LGBTQ+

The social group collection that I chose is LGBTQ. I chose this social group because i wanted to understand and know their perspective.The stories that I’ve read about this social group show experiences  showing how people had to deal with the stress while having it inside of them the whole time because of one thing such as fear. These experiences show how the LGBTQ community feel about about how people would judged them or feel like they don't belong.  Other words or ways that the individuals in this social group might use to describe themselves are proud and strong of being who they are. The experiences that I share with individuals in this social group is fear. Their experience is different than my experience because they sometimes experience things that some people don't understand such as coming out. The individuals in this social group are different from one another because because they have different sexual orientations and different perspectives. Successes that the group has faced has been a pride month. Challenges that the group has faced is discrimination and a lot more. Certain perspectives that are missing from this collection are. The challenges that individuals in this group face that other people outside the group might not understand are coming out, employment discrimination, acceptance, parenting, and bathroom , schools , and other public accommodations and ect.  I think that others can do the following to understand this social group by treating each other the same with no assumptions that people might make about people who identify within this social group could be. Stereotypes can negatively affect individuals who identify within this group because it lowers their self esteem. Stereotyping is wrong because you never know a individual's background or what they are going through.Communities can encourage one another  to help individuals within this social group. This will help the social group because encouragement is a strong way of helping. What I can do in particular to help this social group is to empower and hear their voices.