Why do you think the Ministry of Education included a unit on gay rights in Social Justice 12?
Do you know these names or expressions? Harvey Milk, Anita Bryant, Matthew Shepard, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Prop 8, Pink Triangle, Stonewall.
There are some words that you need to know when you are talking about LGBT issues. The following letters some people call the "Gay Alphabet".
L
G
B
T
T
T
P
I
A
A
Q
Q
Can you figure out what each of these letters stand for? What does each word mean?
Some other vocabulary you should know includes:
- gay bashing
- gender-binary
- gender identity
- gender queer
- heterocentrism
- heterosexism
- heteronormativity
- homophobia
- sexual orientation
- trans bashing
- transphobia
- two spirit
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