Now, before talking about the misconceptions about the LGBTQ+ community, let's clarify what the LGBTQ+ community is. To be exact, it has now changed to LGBTQIA+. To be precise, this means Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and other sexual identities. Are there so many sexual identities? yes there is There are a few things we need to clarify here. That is the difference between biological sex, sexual identity and sexual orientation. When it comes to biological sex, it can be taken as the difference between male and female. But this sexual identity cannot simply be called this or that. Sometimes a man can be born biologically inside a female body. Then this sexual identity is not something based on the male gender or female gender they have received. Instead, what we call sexual identity is deciding one's sexual identity based on one's own thoughts, feelings, and experiences.
It's clear now, isn't it, that we started calling ourselves the LGBTQ+ community? Now we are going to talk about some of the various myths about the LGBTQ+ community among many people in the society.
01. These are mental disorders
When we often talk about Samaritan or transgender communities, one of the two ideas that many people present in those social networks is that these are mental disorders. Yes, there was a time when someone who was not heterosexual was considered to be suffering from some sort of mental disorder. But now the psychology of the world accepts that homosexuality or other non-heterosexual sexual orientation is not a mental disorder. In other words, it is now accepted that a non-heterosexual Samaritan or any other sexual identity is mentally healthy, just like being heterosexual.
But there is something like this. People with queer or other non-heterosexual sexual identities may still face psychological problems such as stress and depression due to social exclusion and pressure. It's not a fault of gender identity either. Society's fault.
02. Previous sins
When talking about transgender communities or Samaritan communities within the society, the next most heard idea is that this happened because of previous sins. Those who say so further advise to do merit for this soul and not to be born with this kind of problem in the next birth. Now, even though this is a religious topic that needs to be discussed a bit more complicated, don't you think it is a bit backward to think that one's sexual orientation is related to virtue or sin? Now, even if a person is born in a male body with female emotions, people call it as past sins, that person has to do a lot of work to correct that matter, and such a person can be pressured and prejudiced by the society. But even there, the merits and demerits of the person in question are greater than the sins, isn't that a problem of backwardness of the society?
03. You have to save the children from those non-heterosexuals
When talking against those who are not gay or heterosexual in general, a popular idea that some people bring from the past is the story that children are sexually harassed by these people, and that the children are also tempted to do bad things because of these things. Okay, let's take it one by one.
Is there anywhere with data to prove that children are sexually abused by Samaritans or other such non-heterosexual sexual orientation? Actually, no. If we consider the data related to child sexual abuse, child sexual abuse by heterosexuals is still more than child sexual abuse by homosexuals. The reason is simple. There are more people in the world who have heterosexual orientation, not people who have homosexual orientation. That means that the sexual orientation of those who commit child sexual abuse due to pedophilia or adolescent lust is not affected by it.
The story that children are spoiled by the world's talk about homosexuality or bisexuality is not something that has a foundation. Because if you look at it that way, in today's world, there are plenty of things that can spoil children even before they come to such a conversation. If there are parents who have changed from the point where raising children means that they start to grow up automatically, that problem can be solved.
04. Those who drink and eat both cannot lead good family lives
This story is about people who are bisexual or bisexual. The reason for that is the idea that if a bisexual man is attracted to women as well as men, even if such a person marries a woman, he will also pursue men. But here is a misunderstanding about bisexual orientation. Whether it is bisexuality, homosexuality or heterosexuality, it does not mean that you want to have sex with the person you see, or that it gives priority to sex. It means that a heterosexual man falls in love with a woman and chooses to be with that woman for the rest of his life, and a bisexual man falls in love with a woman or a man and chooses to be with that woman or man for the rest of his life. Then sexual orientation or sexual identity is not relevant to things like messing up families or going around. The one who goes will go anyway.
05. Men are like butterflies, lesbians are like men
This is also a stereotyping in the minds of those who can't really decide what Samaritan tendency is. Many people here think that Samaritan men are not masculinity, they are like women. Then Samaritan women or lesbians are tough and harsh women with no feminine qualities. But there is no truth in these stereotypes. Among people of any sexual orientation or gender identity, including heterosexuals, there can be many people with more or less masculine or feminine characteristics. In some places, gender identity can be determined based on those characteristics. But the attitude of thinking that Samaritan men are feminine or Samaritan women are masculine is not grounded at all.
06. The LGBTQ+ community promotes other gender identities as a global conspiracy
This story is a bit complicated. After all, it is difficult for us to say whether or not there is a world-class conspiracy by these aliens to promote other sexual identities and change the future of society. We have not seen such conspiracies. If someone actually says that there is such a conspiracy, it is the person who says it who has to present the evidence to prove that it is true. That is called burden of proof. The accuser must bring evidence. Now if someone asks why the LGBTQ+ community is so vocal about other sexual identities and sexual orientations, we can give an answer. Before giving the answer, we have to say that ten to twenty to thirty years ago, how the society treated people who had different sexual orientations or sexual orientations than the heterosexual orientation of the society. So is it any wonder that in a world where the LGBTQ+ community has been ostracized, they have to raise their voices to win their rights? There should be no world conspiracies there. Any society does not raise its voice for its rights and win them?
07. People with different sexual orientations like LGBTQ+ should be careful
This is also a misconception among many people and a bad stereotyping of people with different sexual identities. Now if someone says that a Samaritan person is working with it, then the others jokingly say to be careful, or you will be the same. If a president of a country is Samarisi or has a similar sexual identity, even then it is said that girls should be careful of that man. But the thing that many people get wrong is that non-heterosexual homosexuality or bisexual orientation does not mean that a person is a sexual predator. A person who is motivated to sexually abuse another person or to commit a sexual crime against another person does not have the reason for that person's sexual identity or sexual orientation.
Now why do we need to know these myths about the LGBTQ+ community? Simple. There are still condescending and ostracizing attitudes towards the LGBTQ+ community in society, except for heterosexuals who can be called female or male to be precise. It's bad. What these superstitions do is to develop the above-mentioned disgusting attitudes. Then if we as a society dispel this myth, we can also eliminate the marginalization of people with different sexual identities.