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• 1 2021-11-03T20:33:44+00:00 Gender & Sexuality 48 chapter 5 image_header 2021-11-29T16:52:32+00:00 Nonprofits within the United States and even internationally are continuing the fight to combat social injustices surrounding gender and sexuality through educating and encouraging individuals to join the fight for social change. Through the lessons of the discrimination that millions of us all face daily due to our gender, race, ethnicity and sexuality, we can have a great impact on the future of this country and the relationship among its constituents.
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  Abortion- One of the most talked about and debated topic present in the United States is abortion. Decades later following the Roe v. Wade decision of the Supreme Court that gave the right to abortion, opponents and supporters of abortion rights are still battling over the issue. Many states have issued or introduced new restrictions on abortion in 2021, trying to get the Supreme Court to overturn its previous decision. Abortion rights continue to causes disagreements in the nonprofit sector among the pro-choice and pro-life sides as each sector is trying to persuade or influence governmental decisions through lobbying 
  
  A nonprofit that I trying to combat disputes surrounding abortion is NARAL
  NARAL Pro-Choice AmericaNARAL Pro-Choice America- NARAL is a nonprofit pro-choice organization with 2.5 million members that fights for reproductive freedom over the body. This is done by providing access to abortion care, birth control, paid parental leave and protection from discriminations involving pregnancy. 
  
  The Susan B. Anthony List is a nonprofit involved in pro-life
  SBA ListSBA List -The SBA List was founded in 1992 and it is involved in the pro-live movement and named after suffragist, Susan B. Anthony who was fiercely against abortion. The organization has spread all over the country and has over 900,000 U.S. citizens protesting to save lives and to end abortion by electing national leaders and advocating laws that support pro-life. 
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  LGBTQ+- For centuries the LGBTQ community has been and continues to face discrimination in their personal lives, in the work place, in public areas and much more. Another detrimental effect that has to do with the discrimination they face is access to healthcare and this level of prejudice feeds into harmful consequences concerning mental, financial and physical well-being.  With recent events and the COVID-19 pandemic, anxiety among the community continues to rise as queer Americans are already exposed to higher levels of stress and poor mental health as an outcome of insufficient support and treatment from society. 

  A nonprofit fighting for the rights among the LGBTQ community is Stonewall
  Stonewall FoundationStonewall Foundation- The Stonewall foundation is a public foundation whose main goal is to strengthen the LGBTQ movement through investments in organizations, projects and leaders. The foundation believes philanthropy is powerful and utilizing this power to the commitment of liftin gup communities including people of color and transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary individuals. By focusing on working with other organizations, Stonewall can bring equality among the LGBTQ communities at work, home and other places
  
  A nonprofit involving anti-LGBTQ is the American Family Association 
  
  
  American Family Association- The American Association main goal is to promote traditional moral values through combating homosexuality. They attempt to accomplish their main goal through protesting companies that are pro-gay rights. Their mission is emphasized when stated,
  “Homosexuality is a poor and dangerous choice, and has been proven to lead to a litany of health hazards to not only the individuals but also society as a whole.”
  — AFA Action Alert, July 20, 2012.
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  Education & Employment- Race, class and gender play a role in the problems revolving around education and opportunity due to the vast amount of discrimination which has been severely overlooked. We need to reverse the stigmas concerning race and other socioeconomic factors surrounding education and employment opportunities because if we don't we are saying that this behavior is okay, which it is not
  
  The Education Trust The Education Trust- The Education Trust is a nonprofit aiming to rid the gaps of opportunity that effects students of color and those who are in low-income families. The main goal of the Education Trust is to increase education equity among diverse communities and aiding in providing access to education from preschool to college which also increasing access to said education 
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  Gender-based violence- Gender-based violence included acts of harm whether physical or mental on an individual due to their gender. Society and the behaviors and ways of thinking that we learn in our lives feed into this act of violence through gender inequality, abuse of power, etc. Many believe that it is okay to act this way towards a particular gender because it has become some sort of norm, but it is has been going on for way too long and we have to stop it because millions are being subjected to abuse daily 
  

  CoalitionCoalition- Coalition aims to end the deeply rooted oppression of poverty and lack of accessibility that is gender-based violence through creating equitable relationships. Not only does this nonprofit want to change the abusive power that institutions seem to support among individuals but also the interpersonal mindset and institutionalized oppression.