LGBT Discrimination: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) 

I never understood how people say "They should not have more rights than straight people" when that is not even remotely what is happening.

If there are no laws protecting people from getting fired because of their sexual orientation, does that mean I can fire someone for being heterosexual?

iTs Adam AnD eVe NoT aDaM aNd StEvE its homosapien not heterosapien

Update 2020: You can't be fired because of your sexuality or discriminated against after last weeks ruling!

I don't think I'll ever understand how you can get mad when someone is given a right that _you already have._

I once remember in an interview, some guy saying "I support gay marriage, not because I'm an LGBT activist, but because everyone should be able to feel the pain of marriage" 2020 edit: It was Marilyn Manson btw, not verbatim, love that guy

yeah i’m LGBT L- let’s G-get down to B-business t-to defeat the hunssssss

I like when people say it's a "lifestyle choice" like they *chose* to be cisgender and straight

In Canada we didn’t let people fire people for their sexuality since the 80s. It’s in our constitution. I suddenly feel very smug.

Saying being gay is a choice should also include the idea that being straight is a choice.

Congrats, guys. We can’t be fired for being gay as of this morning.

Living in fear to be hated by your family. I mean who would chose that??! People who think that being gay is a choice, you should think twice.

It's stories like the person not helping the child of a gay couple, that reminds us all that homophobes who say "Think of the children!" are hypocrites and liars.

Citing "religious freedom" as an excuse to discriminate was used by supporters of racial segregation, and it was WRONG then, too!

Hi 2015 youtube, it's 2020 and "married on Sunday, fired on Monday" is officially unconstitutional!

I was fired from my job for being gay here in Switzerland. There was very little recourse. I work as a part-time teacher and that's was not a member of a teacher's Union. It has led to months of unemployment for me, but more seriously, it has made my depression and anxiety flare up. Now I am on disability leave. It is not something I thought would ever happen to me, especially not in a somewhat forward-thinking country like Switzerland. But it happened. And it can happen anywhere on Earth where bigots still roam free.

This is how I came out to my friends as gay. So it was a conversation about the LGBTQ+ community and one of my friends asked me if I’d go to a gay wedding so i said. “Well. I’m going to my own wedding. So yea i guess I would”

Of course it's a lifestyle choice. Last summer I picked up surfing and gaying.

It’s 2020, there is NO excuse to be homophobic

I was a closeted gay. One day, I had a conversation with my friends. Friend 1: "I heard that a guy burnt out his parents alive." Friend 2: "Why is that?" Friend 1: "Because his parents is gay, and he's disagree with the LGBT community." Friend 2: "They deserved it." I was...disgusted, to say the least.

Time differences are cool In austria it's 7 am In britain it's 6 am And in america it's the 1950s Isn't the world great?

Ah yes the gay life style, being afraid to hold your partner's hand in public and not being defended by the law.

And now we are blatantly backsliding to a position where open homophobia is accepted once again. Goddamnit.

I need a sign for my door that says: "You must be at least this gay to enter the house."

That doctor refuses to treat a baby because the parents are lesbians. Someone fire that doctor.

A doctor who refuses to treat a baby for whatever fucking reason should have his license revoked.

Straight people: "Gay people are forcing their sexuality onto kids!" Straight people: *sees a four year old boy interact in the most miniscule way with a four year old girl* "Billy has a girlfriend!"

"You must be this gay to go on this ride" I want that sign

14:00 Seeing Trump barely mentioned in old news is like rewatching the mcu and catching the forshadowing of infinity war

Telling someone not to marry another person because of YOUR religion is like telling someone not to eat a donut because you're on a diet

“Would you attend a gay wedding?” I hate weddings, I’d only go if it were my own.

“It’s weird to see us go political progress go backwards.” Oh John you don’t even know -August 23 2020

Once again a comedy show has better analysis and commentary than 99% of the serious news. Well done John!

When you think about it, a relationship between two males is more manly than a heterosexual relationship. It’s double the masculinity.

Re watching this now as an openly bisexual man. This episode is still incredibly relevant.

being a queer kid and seeing someone like john speak out about our issues rlly made me fall in love with him, and my transgender mom had a similar experience when he spoke up about trans discrimination. he spoke out against discrimination against queer ppl before it was cool and continues to advocate for us. i love him so much.

Guess what, Big Earl's: Those men are acting like men. They are two men, who love each other. And they are acting like it.

Bernie Sanders: Still not a coward.

I donated blood to the San Diego Blood Bank for almost fifteen years. When I started my gender transition, the director of the blood bank told me they didn't accept people like me.

Just thought you'd like to know that in June 2020, its now illegal to discriminate based on your sexual preference.

I would not attend a gay wedding if I didn't know them That would be quite awkward

Very Religious people are always against gay, but Jesus had two fathers

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!? I am a gay teen in Texas, and these stories about Texans being discriminated against is just awful.

That´s a shame, this kind of discrimination against LGBT people in 2015. I thought the human-rights were to everyone, no? Also, If religious people want respect they MUST respect the other minorities. Period.

Watch the straights get offended when I open a bakery and refuse to bake straight wedding cakes

"You must be this gay to go on this ride" don't threaten me with a good time

I am officially heartbroken from some of the homophobic fighting in these comments. Why can't we all just understand each other? Why do we have to let our beliefs have us treat other people differently or hatefully? Why do mean people full of hate feel the right to justify their horribleness by their religion? I am now just wondering why.

Here today after trans healthcare non discrimination got reversed. :/ There's still hope, brothers, sisters and everyone in between. Please vote.

*FREE SPEECH* *DOES NOT INCLUDE* *DISCRIMINATION*

Praise be to our Lord and Savior John Oliver. And yes, saying that is completely legal.

The USA the most free country of the world. Except, of course when you don't have and cannot afford a car. Because public transportation sucks in the USA. But still, the USA the most free country of the world. Except, of course, when you are black and being stopped for the gazillionth time for an alleged traffic violation. But, still, the USA the most free country in the world. Except, of course, when you are gay and happen to be in the military. Then it is don't ask, don't tell. But still, the USA the most free country in the world. Except, of course, when you are poor and standing in court. Then the rich are more free than you. But, hey, capitalism. But still, the USA the most free country of the world. Except, of course, when you cannot afford the US health care system. Then you have the choice of eternal debts or die. But still, the USA the most free country in the world. Except, of course, for paid sick leave. Such a socialist right is practiced only in, for example, communist Scandanavian countries. And we all know how bad it is over there. But still, the USA the most free country in the world. Except, of course, when it comes to paid hollidays. Another communist example. Why get 25 paid holliday days a year when you can work all year around for your boss. I mean you live to work anyway, or don't you? But still, the USA the most free country of the world. Except, of course, when it comes to getting fired at your job because your boss doesn't like what you do in your private life with your sexual orientation. But that is only because your boss feels responsible for maintaining and dictating his own moral "feelings". After all, feelings are important.

It's now illegal to be fired on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity! (Edit): In the U.S.

Religion is technically a choice and being gay isn’t, yet the one that is a choice gets a lot more respect🤔 (I’m not saying religion doesn’t deserve respect, cause I myself am a Christian)

Alright, let's get one thing straight, you aren't a Christian if you refuse to assist anyone in the LGBT community because you dislike them, don't kid yourself by using Christianity as an excuse. The Bible doesn't say "Love your neighbor as you love yourself, except for lesbians, gay people, Bisexual people, and transgender people, you can refuse to make their wedding cakes"

I love the gay lifestyle. Fearing for my life because of something I can't control. My parents threatening to kick my out if we ever come out to them. Gotta live the gay lifestyle.

If rollercoasters actually said “you must be this gay to go on this ride,” as long as it was around half, being bi, all I’d have to do is give awkward finger guns while smiling up at the person letting people on. Honestly.

We don’t want more rights than everyone else. We aren’t expecting special treatment. We want equality. We want the same rights as everyone else. That’s not too much to ask for.

I'm not gay by any stretch of the imagination, but I don't see how you can discriminate against people for who they are. It pisses me off.

The idea that sexuality is a choice is refuted by the continued existence of straight women.

"would you attend a gay wedding" I would, wouldn't want to miss my own wedding

What you are physically attracted to is not a choice. The only choice is what you do with that. And if you're gay, your only choices are either flipping the bird at society and being with someone of the same sex, or living the rest of your life alone. And nobody should live the rest of their life alone.

Just saying: people are listening to one specific line in the bible saying “a traditional marriage is with a man and a woman”, but are forgetting the rest of the bible where is says to love and respect each other.

Please tell me how it’s “supporting gay marriage” when you make a wedding cake for a gay couple, but its not* supporting racism when you vote for a racist?

This video hits different with the current rejuvenation of anti-trans and anti-gay backlash 😒

As a Lutheran, I'm sickened that these people are using Christ's good name as an excuse to be a BIGGOT!

the one where the pediatrician refused to treat the couples baby is absurdly illegal. I'm a pre-med student and we had a unit on legalities in healthcare. it is illegal to refuse ANYONE treatment

As a German I can confidently say: you Americans give us plenty to trashtalk over. John Oliver is a lovely star for bringing it all together.

When I was in high school my best friend was a gay boy and when we hung out together at my house my mom absolutely prohibited him from talking about being gay or "acting gay" around my at the time nine year old brother because it wasn't "age appropriate" but she would call his 40-something year old babysitter his girlfriend whenever she came over

I just can't stop watching these

If somebody asked me: would you go to a gay marriage? I would say no. Because I wouldn't go to any marriage. Gay,straight,or to your anime body pillow. Because I'm lazy.

John Oliver: Progress. It’s the reason your grandparent’s views are better not spoken in public. Me: Actually, my grandma is gay. So is my step-grandmother, the woman she married when New York State legalized it. 😊

It's now illegal to be fired on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity!

So wait I'm curious is a gay man allowed to not serve Christians at his restaurant?

There should be signs at six flags that say "You must be this gay to ride"

Any doctor who refuses a patient because of their sexuality should lose their license automatically.

It really hurts me to think I’ve met more people openly against being LGBT recently than I did a decade ago. Especially many young people.

To add onto the list of things that would have seemed impossible in 2004 Donald J. Trump as the president

U no the bible talks about not eating prawns 4 times more than it talks about gays

I recently infiltrated a religious group referencing Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption as my church, and nobody caught it. 😅

Me watching this for the first time: I'm just a straight cis ally and want to be educated to support the LBGTQ+ community. Me watching this for the second time: I'm a cis bisexual and want to be educated to support my community. Me watching this for the third time: I'm a nonbinary bisexual(?)/pansexual(?)/queer(?) and want to be educated to support my community. I'll edit to update as things change.

I dunno about you guys but I ABSOLUTELY need "you must be this gay to go on this ride" as a t-shirt

Can we discriminate against intolerant people?

My mother cut me out of photos after i came out... Im 16

Waitress: ladies should act like ladies Me ( a straight tomboy): oH rEaLlY i DoN't ThInK sO (opens legs as wide as possibly can)

"Bernie sanders said he would." No shit. Bernie Sanders should just be America's moral compass at this point.

I was told by a (prior) loved one that she supported me being gay but she doesnt believe in gay marriage. So I told her that I also dont believe in any marriage because it is literally the worst thing you could ever do to someone you love. Her husband laughed.

What type of doctor refuses to treat a baby? How do they sleep at night?

"COULD be undone by his successor..." Can we just take a second and point out how UNGODLY clairvoyant this man is?

I love when these people say things like 'the homosexual lifestyle". Like, being Amish is a lifestyle. Being gay is just part of who you are.

I still can't believe people still think being lgbt is a choice!! Who wants to get discriminated on a daily basis and have people judge their love life!???

Here after the 2020 case ruling 6-3 you can't fire an employee for sexual orientation.

When I came out my mother said : ,, so you're looking at girls asses? The heck you're not because you're straight " She still thinks I'm straight. She doesn't believe sexuality is a thing. So I guess we're all faking it ... ;-; man what a world we live in

"You must be this gay to go on this ride" I have the awful feeling I might have said this to a boyfriend of mine XD

Four years later and this is exactly the same situation we’re still in

“I feel like part of me goes to the reception” *HE SPITS IN THE FUCKING CAKES*

gay marriage is literally older than christian marriage, there were roman emperors with husbands, the idea of marriage is also totally not to do with religion, it just means you intend to be with a person romantically forever, that's not to do with any institution fundamentally.

Excuse me!? The scissortailed flycatcher is a glorious bird, while the eastern pheobe is a dressed up house sparrow. If you want to mock state birds, how about talk about how SEVEN states have the cardinal as their state bird.

being discriminated against because of someone else’s religion is worse than being discriminated against for your religion

Catholic who supports gay marriage here. One thing I love is how often feux Christians will use Leviticus night in and night out to condemn gay people but as soon as you bring up any other Leviticus law (for example that great zinger of a line that says to never mistreat the stranger who comes to homeland because you were strangers in Egypt) it's "Well yeah but that was in the Old Testament"

The equality act including protections for lgbt people was just passed NOW. 5 YEARS after this was posted. Jesus christ america.