GC2 3. Lesson 2 - Prejudice and discrimination LGBHTQ+

• Global Citizenship
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Prejudice and discrimination on LGBTQ+

Goals

1. Understand those pre-judging LGBT people is a form of prejudice equivalent to all other types of prejudice.

2. have an increased knowledge in the types of discrimination which LGBT people experience

3. understand how discrimination affects LGBT people and the damage that it causes

What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?

What are these people like? Think of character traits. On your own, 1 minute.

On your own

Where did you get this viewpoint from?

1 minute, on your own

Exercise, as a class

Share your ideas with the rest of the class

Write down what traits you have come up with as a group.

3 minutes

1. What types of traits did you come up with?

2. Did you know that all of the pictures show famous Gay and Lesbian people?

3. Are these traits common to all Gay and Lesbian people? Eg. Do all lesbians dress in  a manly (butch) way? Do all gays dress fashionably?

4. Can you think of any more traits that people apply to LGBT people?

5. Are all these statements true? If not, why are they commonly said? Are they dangerous in any way?

Discrimination and LGBHTQ+

Exercise:

In pairs

Spend 10 minutes looking up types of discrimination experienced by LGBT people, both in the Netherlands and worldwide.

For example: 

Globally - Over 7 countries apply the death penalty if you are gay

NL - Same-sex marriage was illegal until the 1st of April 2001

What did you come up with?

Include your names in the title. 

(next slide the word web to fill in your answers)

discrimination and LGHTQ

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