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1 Week 5: Advocacy and Social Justice Project Your Name The University of Arizona Global Campus COURSE #: Name of Course Instructor's Name Due Date

2 Part 1: Introduction Everyone deserves to live in a world with equality, regardless of their identity or cultural background. Unfortunately, the LGBTQ+ community has a history of being exposed to discrimination, racism, negative biases, public ridicule, legal rights, hate crimes, and stereotypes. In the 1990s, the LGBTQ+ community was known as LGBT however, there is now acknowledgment to other sexual identities thus adding the QIA+. LGBTQ+ now stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and others. The plus represents other sexual identities such as pansexual and Two-Spirit. While the LGBTQ+ community has come a long way in fighting for equality, advocating is important as it promotes acceptance, inclusion, and services. This paper will review the history of the LGBTQ+ community and provide an advocacy plan for creating an inclusive curriculum that ends stereotypes and educates students on the LGBTQ+ community in hopes of creating a safe, healthy, and inclusive future. Pertinent Factors Several historical, political, social, economic, and cultural factors relate to the LGBTQ+ community. Historically, the LGBTQ+ community has endured centuries of religious, state, and medical persecution. There has been a long-term dispute in the religious culture over LGBTQ+ acceptance and equality as religious groups maintain a conservative mindset about sexuality and marriage. This has resulted in the LGBTQ+ community experiencing years of microaggressions and rejection from religious settings. The LGBTIA+ community faces many struggles throughout the United States. In 2022, Horne et al. stated that legislative efforts to restrict the LGBTQ+ community’s rights continue at both state and local levels. While each state presents its challenges, the overall societal attitudes,

3 discrimination, homophobia, and transphobia severely impact the LGBTIA+ community. Hate crimes towards this community have included mass shootings such as the Orlando shooting in 2016 that killed forty-nine people and injuring fifty others (apa.org, 2022). The Uniform Crime Statistics reported 7,314 hate crimes in 2019. In 2020, thirty-seven members of the LGBTQIA+ community were killed and in 2021 fifty-seven more members were shot or killed (hrc.org, n.d. 2022). The U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was established in 1964 to enforce civil rights laws against workplace discrimination. However, the LGBTIQA+ community continues to face workplace discrimination and harassment. In 2021, the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law published a report showing 46 percent of LGBTQIA+ employees reported unfair workplace treatment due to their gender identity and/or sexual orientation. NAMI (2022) states that lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults are more than twice as likely to experience mental health conditions compared to heterosexual adults however, personal biases, stereotypes, and discriminatory practices have created challenges for members of the LGBTQIA+ community and prevented these individuals from receiving proper healthcare. In 2019, 1 in 6 LGBTQIA adults reported discrimination in healthcare settings. Healthcare discrimination includes medical gaslighting, trauma, barriers to access, loss of trust, hindered mental health, and legal challenges and results in the LGBTQIA+ community’s healthcare needs being left unmet. Relevant Law(s)

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