In an era of increased globalization, it is difficult not to notice how closely cultures integrate with one another. Individual communities, socio-cultural units, and even states observe the development of other participants in the geopolitical arena and borrow valuable experience and valuable knowledge for the strategic development of the country. In the context of the continuity of experience, morality, and moral values, it is appropriate to emphasize one of the most apparent global trends, namely the gradual recognition of the inalienable rights of the LGBTQ+ community. More and more cultures over time are recognizing the unconditional freedoms and rights of these minorities, endorsing same-sex marriage, and, most interestingly, actively promoting LGBTQ+ values to the masses, even among heterosexual people. This trend can be examined in the light of international events theory, namely through three levels.
Individual Level
- Minorities are tired of being constantly pressured and oppressed by the heterosexual, patriarchal majority, so they have decided to assert their rights openly.
- Members of LGBTQ+ communities feel supported by similarly disenfranchised individuals — especially if celebrities commit coming out — and gain confidence and power to speak out.
- Open access to information (Internet) becomes a window for individuals to gain new knowledge. The observation, reading, and awareness of the possibility of non-heterosexual views reinforce people’s latent feelings, resulting in a growing number of LGBTQ+ members.
State Level
- Has seen an increase in social programs from the state and major national companies (Apple, Google, Microsoft) to protect and support LGBTQ+ minorities.
- The natural civilizational development of communities — different pace for each country — leads to recognition of the importance of human life regardless of views. As a result, there is an increase in tolerance and tolerance, including for LGBTQ+ people.
- Gay Pride Parades and Pride Months as national events bring more attention to the issue, resulting in not only increased tolerance but also more adherents to the community.
- The political lobbying for LGBTQ+ approval has a national level, as deputies and politicians either for personal reasons or to broaden the electorate initiate socially significant reforms.
International Level
- It cannot be ruled out that there is a serious trend toward recognizing the value of LGBTQ+ culture. Inexperienced adolescents who have not yet had a sexual experience identify with this community because it is fashionable.
- An increasing amount of scientific research shows the biological makeup of homosexuality among people, which ultimately leads to a dead-end policy against such individuals. Since it is not a disease or a temporary condition, society can do nothing but accept the ideas of homosexuality.
- Transgenderism and the pursuit of gender identity against the child’s congenital sex become signs of the mental health of the individual, which has been actively promoted in recent years: the individual becomes an object of consideration not only in terms of physical health but also in the context of mental well-being.
- The world’s religious denominations — for instance, Catholicism — gradually recognize the importance of the soul rather than the bodily appearance of the believer, and since the sacred texts do not discuss homosexuality, approve same-sex unions.
- The WHO and APA have removed homosexuality from the category of biological or mental illness.
- Major developed countries in Europe and the Americas, with solid cultural and political weight, have endorsed same-sex marriage and sex reassignment surgery, with the result that co-dependent states on the spectrum of less developed nations have gradually adopted this experience.