Discrimination - LGBT

Katrina Haan

April Simkins

Lucy Tan

What is LGBT? Stands for Lesbian

Gay Bi Trans.

Common LGBT flag.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag_%28LGBT_movement%29>

LGBT Terms• Queer

• Lesbian

• Gay

• Bi(sexual)

• Transgender

• Transsexuals

• Transvestite

• Androgyne• Cross-dresser

• Pansexual

• Asexual

• Homophobe

How Does This Group Face Discrimination?

• Hate crimes committed daily.

• Bullied into suicide.

• Vandalized property.

<http://media.photobucket.com/image/homophobic%20vandalism/ccbchunks/UCDavis1.jpg>

Example of homophobic vandalism.

Who Discriminates?

• Older generation.

• Some Christians.

• Ignorant people.

<http://freestudents.blogspot.com/2010/10/telling-kids-they-are-worthy-of-death.html>

A homosexual protest sign.

Discrimination Within the Group

• Between LGBT subgroups.

• Bisexuals ‘need to choose.’

• Pansexuality assumptions.

<http://queersecrets.tumblr.com/post/2662364625>

Example from LGBT community.

Incidents

• Late 2010 suicides.

• Charlie Howard.

• Refusal for services.

<http://blogs.babble.com/famecrawler/2010/10/20/spirit-day-wear-purple-october-20-to-end-bullying-support-spirit-day/>

Spirit Day

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.

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>.

• "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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