It is time that society understands that every individual has the right to be different and that it is time to accept gay individuals in this society. Homosexuals are still the target of intolerance and harassment, no matter their age or where they are in the world. The fact that one’s sexual orientation is one’s own business does not seem to be understood by most people. The saddest part is that if adults who are the victims or verbal or psychological harassment due to their sexual orientation are able to cope with it differently, this also happens to children. The school has long been the place where children can no longer be protected by their parents and they have to fight their own battles. Bullying has extremely negative effects on one’s personality and self image and it should not happen to anyone. This is why it is necessary to work against bullying in schools and teach individuals that homosexuals are not some weird creatures, but people just like the rest of them, with feelings and emotions.
Homosexuals have long now been the target of discrimination from subtle to very open. Things have change over the years, and nowadays homosexuals can live quite a normal life in most parts of the civilized world. However, it did not used to be like this. Some decades ago, homosexuals were afraid to admit their sexual orientation from fear of persecution. Especially in Europe, during the Nazi period, homosexuals have had gone through a rough period of persecution in which they were not even allowed to live. The Nazi saw them as a threat to society and did everything possible to get rid of them. But this is a piece of history that mankind tries to forget so one should make sure that at least now, in the modern and civilized world, there is a place for these people in society.