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Discrimination - LGBT

Katrina Haan April Simkins Lucy Tan. Discrimination - LGBT. What is LGBT?. Stands for L esbian G ay B i T rans. Common LGBT flag. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag_%28LGBT_movement%29>. LGBT Terms. Queer Lesbian Gay Bi(sexual). Transgender Transsexuals Transvestite

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Discrimination - LGBT

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  1. Katrina Haan April Simkins Lucy Tan Discrimination - LGBT

  2. What is LGBT? Stands for Lesbian Gay Bi Trans. Common LGBT flag. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag_%28LGBT_movement%29>

  3. LGBT Terms • Queer • Lesbian • Gay • Bi(sexual) • Transgender • Transsexuals • Transvestite • Androgyne • Cross-dresser • Pansexual • Asexual • Homophobe

  4. How Does This Group Face Discrimination? • Hate crimes committed daily. • Bullied into suicide. • Vandalized property. Example of homophobic vandalism. <http://media.photobucket.com/image/homophobic%20vandalism/ccbchunks/UCDavis1.jpg>

  5. Who Discriminates? • Older generation. • Some Christians. • Ignorant people. A homosexual protest sign. <http://freestudents.blogspot.com/2010/10/telling-kids-they-are-worthy-of-death.html>

  6. Discrimination Within the Group • Between LGBT subgroups. • Bisexuals ‘need to choose.’ • Pansexuality assumptions. Example from LGBT community. <http://queersecrets.tumblr.com/post/2662364625>

  7. Incidents • Late 2010 suicides. • Charlie Howard. • Refusal for services. Spirit Day <http://blogs.babble.com/famecrawler/2010/10/20/spirit-day-wear-purple-october-20-to-end-bullying-support-spirit-day/>

  8. Works Cited • "Androgyny." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 16 Jan 2011. Web. 17 Jan 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgyny>. • Anonymous. Personal Interview. 18 January 2010. • Bowcott, Owen. "Gay couple wins discrimination case against Christian hoteliers." theguardian. Guardian News and Media Limited, 18 Jan 2011. Web. 18 Jan 2011. <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/18/gay-couple-win-case-hoteliers>. • Carnes, Jim, and Herbert Tauss. Us and Them : A History of Intolerance in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Print.

  9. Works Cited • Huff, Taylor. Personal Interview. 18 January 2010. • Judd, Amy. "Wear Purple October 20 2010: Spirit Day Photos and Videos." NowPublic. Now Public, 20 Oct 2010. Web. 17 Jan 2011. <http://www.nowpublic.com/world/wear-purple-october-20-2010-spirit-day-photos-and-videos-2704019.html>. • McLean, Charley. Personal Interview. 18 January 2010. • "LGBT." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 17 Jan 2011. Web. 17 Jan 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT>.

  10. Works Cited • "Queer." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 13 Jan 2011. Web. 17 Jan 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer>. • "Transvestite." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 16 Jan 2011. Web. 17 Jan 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transvestite>. • Simkins, Susan. Personal Interview. 18 January 2010.

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