Friday, April 15, 2011

My Proposal

In Honduras, recently, there have been murders or homicides of transgender women. This is a serious problem because it is violating article 7 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Transgender women are not treated equal because of different points of view of the people in the country, therefore they are being killed because of discrimination. This is a situation where the United Nations needs to stand up and do something about it. They have to get involved because innocent people are being killed simply because of their sexual orientation.

The first thing that must be changed is the government. If they aren't doing anything to stop it, then they are not doing what they are supposed to, lead the country and its people on to the right path. They are supposed to represent each and every individual as a whole, not as transgendered and/or Honduran. The government has to make a bigger effort to find the people committing these crimes. They have to pay for their crimes. Because it is not fair that innocent lives are being killed because of who they are.

What I think that the U.N. should do is promote equality and have seminars to help people understand what a transgendered person is and what they go through. Because it takes a lot of courage for a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender person to come out and show off their true selves. This way citizens of Honduras can try to understand and accept their way of being. They don't necessarily need to accept them, but at least tolerate the fact that they are like that. Because it is plain discrimination to kill a person just because they are "different". And sometimes I think religion gives this point of view to many people, saying that it is wrong.

In conclusion, this issue of killing transgendered women has to stop in order for the country of Honduras to move forward and be a better country. The issue of killing these people is something that is affecting the country, it is eliminating what makes Honduras unique! It is also giving the country a bad reputation of intolerance and discrimination toward the LGBT community. This problem has to be solved as soon as possible because these people cannot live in fear of being themselves.

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