The Questioning of Sexualities: Blog ungraded

   Throughout the years and till this day still, it has been made very difficult for those who are part of the GLBT community to come out in the open without waiting to be greatly judged and critiqued from left and right by all those who do not find same sex love to be acceptable. Therefore leading those wanting to come out to possibly even begin questioning their own sexualities for no other reason then not wanting to become a disappointment to the society which they are a part of. A great example as to how these concerns by the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender community has been around is clearly demonstrated in Shakespeare's, The Twelfth Night. Between the love of Orsino and Viola, it is of much importance to realize that Orsino kept thinking over and over to himself that this love was in fact not okay for the fact that he knew that by the views of society, it was not acceptable for a man to love another man. Orsino did in fact fall for the man which Viola pretended to be. After Orsino discovered that Viola was not a man, but actually a woman, it is almost as if he gained a great relief. This love to Orsino finally became acceptable. In reality though was it not just societies aproval that Orsino needed?
   Our societies even till this day make it so that gay marriage is not permitted like that of a marriage between a man and a women. Does this mean that love is not true love simply because it's of the same sex? Gender roles till this day also are still greatly apparent in all cultures. Men are expected to be the providers and head of the household whereas women are expected to care for and nourish their loved ones. Is this to say that the roles can not be reversed?
   Many great writers such as Shakespeare greatly demonstrate that these gender role issues have been around for many years and it is in fact necessary that society begins to accept the fact that for those who are gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, or transgender they are still human beings which play a normal role in our society no matter what gender they find themselves attracted to and it not mattering what gender role they choose to play. After all is it not important to realize that no individual human being is worth more or less then the one he or she stands next to?