LGBT+ History Month: This is the one thing we wish allies would do more of
LGBT+ History Month: This is the one thing we wish allies would do more of
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This year we are celebrating 20 years of UK LGBT+ History Month. Progress still needs to be made though. The charity Stonewall found that only half of lesbian, gay and bisexual people (46%) and trans people (47%) feel able to be open about their sexual orientation or gender identity to everyone in their family.
Additionally, three in 10 bisexual men, and almost one in 10 bisexual women, say they cannot be open about their sexual orientation with any of their friends. As we celebrate the milestone, here’s what some people wish that heterosexual and cis-gendered people would do more of.
Take time to learn and educate. “I think sometimes people feel like if it’s not their community, it’s not their direct problem. But I would love to say straight people – be more educated on gay culture and gay issues such as The Stonewall Riots and the Aids epidemic,” says the 31-year-old from Derry.
“There’s also different spectrums of sexuality, such as asexual and pansexual. There are also trans issues and everything’s intertwined. You can’t be supportive of one thing without being supportive of all. “I wish people were more educated and could therefore understand the hardships that different people have to go through in life, and therefore have more empathy to realise how difficult their life may actually be.”.
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