Finding Acceptance

Still today, homophobia is a big issue around the world. Many young teens and even older people get discriminated. Homophobia is the ignorance about sexual orientation and gender  issues. Homophobia not only affects an individual mentally but also affects them in a way that they tend to believe that they’re not normal. Some also tend to hurt themselves. In many cases suicide in LGBT people is higher than heterosexual people. I believe they want to escape from society. Others get into drugs and alcohol. In today’s society there are many young teens coming out compared to only a few years ago. But, on the other side LGBT people are still having a hard time to come out because it’s hard to find acceptance from others. I believe back then when an individual would come out, they would get assaulted, and possibly killed. There was more physical violence. LGBT people suffer the violence of human rights. For example, they get attacked, raped, and killed. In several countries people could get arrested if they are in same sex relationships. Many states fail to protect the LGBT community such as their workplace or their healthcare. All people regardless of race, gender, or color have the right to live a happy and healthy lifestyle.

I’ve seen this tattoo before on a woman.This tattoo is named “The tree of life” it symbolizes eternity, wisdom, strength, and protection. The branches represents immortality since a tree grows old and it becomes immortal. The leaves is part of nature obviously but it symbolizes life of learning and harmony. What caught my eye was the fact that the tree is placed inside a circle which could mean the world of course. This tattoo happens to be placed on the back, the only color is used is black ink. The color black makes it look more interesting. The tree is surrounded by a circle with a couple of roots at the bottom. 

People get this type of tattoo to represent something special. But most of the times they do it to represent family or a connection to their ancestors . Every single root is symbol for a loved one. On the other hand it could also mean a fresh start in life. This tattoo is beautiful but I wouldn’t get this type of tattoo or I don’t think I’m ever getting one. I totally understand a person getting a tattoo to represent a lost one or something important in their life but I just rather not.

Many of us get tattoos in our bodies to indicate something personal or important in our lives. Small tattoos are nice to have, but in my opinion some people get too many tattoos that they don’t look nice at all and happen to look very ugly especially on women. I totally respect the fact that every tattoo has meaning to it but not to that extent where mostly your whole body is full of them. In our society many people believe that expressing yourself on tattoos is cool but there’s other ways you can express anything in life instead of damaging your own skin.