Okay so before I begin talking about this documentary, I have very strong opinions on the LGBT community. I believe that there should be equality for all, no matter what race, religion or sexuality you are. Everyone deserves love and I find it horrible that people won't accept others happiness. We should live in a society where individuals are not afraid to be who they are. So what if you like the same sex? That's your choice in your life and it shouldn't affect anyone's opinions of you. I could go on forever but let's move onto the documentary.
He starts off by going into a south London barber store to meet a black male who has accepted that he is gay. This man has West African parents who are also very religious so he found it hard to accept who he was. His parernts found out about his sexuality through a friend and his father said "pack your bags, I want you out of this house by midnight" and they haven't spoken since. A woman in the store then joined the conversation saying that if her son told her he was gay, she'd have to ask him why. She also said "it would be hard for me to accept that because... gay... I don't even get it". A Muslim man then joined the conversation and he said he would not be able to accept it if his son or daughter was homosexual. He believes that being gay is a choice. A comment from the black male backfired this discussion by saying "If you look at the world today, being gay has never been a good thing, it's never been something easy. Why would anyone at any age wake up today and say i want to be a homosexual so people in the streets can throw rocks at me and so that Ivan be rejected by my family."
Reggie Yate then drives to meet a transgender woman who lives with her mum and nan. She lives in a mostly Asian community and has received nasty comments such as "you f*****g battyman go and die",physical abuse and even death threats. It is totally unacceptable to tell someome to die just because they were not happy being their previous gender. It makes no difference to my life knowing someone is transgender, it is THEIR choice of who they want to be; not what ignorant people in society want them to be.
Later on in the documentary, Reggie meets up with a young Asian man who has admitted to being gay. This may shock a few of you as he was/is a Muslim but he doesn't practise his religion anymore due to him realising he is homosexual. He is forced to keep the location of his student flat a secret due to his families views. His dad believes that any gay person should be killed, stoned to death, including his own son. His mum also said to him "if you had murdered someone, I'd still accept you. But you being gay, I can't accept you for that". His parents assumed that he wasn't possessed and they wanted to get the demons out of him so they performed many exorcisms to try change him. This got very overwhelming and he ended up trying to take his own life in his bedroom.
There are many more other sad stories about how LGBT people feel and it hurts me to think that they're not accepted in societies. Although gay marriage is legalised in the U.K., it doesn't mean that's everyone agrees with it. People still get hated on every single day and it is unfair.
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