As America skims through the channels on their television sets, chances are that on at least three of the programs that they pass will include a homosexual or the topic of homosexuality. The reason for this is because gays have become family friendly in recent years, or so we say. Americans like to believe that as a society we have become more tolerant of gay's because we tune into television programs such as Will & Grace and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Although television viewers have become "gay friendly" to television shows, we haven't been so excepting to real life gays. Of course there are those who argue that they are tolerant of homosexuals, but when it comes down to it homosexuals do not have the same rights as heterosexuals do. One's sexuality does not make up their entire identity. However this seems to be the myth about gays, and the message is being passed through the U.S government.
The truth about how somebody determines whether or not they are gay is uncertain. Regardless those who are gay should not be penalized for what they are. All too often homosexuals are misunderstood and thought of as promiscuous sex maniacs, which may be true of some but not others, just like heterosexuals. Going back to the early nineteen eighties when the AIDS virus was introduced to America, the blame of AIDS was on homosexual men. Naturally America placed their assumptions on gays because of what they were hearing from health officials. Americans were ignorant enough to label AIDS as the "gay plague" even before they knew the truth about the virus. The effect of AIDS on the gay community left many homosexuals in the dark about their sexuality because the government had basically labeled them an enemy of the people. .
To place judgment on people because of their sexuality almost seems like an act or thought of the past. Today we are living in a world full of violence and war, however people seem to worry most about if the person they are working with is gay.
