LGBT Research: Phase One

This week, our class began our group studies into four different social concerns. I’m in the group researching LGBT rights. I began my search with a generic “LGBT rights” search. I found several links to various maps of both the U.S. and the world countries that note the different strides each state or country has made in regards to LGBT rights. There are also different blogs online through many different blogging sites such as Tumblr and Blogspot that provided not only information about the LGBT community but also advice for its readers.

While I found website after website containing information and links to news stories and posts about LGBT communities, I did find several websites that did not prove themselves to be credible sources for this research. Some websites exhibited in depth research into their posts and prided themselves in the fact that their information was well researched, organized, and professional. Other websites did not have a cohesive layout and allowed for some magazine-like posts to be mingled into their informational posts.

After my research this week, I learned that while the Internet is full of information that can be beneficial to my research, it is also laced with possible downfalls. It is important to not just click on the first three results of a search and go with those as your sources. One must always be on the lookout for the best possible information. All the information I found about LGBT rights showed that our country and many other countries in the world are not sitting idly by. Many nations are working towards a future that holds all opportunities at an equal level, and I believe that our combined efforts will create a better future for the coming generations.