This topic was a natural choice for me since this is a problem I face, and am very vocal about it. I am a proud lesbian, and I am not afraid to speak up for what I believe in. Around the world, LGBTQ+ people are being forcefully sterilized, fired from jobs, harassed, disowned by their family and community, tortured, killed, and abused because of who they love or identify as. My paper focuses on the struggles that LGBTQ+ people face and why they are facing these issues. It is essential that people understand the discrimination that gender and sexual minorities have to suffer for our society to become more accepting of LGBTQ+ people.