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Recently the topic of prejudice stereotypes and discrimination is abundantly present in our society Members of the various groups are literally not understood although they mention the same terms as rights protection freedom and equality Obviously these are the common values of the majority of people in our society but if we divide these people into different groups chaos and disagreement start to happen Before we start to identify a group in the UK who face prejudice and discrimination lets explain what prejudice and discrimination really are Prejudice is an attitude Prejudice is followed by emotions beliefs thoughts and behaviors that are the result of the first two components It can be positive and negative Prejudice in the context of a negative attitude on others can be defined as hostile or negative attitude towards members of a recognizable group of people based solely on their membership in that group While on the other hand discrimination is any unjustified distinction or unequal treatment to some people or groups of people as well as to members of their families or their close ones openly or covertly
Now we can talk about a specific group in the UK that faces these inequalities which is the LGBT community Like other marginalized groups LGBT people historically speaking are exposed to oppression in the form of abuse and violence discrimination in areas such as employment housing access to education and human services as well as laws that have also actively discriminated against them or failed to protect fundamental human rights For a number of years this oppression served to keep LGBT people invisible
