LGBT rights

One group of people who face inequality today is the LGBT community. Everyone knows they face it, whether they like to admit or not. Last year, there was a bill passed in Mississippi to allow businesses to refuse service to LGBT people, basically saying they can refuse to give someone a hamburger because they're gay. How come you don't see these types of bills passed to refuse service to people who are Christian or straight? That's because being Christian or straight is considered the norm. Why is it other people's business what people do with their own body or the person they love if it doesn't even affect them? We were beginning to see change and improvement for the LGBT community once Obama passed the bill to allow gay marriage on June 26th, 2015. But all that effort has gone down the drain now since Trump, even though he said he was an advocate for the LGBT community, has his vice president, Mike Pence, being an advocate for shock therapy (the belief that you can "shock" the gay out of someone). If Trump is such an advocate and supporter for the community, why would he choose a vice president that clearly is homophobic? It looks as if things are only going to get worse for LGBT people.

 
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Refugees

One major group of people that face adversity are refugees. There are 13.5 million Syrian refugees who have located to Turkey for safety and 4.8 million outside Syria, the rest Syrian (SyrianRefugees.eu). Lots of people in need of safety, shelter, food, etc., so why are Americans turning a blind eye to them? Many believe that Syrian refugees, or refugees in general, should stay in their home country or not come to America because "it's not their country" or "they don't belong here". Many also believe that they're terrorists, similar to ISIS (psychologytoday.com). This crisis is the biggest since WWII with the Jewish refugees that fled the concentration camps/Germany. With Trump in presidency right now, and him having no sympathy towards refugees, he signed a 4 month ban on letting refugees into the U.S.A (Reuters article, Google.com). So it looks like the horrible things that the refugees are going through right now won't end soon.

Depression in Teenagers

A big issue many people (especially teenagers) struggle with is depression. Characters in "The Perks Of Being A Wallflower" portrayed this very well. Charlie, the main character in the book, struggles everyday with depression and anxiety. He's very in tune with his thoughts and emotions, so he feels it on an even deeper level than most people and he is set off easily. I think most teenagers go through some form of depression, obviously some more serious and for different time periods than others though. I also don't think it's taken as seriously as it should be. A big misconception about depression is that it's "just a mood" or "all in your head", but it's simply not true. I think it's true that you can put yourself in a bad mood, but people don't purposely try to be more depressed than they feel. Even if nothing's wrong or "missing" in your life, you can still be depressed, because it's a chemical imbalance in the brain. "Suicide is the third-leading cause of death for young people ages 15 to 24. Approximately 20 percent of teens experience depression before they reach adulthood, and between 10 to 15 percent suffer from symptoms at any one time" (World of Psychology). "Why Are So Many Teens Depressed?" World of Psychology. N.p., 03 June 2016. Web. 06 Mar. 2017.

National Institutes of Health. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, n.d. Web. 06 Mar. 2017.