- What examples of homophobia do you see in this film?
- Why does Eric feel so unable to 'come out'?
- Compare the gender expression of Scot and Eric.
- In what ways does Scot try to change his gender expression?
- What factors push Scot to feel he needs to change his gender expression?
- What are the effects of Scots attempts at changing his gender expression?
- What are the sexual orientations of the three main characters?
You will also need to know the following terms:
- gay bashing
- trans bashing
- gender binary
- gender expression
- gender identity
- heterocentrism
- heteronormativity
- homophobia
- transphobia
- lesbian
- gay
- bisexual
- transgender
- transqueer
- cisgender
- pansexual
- intersex
- asexual
- ally
- queer
- questioning
- two spirit
Finally, on Friday I am going to ask you to do a little research on one of the following people or issues:
- Bill Siksay
- Joan Baez
- Josephine Baker
- Irshad Manji
- Long John Baldry
- Drew Barrymore
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- Arsham Parsi
- Trevor Boris
- David Bowie
- Marlon Brando
- Franco Grillini
- Anita Bryant
- Truman Capote
- Same sex marriage
- Giacomo Casanova
- Virgilio Barco Isakson
- Christine Burns
- Margaret Cho
- Jason Collins
- Mark Tewsbury
- Libby Davies
- Don't Ask Don't Tell
- Harvey Milk
- Dan White
- Greg Louganis
- Sven Robinson
- Luiz Mott
- Vito Russo
- John Amaechi
- Margaret Thatcher
- Matthew Shepard
- Brendan Burke
- Stonewall (event)
- Stonewall (charity)
- Ian McKellan
- Jane Rule
- Chaz Bono
- Martina Navratilova
- David Kato Kisule
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