Gay, Straight, or Human?
While marching in a gay pride parade in Paris, France, I took this picture of a few strangers who captured my heart. My participation in this event was part of my experience in the International Health Study Abroad program provided by the Department of Kinesiology and Health at Miami University. Look at the faces of these people. Could you look any of them in the eye and tell them that they do not deserve to be treated as human beings? Could you say that they do not deserve the same rights you enjoy?
As I have learned while studying Health Promotion at Miami University, everyone is different. It is my firm belief that despite this, we are all equal and should be treated as such. Perhaps we should not think of controversial issues as “gay rights”, “women’s rights” or “indigenous rights”, but as human rights.