LGBTQ Discrimination Lamar Collins Eng 122 Professor: Leah Hamilton 5/4/2020 Although many scholars think significant progress has been made in the LGBTQ community, I argue that there is still a lot more work to be done than they realize because of growing trends in anxiety and depression. This is partly due to acceptance and hate and can clearly be seen at home, school, work and in the community. The LGBTQ community should not have to worry about losing their job or means of support as part of being discriminated. One part of The Equality Act is supposed to protect persons and their sexual orientation just as it is supposed to protect Religion and Belief. Yang (2019) “Title VII of the Civil Rights Act bans employment discrimination “because of [an] individual’s race, color, religion, sex or nation origin.” Sexual orientation and transgender status are not listed as specific protected categories, but no such language is required. The beauty of our nation’s civil rights laws is that they protect everyone-including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people-who faces discrimination based on sex.” With the Equality Act under question, members of the LGBTQ community now fear of losing their jobs or being discriminated in the work place. This is due to the wording for the Policy/Act. The increase in anxiety and depression from the hate can be unbearable at times. This has been causing an increase in suicide attempts for the transgender and non-binary community. There has been a great number of youth that are now referring to themselves as “non-binary”, which means they do not identify as either male or female. Halliwell (2019) “Almost 30% of transgender women reported attempting suicide. Almost 42% of gender non-binary youth reported attempting suicide in 2018”. This is a public health crisis, with suicide attempt rates 4 times higher than those of straight youth. When you identify as transgender, you normally feel emotional pain due to not being happy with is checked on your birth certificate. Most try to keep their family happy but this normally brings depression and a disconnect. Even still we there are youth coming out at earlier ages than what was seen in the 80s and 90s. Even though a good number of LGBTQ youth are being accepted, there are some that may not be accepted by their families and will be told to leave. Rhoades (2018) “homelessness among LGBTQ youth specifically is a major public health concern, with estimated rates of past-year homelessness among LGBTQ youth as high as 30–45% and evidence of a clear link between homelessness and poorer mental health for these youth.” The suicide rates for homeless LGBTW youth is 9-20 points higher of ono-LGBTQ homeless youth. These homeless youth also have to find ways of making money, most turn to selling their bodies and this takes a toll on their mental health. There are times where they are taken under the wing of a house “mother or father”. This is an older LGBTQ person who run.