As we approach this holiday season, I can’t recall a year, in my adult life time, where religion has been used so much as a tool for discrimination and lies.
The Bible can be used to support or dismiss almost any point of view. Lately, its main purpose seems to be a tool to deny LGBT people not only rights, but also to degrade and dehumanize them. The Bible is a collection of writings, mostly found through archaeological means, written in ancient languages such as Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic, over centuries. It has undergone translation and censorship. It has been studied by many people intensely for years at academic institutions. Common sense tells me that God did not put pen to paper. People put pen to paper to write about their spiritual experiences and beliefs. It was written within the cultural context of the times.
LGBT Life in the UK: Yours in Solidarity
Away from the insultingly ignorant stereotypes of a femme, happy life as a gay guy in Britain, I just wanted to pitch some statistics to make you really think about how difficult LGBT life can be in the UK. One in five LGBT have experienced a homophobic hate crime or incident in the last three years. One in eight have been a victim in the last year. Three in four of those experiencing hate crimes or incidents did not report them to the police. Only six per cent reported them to third parties. Only one per cent of all victims report that the homophobic hate crime or incident resulted in a conviction.