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:

Increased Risk

The likelihood of experiencing negative outcomes or harm being higher than normal.

Culture-bound Disorder

A category of mental disorders that are recognized to be a specific or unique to a particular culture.

Anorexia Nervosa

An eating disorder characterized by an obsessive fear of gaining weight, leading to a refusal to eat and severe weight loss.

Bipolar Disorder

It's a health condition impacting the psyche, manifesting through acute swings in emotion from euphoria (mania or hypomania) to deep sorrow (depression).