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Coming Out In A Yearbook?
It’s that time of year when yearbooks abound in schools across the country. How would your school respond to the publishing of a coming out story in the yearbook or newspaper? One Tennessee student and teacher are currently under fire for publishing a piece entitled “It’s Okay to be Gay.” Questions for discussion: What is your administrations attitude towards LGBT…
Thank you, Mr. President!
The day after 60% of voters in North Carolina supported proposition 1 in passing a constitutional ban on same sex marriage, President Barack Obama announced his support of marriage equality. Obama is the first sitting United States President to publicly endorse the right of the LGBT community to marry. Since taking office in 2008, Obama supported the repeal of “Don’t…
Get Your Yearbook…
We have entered that busy time of year when high school yearbook editors are rushing to put their final pages to bed, juniors and seniors are obsessing about prom dates, and spring is truly in the air. With all of this commotion and anticipation usually comes some controversy. Recently, the faculty advisor of a Colorado high school may have cut…
Clothing, Comics, and Controversy: One Million Moms Has a New Focus
According to an article in the Huffington Post, One Million Moms, the same group that threatened JC Penny with a boycott over hiring Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, now has its sights set on Toys R Us. The reason: Archie Comics. Toys R Us sells Archie Comics and Archie Comics has a “gay wedding” issue about to hit the shelves. …
Gender Nonconforming… Who or What are We Conforming To?
“You throw like a girl!” “You look like a boy; do you want to be a boy?” “Man-up.” In addition to the sex organs we are born with, societal constructs indicate what it means to be a boy and what it means to be a girl. As adults, we have grown up with a certain understanding of what is gender…
Bring It On!
Sexism and homophobia are an institutionalized part of the world of sports, both at the youth and professional levels. Numerous cases of hazing in recent years have overt overtones or subtle undertones of homophobic messages. Students report sexist language in practice and homophobic language being tossed around during games and in the locker rooms. GLSEN’s Changing The Game is looking to…
A YouTube Story
There isn’t any one right time or best way to come out to your family and friends. Dan Brian, a regular YouTube “poster,” opted to come out to his mom and film the moment before posting it for millions to view. According to Brian’s notes, as posted on HuffingtonPost, ”Finally got the strength to come out to my mom…I decided to…
Whatcha Watchin’?
What shows are you and members of your GSA watching on television? How do these shows represent characters who are LGB or T? Pull up clips from GLEE, Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy, DeGrassi, 90210, Survivor, Happy Endings, and others you may know of and we have left off, and discuss how the scenes with LGBT characters were handled and what…
