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GLBTQ

ransgender. GLBTQ. isexual. esbian. ay. ueer. Tim Prichard, Caroline Dixon, and Corinne Pellowe. Who are the members of GLBTQ?. Homosexual: A person characterized with a sexual desire for their own gender

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GLBTQ

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  1. ransgender GLBTQ isexual esbian ay ueer Tim Prichard, Caroline Dixon, and Corinne Pellowe

  2. Who are the members of GLBTQ? • Homosexual: A person characterized with a sexual desire for their own gender • Transsexual: Transsexual people identify as, or desire to live and be accepted as, a member of the sex opposite to that assigned at birth. • Transgender: People who were assigned a sex, usually at birth and based on their genitals, but who feel that this is a false or incomplete description of themselves or non-identification with, or non-presentation as, the sex (and assumed gender) one was assigned at birth • Pansexual/ Omnisexual: “Gender blind,” a person who is attracted to both sexes however sees no distinction between them • Bisexual: A person who is attracted to both sexes

  3. Does Bisexuality Really exist? • A study was preformed by a team of psychologists in Chicago and Torontoto test whether bisexuality is a distinct and stable sexual orientation • People who claim that they are bisexual, according to this team, are usually homosexual, but are ambivalent about their homosexuality or simply closeted • In the study, the psychologists directly measured genital arousal patterns in response to images of men and women. The psychologists found that men who identified themselves as bisexual were in fact exclusively aroused by either one sex or the other, usually by other men • The study is the largest of several small reports suggesting that the estimated 1.7 percent of men who identify as bisexual showed different results than what they claimed would occur

  4. What are some different teenage opinions on homosexuality Q: How would you react if your best friend told you he/she was gay? A: “I wouldn’t respect them. If I found out Tyrone was gay, I’d say, OK dude, it’s all right. Then I go behind his back, tell my boys, and we jump him.” –Carlos Singh, 16 “I would support them. They would still be my best friend. Unless they make a pass at me.” –Julie Persard, 16 “I would say get the f—k out my face, I don’t want to see you no more. That’s if it was a girl. If it was a boy I would say that he has problems and he’s supposed to like girls.” –Sharolott Specer, 15

  5. -Cont. Q: Do you have gay people in your school? Gay teachers? A: “We have gay teachers in my school. I think that’s bad because they’re the first to say that they have to set an example and just look at the example they’re setting for us.” –Alejandro Castro, 18

  6. Myths and Facts About Homosexuality Myth: Lesbian and guys are sex-crazed people who will jump at the chance to rape you Fact: There are many other aspects to homosexual lives then sex, as is the same for heterosexuals Myth: It’s easy to tell if someone is gay. “Gay men dress like women and sound like women. Gay women lift weights, wear flannel shirts, and cut their hair short.” Fact: Homosexuals don’t fit into any one description or type-they are as varied in appearance as heterosexuals. Some fit the stereotype but not all.

  7. Personal Stories • Wyatt Maines - His twin brother was into Spiderman, action figures, swords and pirates. Wyatt preferred pink tutus and beads. - Wyatt insisted on a Barbie birthday cake for his 4th birthday. -Due to his wish to become a complete female, the Gender Management Services at the Children’s Hospital used hormone therapies to halt his puberty. From “I Hated Myself” by David Miranda: “’I have a very big problem’, I told my guidance counselor. ‘I think I might be gay.’ He just smiled and said, ‘And?’”

  8. What is stonewall? • A dimly lit dance bar that welcomed homosexuals with countercultured lifestyles. • Many people who visited were “dope-smokers”, “acid-heads”, or “speed freaks”. Some were cross dressers known as “street queens”. • Raided because the police accused the bar of selling liquor w/out a license on June 27, 1969. Friday • Resulted in first demonstrations or “gay power”. (i.e: gay Pride Parades) • Before the occurrence at Stonewall and the events that followed, life for the gay community was secretive, isolated, scary, and lived in a very homophobic society/system.

  9. Lavender Scare • Fear and persecution of homosexuals in the 1950’s • Homosexuals were considered to have a mental illness so they were thought to be susceptible to blackmail. • Fired from all government jobs. • Lavender lads=gay (used by Senator Everett Dirksen)

  10. Current Issues • Gay marriage rights • Rights in military (Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell) • General equality and acceptance • DOMA (Video; Hillary Clinton Speech: 1:44)

  11. D.O.M.A • Defense of Marriage Act • Many people strongly believe that marriage must be between “one man and one woman” ONLY • Religion interferes with the government • People believe that the government should stay clear of family business • Very strong opinions

  12. Famous Historical Figures • Jeanne Bonnet -Born in Paris, 1849 -Moved to San Francisco as part of the French theatrical troupe -A “man-hater” -“Short cropped hair, an unwomanly voice, and a masculine face which harmonized excellently with her customy suit of boys’ clothes, including a jaunty hat which she wore with all the grace of an experienced hoodlum.” -Petty thievery -> Committed to the Industrial School (San Francisco’s first reformatory)

  13. -Cont. • Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825-1895) -1st person who is known to have spoken on “gay rights” -In the 1860’s Ulrichs developed a theory he called modern day gay’s “urnings.”

  14. Other Famous People who were gay • Socrates • Alexander the Great • Julius Caesar • Francis Bacon • Leonardo Da Vinci • Walt Whitman • Michelangelo • Janis Joplin • Plato

  15. Famous Gay Activists • Arthur Bell-an early member of the Gay Liberation Front and a founding member of the Gay Activists Alliance in New York City -Wrote his first piece for the Village Voice in 1969, an account of the Stonewall Riots • Donn Teal- One of the founders of the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) organization in late 1969 -He wrote the first history of the gay liberation movement, “The Gay Militants” • Charlene Strong- Gay rights activist from Washington state

  16. Videos • Born Gay? Let’s See the Facts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfBOGXFkC8c&feature=related&fb_source=message • Hillary Clinton Speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLSNIL1vMbE

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