Homophobia In America

It was a radiant day in American history. America had finally legalized gay marriage in all fifty states. A brilliant flame among a history shrouded in darkness. After years of campaigning, fighting and strife, the American LGBT community could finally look forward to a superb future. Despite there being a flame, there is also still darkness. All of America has yet to realize that despite winning one battle for the LGBT community, America still must wage war with ignorance, rancor, and apathy. Still shrouded in the darkness, caused by the negative feelings towards the LGBT minority, are other countries including Asia. Currently in Manilla, members of the LGBT community are forced into sex work. In Singapore, it is illegal to be homosexual.
Britannica.com, the online Encyclopedia, notes that “ The official language is Malay, with English as a major second language. Brunei’s population is predominantly Sunni Muslim, although the Chinese usually follow Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, or Christianity. Some of the indigenous peoples are Christian, while others follow their own local religions.” Christianity has had some influence on Asia especially in Brunei one of the worst places in Asia for LGBT rights. Christianity’s effect on Asia allowed homophobia to exist in the country. America has had issues with LGBT rights due to regions like Christianity opposing the ideas like same-sex marriage. Something that especially displays the idea of Christianity’s effect on Asia is by looking at the countries where Christianity has had little effect on. Christianity is not one of the predominant religions of Japan. Japan has even started to give out same-sex marriage licenses in Shibuya Yard, despite the government trying to stop this, which proves how drastically different LGBT rights are compared to Brunei (Friedman). The lack of Christian influence has allowed Japan to improve much faster than other Asian countries
Understanding the definition of basic human rights allows anyone to grasp how the Asian LGBT minority have had their rights broken. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a document that establishes what basic human rights are and are not. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states in Article One “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” The idea of the first article elucidates how clearly the LGBT minority’s rights have been broken. The statement “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”, includes all people whether they are born heterosexual, born straight, born transgender or any other sexuality or gender outside of the norm. The first article conspicuously establishes that human are born with the same rights. No people, no government, no community, no country should allow someone to be treated unjustly due to the way they are born. The first article exemplifies how the Asian LGBT community rights have been broken. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights later begins to define basic human rights. One example of a basic human rights broken is in Article Twelve which proclaims “No