Within the last century, women have accomplished many things from the right to vote to the right to own property to being some of the most influential and powerful people in society. In recognition of these successes, the celebration of Women’s History Month has come into existence.

In the beginning, there was an International Women’s Day that congratulated and appreciated women all over the world. During the time of socialist and labor movements [the early 1900’s], the first Women’s Day took place on February 28, 1909, in New York City. It honored the one-year anniversary of the garment worker’s strikes in New York where thousands of women marched for economic rights through lower Manhattan to Union Square.

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This is the last post for Pride 2017 only because it’s the end of June and I have a lot of other things I’d like to discuss going into the month of July. *Sidenote: I went to my first pride parade in NYC this year and it was absolutely amazing. Follow me on Instagram @brittanyjrosa to see the videos and pictures from Pride!!* Now that that’s established let’s jump right in.

In 1980, one of the most iconic nonprofit organizations today was established, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). This organization stands up for all LGBT people by providing a strengthening system of support, employment, and advocacy to the revolution of gender identity and sexual orientation. Due to how big the HRC’s presence is nationwide, and even internationally, it can’t do everything for everyone so there aren’t very specific things that they do.

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When I was in college, I took a course called “Feminist Philosophy” and I found myself looking through some old essays and projects and I came across a hypothetical scenario describing what society would be like if gender neutral was adapted as a social norm. I absolutely loved that this situation was proposed as food for thought; it expanded my mind and developed a conversation surrounded by historical social, economical and political events leading to society’s current happenings related to race and gender.

This concept of a gender neutral society kept me excited with anticipation of all the potentially positive outcomes that being or supporting gender neutral attitudes and clothing was actually becoming more accepted and could one day be possible.

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When I was in second grade, there was a girl named Chelsea, who I had the biggest crush on. So, one day, in between classes, I pulled Chelsea aside to the end of the hallway near a stairway and told her I liked her. She was surprised and blushed, admitting that she liked me too. I was completely ecstatic and kissed her. This was my first kiss.

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A major problem within the LGBTQIA community is that families and friends aren’t always as supportive and accepting as we would think they would be. This leads to interpersonal conflict through political debates, personal opinions, and can cause psychological trauma to the LGBTQIA individual involved because they feel unloved and shunned by the people closest to them. The issue that follows is homelessness.

The homeless LGBT rates have shot up making it difficult to find shelters that accept and respect them. These LGBT individuals experiencing homelessness are often at a heightened risk of violence, abuse, and exploitation compared with their heterosexual acquaintances. According to the National Homeless website, 40% of the homeless youth served by agencies identify as LGBT individuals and out of that 40% only a short percentage of them are eligible for the services as listed below:

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