Photo Assignment

I chose to do the photo assignment on gay and lesbian rights.  Homosexuality is becoming more acceptable in today’s society with states slowly passing laws on gay marriage but it is still a major controversial subject and it makes many people uncomfortable talking about it.  Sexual orientation isn’t a protected characteristic under the civil rights law like race, gender, ethnicity, and religion are, which makes it harder to fight for its rights.  One of the biggest challenges homosexual people probably face today is judgment and violence from other people the apparently know how everyone should love and live their lives.

            When a picture of two people holding hands is shown it usually brings a smile to your face because you know those two people love each other and that love is the most powerful feeling there is.  However, when two people are shown holding hands it’s usually a male and female, or so we assume.  That’s why in my picture I focused in on the light in the background to make it impossible to know for sure if these are people of the same or opposite sex holding hands.  Why is it that when a male and female are holding hands or showing their love for each other it is a beautiful thing but when couples of the same sex show their love it becomes looked down upon and rejected by society?