Globalization and Homosexuality.

Last week our class looked at Globalization and its effects on homosexuality around the world. We were then asked to discuss the positive and negative consequences. At first I was having such a hard time trying to see the negative aspects, if there were any, but when I saw the new Amnesty International commercial it all kind of made sense to me. Globalization provides outlets for people who are homosexual around the world ( especially in very traditional countries), the Internet has given everyone access to people who are just like them, allowing them to seek comfort, therapy, help, and companionship. This idea goes far beyond the homosexual community but for arguments sake I'm going only focus on GLBT groups. Flooding the world with western culture, people around the world have witnessed the change in attitude towards homosexuals in the western world, these images have encourages people in eastern world to accept and fight for their sexuality more (while its still slight, its an improvement) While globalization makes the world more accessible and has played a major part in changing and correcting several injustices, and human rights violations. the negative aspects though seem to be much more damaging than anyone ever anticipated. The eastern world is made up of several non-democratic very traditional countries, this new found representation of homosexuality around the world has only fueled the fire and now homosexuals who are out in these eastern countries are not protected by any law, or law enforcement. this is creating a hostile and dangerous situation for people in the eastern world. I'm not saying that people coming out as homosexual in these countries is wrong, nor am i saying that globalization is hurting sexuality or anything like that. its just the clash of cultures is so severe that you don't really understand it until you see how dangerous it can be. being gay in America is extremely different than being gay in Russia or the middle east. Its a desperate situation, and i don't even know where to begin to propose any sort of solution, its just a scary consequence of globalization and the influence of western culture on the rest of the world.