Challenges Of The GLBT Community

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The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered (GLBT) Persons have been identified as a minority group. The individuals of this group are a product of both rural and urban environments. Although, the challenges that the GLBT community face in rural environments are different from those of the urban environments. The challenges faced in the rural communities are discrimination, invisibility, and denial of civil rights. Due to the conservative nature of the rural communities many GLBT feel forced to keep their sexual identity under wraps. Many individuals flee these rural areas and migrate to urban areas to avoid oppression. There are many types of discrimination that the gay, lesbian, and transgendered persons have to deal with. This minority