"What Would You Do?" Gay Bashg (TV Episo 2010) st and crew creds, cludg actors, actrs, directors, wrers and more.
Contents:
- SELF-DEFENSE EXPERTS SUGGT THE 5 STRATEGI FOR AVOIDG OR SURVIVG A GAY BASHG
- GAY BASHG AT A SPORTS BAR: WHAT DO YOU DO?
- GAY BULLYG, GAY BULLI AND DEALG WH GAY BASHG
- TEEN BULLIED FOR BEG GAY: WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
- GAY BASHG
- A HISTORY OF GAY BASHG
SELF-DEFENSE EXPERTS SUGGT THE 5 STRATEGI FOR AVOIDG OR SURVIVG A GAY BASHG
Gay bullyg, gay bashg happens to the majory of gay youth and n e great harm, cludg suici, but people are workg to stop gay bullyg. * what would you do gay bashing *
The prospect of beg gay bashed is que sry, but Carolyne Haycraft, the executive director of EMERJ-SafeNow, an anizatn that teach cultural-specific strategi for preventg vlence, says there’s no need to nstantly fear beg attacked and has suggtns for effective gay bashg fense that uld help you learn how to survive a gay bashg. Together wh Aman Weaver, a lbian woman who works as an EMERJ-SafeNow facilator and curriculum veloper, the two have tght gay bashg fense class to LGBTQ people. So we asked them for advice on how to survive a gay bashg (or avoid one altogether).
Here are the gay bashg fense methods they suggted.
Also, if your statn is a nservative area (filled wh possible queer-phob), a place of drkg or an area known for gay bashgs, prepare to be extra vigilant, keepg your ey and ears open.
GAY BASHG AT A SPORTS BAR: WHAT DO YOU DO?
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Pre-planng is always a smart, preventative form of gay bashg fense.
Even if you’re 18 or younger, Haycraft remds , you n duck to a rtrant or bar as a gay bashg fense. While fear and tun n be helpful a dangero suatns, Haycraft says, stayg clear-head n also help when figurg out how to survive a gay bashg. She says that we live a cultural climate where more people feel ’s OK to make racist, sexist and homophobic statements.
Weaver strs g posive affirmatns to help keep yourself lm, nfint and empowered durg a gay bashg fense. When teachg people how to survive a gay bashg, she remends distance as a good start for a gay bashg fense. I’m not gay!
GAY BULLYG, GAY BULLI AND DEALG WH GAY BASHG
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The first rort a gay bashg fense should always be leavg the suatn. The life-savg techniqu are sential when figurg out how to survive a gay bashg.
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TEEN BULLIED FOR BEG GAY: WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Gay Bashg: Wh Jake Shatsky, Jeremy Sls, Michael Buono, Patrick Holn O'Neill. A homosexual boy gets bullied by a group of teenagers." data-id="ma * what would you do gay bashing *
Do you have any addnal tips on how to survive a gay bashg? March 24, 2009— -- The gay marriage iative and Sean Penn's Osr-wng performance "Milk" have stirred up emotns on both sis of the gay rights bate … but 's one thg to al wh an issue at a distance and que another when you're forced to choose sis, or do nothg.
We hired actor Vce Augt to play a homophobic patron.
Amand and Domic Benevento, a gay uple real life, played the targets of his slurs. Two addnal actors, Traci Hovel and Brad Lee Wd, played a heterosexual uple at the oppose end of the sexual orientatn hate crim nsistently on the rise the past , we wonred whether or not bar patrons would e to the fense of a gay uple beg verbally tt Amerins' creasg open-mdns, we staged a verbal gay-bashg scenar at a lol sports bar Ln, N. Two addnal actors, Traci Hovel and Brad Lee Wd, played a heterosexual uple at the oppose end of the our dns, we met many homosexual upl who had experienced prejudice and anti-gay rhetoric.
GAY BASHG
A history of gay bashg Newsweek's cric Ram Setooh thks that Sean Hay, bee he's gay, n't cut playg a straight man "Promis, Promis" on Broadway. * what would you do gay bashing *
They were all too faiar wh the kds of language our actor Augt an age when many still don't regnize rogatory language toward homosexual upl as a hate crime, we wonred if anyone would even regnize the attacks, let alone nont the Friday at lunchtime, a group of six men entered the bar for a quick break before headg back to work. Amand and Benevento entered, takg seats nearby, Augt's meanor changed markedly and he lnched to a steady stream of anti-gay Gay Couple Should Leave, or Else"Is this mon for the area?
A HISTORY OF GAY BASHG
NOTE: This is an updated versn of yterday's post, wh the full segment, AFTER THE night, ABC 20/20's ocsnal news special What Would You Do?, which plac actors real-life suatns a kd of 'Candid Camera' scenar to gge how people will react, tackled homophobia at a sports bar. The show hired an actor to play a homophobic patron, and hired a real-life uple, Dty St. Amand and Domic Benevento, to play his target. The bar is Ln, New show has vered gay subject matter before. You may remember the episo which a woman Alabama lled 911 after seeg two men kissg on a bench a public , shame on John Quon for g the term "gay liftyle" — ABC News should know out, AFTER THE JUMP... * what would you do gay bashing *
I'm gettg tired of hearg you, jt shut up, " Ball told then rorted to an ultimatum: Eher the gay uple leav or he leav. "Carrie Keatg, profsor of psychology at Colgate Universy, explaed that terveng on behalf of a gay man is often harr for heterosexual men than seems. "'They're Not Dog Anythg Wrong'As our experiment ntued, we found other headstrong patrons who weren't aaid to nont Augt, or our gay uple, the eveng, we add one addnal twist by tellg bar owner Robert DeStefanis to ask the uple to tone down their affectns bee they were makg other ctomers Steele, a lol real tate agent, was out celebratg her birthday wh a large group of iends.
"Steele was unmovable, even posng herself between the uple and their the urse of our two-day ethil dilemma, we saw a diverse suburban muny stand up for a gay uple who was beg verbally crime laws exist both ferally and at the state level to protect victims of crim based on genr, relign and race. Gay bullyg and gay bashg are actns that hurt all. A rash of gay suicis 2011 prov how adly gay bullyg n be.