Lauren Winslow, Aiden Rood, Natalie Finkelstein, Emily Boyle, and Brielle Lampf In recent years, people are slowly becoming more accepting of the LGBTQ+ community, or at least that’s what it seems like in our everyday lives. But when we look closely is when we begin to see what is really happening. Still, there is discrimination based on gender identify and sexual orientation, and the media is no exception. Television, books and music are no exception to the discriminatory based atmosphere.