• Can Misunderstanding of Homosexuality cause suicide?

    When young Bobby Griffith threw himself off a bridge to his death, because his family couldn’t except his homosexuality, it shined a whole new light on homosexuality for the whole world.

    Bobby grew up in a very religious family so when he started to admit to his homosexuality he was said to have evil in him and he needed to be cured. So bobby did everything in his power to stop himself from being homosexual, until he just couldn’t take it anymore and went to a gay/lesbian club. He felt at home there and made a lot of friends. When bobby’s father first started to realize this was true he accepted bobby for what he is. The rest of his family also started to get used tot the idea of him being homosexual. Except for his mother, she never did except him. To use a quote from one of bobby and his mothers last conversations. “I wont have a gay son!” She said. “Then you don’t have a son.” Bobby said. “Fine!” She said back. She had no idea of what her hatred and closed mindedness would do. Later that evening Bobby Griffith threw himself of a bridge to his death.

    When his mother found out she was devastated. She blamed herself for his death, and now did everything she could to understand what homosexuality really was.
    She found comfort in a special church that offered help and guidance to homosexual people. She talked to the preacher of that church and with the help of many people she was finally convinced that homosexuality was not an evil thing, but a way of life.
    She actually stood up in front of hundreds of people and told bobby’s story, inspiring may people the way she was inspired. She marched in a gay rights parade, and saw bobby sitting there, finally smiling, finally feeling excepted, and it was that reassuring sight, that made Mary Griffith know that she had righted the wrong she had committed.

    Today Mary Griffith is a strong representative for gay rights, and she had dedicated her life it helping many troubled homosexual people young and old.
    She has helped many young people like bobby, admit to their homosexuality, and find acceptance in the world. She had campaigned for a consoling program for homosexuals at schools. She believes that Bobby would still be alive today if his school had had such a program.

    So to answer the question that this entire essay is based on which is “Can homosexuality cause suicide?” The answer is yes. Prayers For Bobby is not only a terrific movie and book, but a true story of what non-acceptance of homosexuality can do.
    This story is not mentioned to scare any homosexual people into lying about their homosexuality, but to tell the family and friends of these people what can happen if they can’t except them for who they are. Homosexuality is something that people feel just like when a man loves a woman or a woman loves a man. It’s not a choice, because if you ask most homosexual people if they could choose this, if they could choose to feel weird, or out of place, or have their family think they’re evil, there is a pretty good chance they would choose to me “normal.” As some people would say, but what exactly is normality?
    The dictionary describes normality as “approximately average in any psychological trait, as intelligence, personality, or emotional adjustment.”
    Normality is humanly defined by societal standards, which are defined by the generalization of the people. There are many aspects of societal standards such as religious beliefs, education, and now sexual preferences. You can’t really define normality without getting into all these different standard for different people in different places. Homosexual people are smart, successful, kind, attractive, people. They aren’t all in the crazy houses wearing straight jackets, they’re out in the world with real jobs, working, and adding to our society. They’re in relationships, with children, existing in the everyday world. So overall in what normal standards that are know in this society homosexual people are perfectly normal people existing in society, they go home to someone who loves them, and they raise perfectly normal children. In fact they’re children are usually raised to me more open minded and excepting to difference.

    So overall homosexuality is a perfectly normal thing. It shows that everyone out there can find true love. No matter what shape, size, race, nationality, color, or gender you are you can find love. If more people out there were open minded, then maybe the world wouldn’t be such a lonely place. Maybe all the people out there who feel lost, out of place, and unlovable could find love and feel excepted into society. Homosexuality seems to be the worlds first baby steps into finally excepting everyone, no matter what they look like, into society. Maybe now everyone can take a look at themselves, and then criticize who is normal.