LGBTQ Wrap Up

We will be watching the film Breakfast with Scot.  After the film you will be asked to consider the following things:

1. What examples of homophobia do you see in this film?
2. Why does Eric feel so unable to 'come out'?
3. Compare the gender expression of Scot and Eric.
4. In what ways does Scot try to change his gender expression?
5. What factors push Scot to feel he needs to change his gender expression?
6. What are the effects of Scots attempts at changing his gender expression?
7. What are the sexual orientations of the three main characters?

You will also need to know the following terms:

1. gay bashing
2. trans bashing
3. gender binary
4. gender expression
5. gender identity
6. heterocentrism
7. heteronormativity
8. homophobia
9. transphobia
10. lesbian
11. gay
12. bisexual
13. transgender
14. transqueer
15. cisgender
16. pansexual
17. intersex
18. asexual
19. ally
20. queer
21. questioning
22. two spirit

Finally, on Friday I am going to ask you to do a little research on one of the following people or issues:

1. Bill Siksay
2. Joan Baez
3. Josephine Baker
4. Irshad Manji
5. Long John Baldry
6. Drew Barrymore
7. Cyrano de Bergerac
8. Arsham Parsi
9. Trevor Boris
10. David Bowie
11. Marlon Brando
12. Franco Grillini
13. Anita Bryant
14. Truman Capote
15. Same sex marriage
16. Giacomo Casanova
17. Virgilio Barco Isakson
18. Christine Burns
19. Margaret Cho
20. Jason Collins
21. Mark Tewsbury
22. Libby Davies
23. Don't Ask Don't Tell
24. Harvey Milk
25. Dan White
26. Greg Louganis
27. Sven Robinson
28. Luiz Mott
29. Vito Russo
30. John Amaechi
31. Margaret Thatcher
32. Matthew Shepard
33. Brendan Burke
34. Stonewall (event)
35. Stonewall (charity)
36. Ian McKellan
37. Jane Rule
38. Chaz Bono
39. Martina Navratilova
40. David Kato Kisule

Gender and Sexuality

 Human Sexuality is Complicated!

Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Sexual & Romantic Orientation/Attraction and Biological Sex/Body Presentation and Sexual Behaviour are five completely individual and separate aspects to a person’s life.   We are all made up of a mixture of the five and there are as many variations as there are people.

As a heteronormative society, we tend to think of people as either male or female, gay or straight, masculine or feminine but this kind of gender-binary thinking does not represent the actuality of human gender and sexuality.  Look at the following people.  How would you describe their gender expression?

Can you tell what body presentation/biological sex each of the following people were born with?

Nadya Sulemon - Mom

Svend Robinson - politician

Sarah Gronert - tennis player

Isis - model

Gwen Araujo - high school student

Chas Bono - celebrity

Davin Sokup - university student

In groups, create some kind of model that shows the wide spectrum of:

1. Gender Identity, 
2. Gender Expression, 
3. Sexual Orientation/Attraction and 
4. Biological Sex/Body Presentation

Why Look At LGBTQ Issues?

Why do you think the Ministry of Education included a unit on gay rights in Social Justice 12? 

Letter from Rev. Jerry Falwell 

"I refuse to stop speaking out against the sin of

homosexuality with God as my witness. I pledge that I'll 

continue to expose the sin of homosexuality to the 

people of this nation. I believe that the massive 

homosexual revolution is always a symptom of a nation 

coming under the judgement of God... Recently 250,000 

homosexuals marched in the streets of San Francisco. 

Several weeks ago 75,000 more were marching in the 

streets of Los Angeles. Homosexuals are on the march 

in this country. Please remember, that homosexuals do 

not reproduce, they recruit, and many of them are after 

my children; your children...Let me repeat. A massive 

homosexual revolution can bring the judgement of God 

upon this nation. Our children must not be recruited to a 

profane lifestyle."

Watch these clips:

• Boys Beware
• Mike Wallace & CBS News
• Margaret Thatcher
• Pastor Solomon Male
• Tamara Scott from Concerned Women for America
• Jerry Falwell on what caused 9/11
• Anita Bryant/Bill Reilly/Professor Richard Peterson/etc.

The Worst Place in the World to Be Gay: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four

Do you know these names or expressions?  Harvey Milk, Anita Bryant, Matthew Shepard, Sven Robinson, Vito Russo, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Prop 8, Pink Triangle, Stonewall.

There are some words that you need to know when you are talking about LGBT issues.  The following letters some people call the "Gay Alphabet".

L

G

B

T

T

C

P

I

A

A

Q

Q

and a separate T

Can you figure out what each of these letters stand for? What does each word mean?

Some other vocabulary you should know includes:

• gay bashing
• gender-binary
• gender identity
• gender queer
• heterocentrism
• heterosexism
• heteronormativity
• homophobia
• sexual orientation
• trans bashing
• transphobia
• two spirit

Poverty and the "Dead, Straight, White Guy" Syndrome

Think about poverty. Poverty is everywhere and has likely existed since the beginning of human history, however the poverty we see today has direct correlations to European history from the past 600 years.  This is the history of colonialism.

There are two basic human failings that were (and still are) behind colonialism:

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