Gay Rights Lson Plans & Worksheets Reviewed by Teachers

Contents:

• TEACHG AND LEARNG ABOUT GAY HISTORY AND ISSU
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
• RULTS FOR US GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT

TEACHG AND LEARNG ABOUT GAY HISTORY AND ISSU

Introduc the experience of lbians and gay men around the world as an example of how people have been opprsed for their inty and how they are overg that opprsn.

Aud transcripts wh lson plans that discs anti-LGBT language the media to teach about the effects anti-gay language and strategize skills to navigate the issu. Oral history wh d transcripts and curriculum project helpg tors tegrate lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) history, people and issu to their stctnal programs.

The activy rourc created by GLSEN, a natnal anizatn dited to ensurg that all lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and qutng (LGBTQ) stunts have accs to a safe and affirmg school environment where they n learn and grow.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

To learn more about the attempts to purge the US ary and feral ernment of gay and lbian employe durg the Cold War and s later, nsir showg the vio The Lavenr Sre: Gay and Lbian Life Post-World War II Ameri.

This film ntas archival footage and news clips to pture the life and tim of Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay person to w elected office California and was assassated a year after his electn.

This Rource Toolk ntas lson plans, vios, photos, movi, articl, and documentari to be ed at Amerin Spac to highlight LGBTQI+ Pri Month and the history of the gay rights movement. Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) Pri Month is currently celebrated each year the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprisg Manhattan. The Stonewall Uprisg was a tippg pot for the morn Gay Liberatn Movement the Uned Stat pavg the way for future activism and legislatn.

RULTS FOR US GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT

The purpose of the memorative month is to regnize the impact that lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr muni have had on history lolly, natnally, and ternatnally. Pri Collectn of LGBTQI+ articl Pri Photo Collectn“Illegal to Be You: Gay History Beyond Stonewall” Interactive Onle ExhibLGBT Pri Month (PDF 155KB).

Philalphia (2 hours 4 mut) – After a man wh HIV is fired by his law firm bee of his ndn, he hir an ially homophobic lawyer to fight his wrongful dismissal su. The film trac how what at first was labeled a “gay disease” now disproportnately impacts the Ain Amerin muny, cludg women and youth. Comg Out: A 50 Year History of Public Gay Inty (57 mut, available on Kanopy) – A pilatn of terviews wh men and women who discs the challeng they face both nontg and revealg their sexual inty.

My Aunti: Father Figur (Gras 9-12): In this Wdows & Mirrors mi-lson, stunts watch a StoryCorps vio about Stefan Lynch, who was raised by gay parents the 1980s durg the AIDS epimic. Johnson lsons (Gras 9-12): This Flobulary vio and the rrpondg Nearpod mi-lson troduce stunts to the life and activism of gay and trans rights activist Marsha P.

Stunts learn about Johnson’s childhood, her life New York Cy, and her volvement the gay rights movement of the 1960s and ’70s.

Stonewall Rts (Gras 9-12): In this vio om History, stunts learn how the Stonewall Inn Uprisg sparked the begng of the gay rights movement Ameri. The history of the word “gay” (Gras 9-12): In this vio om Orig of Everythg, stunts learn about the history of the word “gay, ” cludg the evolvg meang of the word “gay” and how entered the mastream vobulary. An Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement (Gras 9-12): In this vio om TED-Ed, stunts learn about the life of Bayard Rt, a lear the Civil Rights Movement, a gay rights activist, and one of Mart Luther Kg’s clost advisors.

Stunts will exame personal ttimoni orr to unrstand what ndns were like for homosexuals livg Nazi occupied Germany before and durg WWII.

They will also learn to regnize and analyze the ways which homosexuals Nazi occupied Germany rpond to persecutn and reprsn. Along the way, stunts will exame their own bias and exprs their opns on the topic of gay and lbian rights a newspaper edorial. Stunts who intify as LGBTQIA+ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and qutng, tersex, asexual and more) face bullyg at signifintly higher rat than their peers and the nsequenc are heartbreakg.

From the Mattache Society, the Black Cat Tavern and Compton’s Cafeteria Rt, to the Denver Gay Revolt, Harvey Milk, as well as a tailed timele of the rts, and the diverse voic there-.

” Stunts will then be given panels om the Stonewall 50 history exhib talkg about the history of Stonewall: the events leadg up to Stonewall, the events of the rts themselv, and the events and anizatns that veloped after the rts, such as the Gay Activist Alliance (GAA) and Gay Liberatn Front (GLF), as well as the first Denver LGBTQ pri event, and the Natnal March on Washgton for Gay & Lbian Rights 1979. They will participate whole group discsns and small group work to epen their knowledge on who Bayard Rt is and how his inty as a gay man affected his life as an advote. The referendum sought to ban gays and lbians, and potentially supporters of gays and lbians, om workg California’s public schools.