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Jessica Hamilton February 2, 2014 I chose an article called “a graveyard for homosexuals.” This article revolves around the hate, anger, and disgust of non-heterosexual people in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is actually trying to get the death penalty for any non-heterosexuals and that’s where the title actually comes from. As I have sat and read this it has opened my mind to many questions. One of them is, “how can the United States government help people like the Ethiopian government?” I do not agree at with what is happening in Ethiopia because not only am I offended about how the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is treated and have to live in fear, but also I can connect to this article very strongly because I am bisexual. There are a lot of people who believe that non-heterosexual people are evil, demonic, or even a disease but I see normal human beings who deserve to have the same life as a straight person. To me it seems they are scared of change and progression of people. We cannot choose what our sexual orientation is. I personally think that the Ethiopians are culturally biased. Their religious beliefs don’t seem to reflect that god put us on this earth and created us differently but also similar. They don’t want to believe anyone could be different; instead they are pushing these horrible punishments upon people that are only human, want love, and to live in a place where they can enjoy life and feel safe. They even insinuate that being of the LGBT community is unclean: “Ethiopia is supposed to be clean and holy.”(Baker). Why should people like have to live in fear and not be able to have any medical treatment and their families disown them? How can they believe that the LGBT community would sexually touch another person without consent? I do believe that maybe unconsented and inappropriate sexual contact could happen but not

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