Summarize Why Gay and Lesbian Pride and the Sense of Community

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Essay

Summarize why gay and lesbian pride and the sense of community are important concepts.

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Definitions:

Social Loafing

The phenomenon where individuals exert less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group rather than alone.

Individual Accountability

The obligation of an individual to account for his/her activities, accept responsibility for them, and to disclose the results in a transparent manner.

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people when the desire for harmony or conformity results in irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcomes.

Creative Solution

An innovative or imaginative answer to a problem that is not obvious and requires thinking outside the conventional framework.