It may be true that many people are mostly unaware of how LGBT people are hated and discriminated against because these issues do not often rise to the top of the news cycle. When they do, many probably feel they are isolated attacks and thus not representative of a more pervasive malaise.
If you have ever found yourself thinking that too much ado is being made about the "suppossed" inequality of LGBT folks, read on and be educated. Then join the struggle for complete equality by joining or contacting the Human Rights Campaign.
The following article appears in Out into the Wilds by David Stalling. Click on the link to read the entire article. Here is a small part of his response to the question, "Are Gays really hated and discriminated against?"
All in all, more than 1,400 basic rights are denied to gay people in the United States on a federal level, and even more in various states, including not being allowed to marry (and denied all the other rights and privileges that go with marriage); not being allowed to adopt; not being allowed immigration or residency rights; not granted the same protections under the law for employment and employer rights; no protection against blatant, open discrimination by national organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America. The current policy platform of the Republican Party, as adopted last year at their convention, clearly and strongly opposes gay marriage and calls for the denial of other rights, freedom and equality to gay Americans. Just recently, members of the Republican Party in the Congress voted to spend $3 million of taxpayer’s money to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which is an unconstitutional act that denies many Americans like me the same rights, freedom and equality that other Americans
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