be who they are and not worry about being dragged out onto the streets shown to the people as some kind of mistake.

In Russia there is no protection for LGBT couples. They are not noticed by the government and are ineligible for the same legal protection that straight households have. The only way to be who you truly are is to undergo a sex reassignment surgery and even then they are faced with discrimination. Russia’s tends to be the most hostile towards homosexuality in the world and, local survey showed 76% of Russians believe that it should not be accepted by society.

Rafael-Muslim American shared: Islam as well is very straight forward with where they stand on the subject. A Muslim cleric, Sheikh Khalid Yasin asserts that “God is very straightforward” that the ” “punishment for homosexuality” is death. ... Sharia teaches that homosexuality is a vile form of fornication, punishable by death.” This however is not stopping people from standing up trying to get rights for LGBT members in Islam. A rights group called “Muslims for Progressive Values” is trying to dismantle the religious justification for Homophobia in Muslim communities with medical, social and, religious history.

In countries where being gay, lesbian, bi and, trans is punishable by death there are still activist and gay rights groups fighting for equality. They are proud and they should be for standing up to people who tried to push them down and out. No one has the right to say who you are or what you can and cannot do.

Countries all over the world have there own take on same sex marriage and the LGBT community. Even America says that it is growing acceptance to it but everywhere people are still living in fear of coming out or being open with who they are. Religion is brought up a lot when it comes to right and wrong of two people from the same sex being together. Around the world churches, temples, places of worship open their doors to end up casting out those they deem different and to shout out “FAG!” or, “DEMON” at those who try to worship next to them.

Q.When it comes to religion and country what are your thoughts on how they see LGBT? How are the two affected or acting towards the community?

Burkes-From Finland pointed out: The truth that I see is countries need to come to terms that the LGBT community is alive and active and will always be. A country must not divide itself because they do not agree on who can love who or else you are just showing to the youth of the world it is okay to hate someone you think is different. As well as religion, there is no religion that says hate just to hate or to cast out those who are different. No God would condone such violence towards one another, the hate you see in and, from religious groups is from individual people who are afraid of things that are different.  

Kim-African American shared: There are hundred of different religions with millions of different followers. In these religions and in those groups of followers there are all kinds of different types of people. People will go on rampages do to a gay marriage being in a catholic church but not flinch when they hear a rapist is on the streets. The population has completely different morals on what is right and what is wrong, some even allowing religion to blind them at times. We must remember that it doesn't matter how many times you go to church but it does matter how many times you do good for it. The world is forgetting the meaning of equal in religion, taking and turning it into if you are not like us then you can't be with us.

No God cares who you are in love with just as long as you as a person do good, try to help your neighbor and continue to make the world a better place than do not care if someone hates you for they are stock in the dark. Your God is happy with you as long as you give him reason to, no man or woman can tell you what your God thinks. Do not let people's words blind you from what is right and what you believe in, your heart knows who it loves and if it so happens to be someone the same sex as you then so be it. It must have been God’s plan for you.

Q. What would you like to share with those reading today about this topic?

Rafeal-Muslim American said: We must also remember that with both country and religion they both equally choose to follow certain rules and go against others when seemed fit to the person leading. Just remember that it is only you and you alone who can decide who you want love no one else. Don't be afraid to show the world who you are inside. Be you gay, lesbian, bi or, trans you are beautiful never forget that.

Today we had three different people share there thoughts on the subject all from different parts of the world share there input. Through out this interview I would like to point out that none of the three people interviewed showed any hate towards any one and showed respect as well. Would like to give a quick thank you to my three guest today for agreeing to this interview and sharing with us. That’s it for today on the LGBT subject on Traveling Activist with your host Zachery Ramos. Hope you all enjoyed and see you all next time.