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What Policy Will Increase Acceptance For the Sexual

What Policy Will Increase Acceptance For the Sexual Preferences of all Individuals Among George Westinghouse High School Students? Mrs. Huber, 9 th Grade. Homophobia in Westinghouse . Do Now: What names do you hear students call other students?

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What Policy Will Increase Acceptance For the Sexual

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  1. What Policy Will Increase Acceptance For the Sexual Preferences of all Individuals Among George Westinghouse High School Students? Mrs. Huber, 9th Grade

  2. Homophobia in Westinghouse Do Now: What names do you hear students call other students? What does a student need to do or say in order for his classmates to call him “gay” or “homo” or “fag”? Why is that a problem? How does it impact our learning? Students will be able to perform a public policy analysis on the issue of homophobia amongst the students in Westinghouse High school, following the six steps of PPA.

  3. Evidence “Black Masculinity Matters in Attitudes Toward Gay Males” by Anthony J. Lemelle, Jr., PhD • https://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/glbss/PDFS/BlackMenMasculinity.pdf How can teenagers show that they are homophobic? List the behavior that you have personally observed? What is wrong with such behavior?

  4. Causes • What do you think causes homophobia? Can we blame the media? Can we blame our culture? How? Fear of self reflection? • Are people born homophobic? • If it is learned can it be “unlearned”?

  5. Current Policies • Go to schools.nyc.gov and type in homosexuality Are you surprised that you see so little documents? • Read Chancellor’s Regulation A-830 • Attachment No. 1 Page 1 of 3 • Does this sound like the DOE really cares about supporting students who are homosexual?

  6. Solutions  • Develop a curriculum that addresses this topic • Gay/ straight alliance club • Train teachers and guidance counselors to help students who are accepting themselves • Help homophobic students understand where their prejudices come from through performances, poetry, and short stories • In your groups, use this link to develop a statement of our problem concerning http://www2.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/select.html

  7. Best Solution Get into your usual groups and come up with 10 ways we can instill respect for all individuals by every student in Westinghouse. Email me for any questions, comments and/or ideas on how to improve Westinghouse: ihuber2@schools.nyc.gov

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