1. Choose one LGBTQ person of color in the media (NOTE: this person might identify as LGBTQ in their personal lives or they may depict an LGBTQ person as a made-up character on a TV show or movie). Describe your reaction to their character/persona, and reasons why you believe this depiction is helpful or harmful to the LGBTQ community (or both). {300 words}
2. LGBT rights differ depending on the country and even the state in which you live in. Choose two countries OR choose two states. List and then describe two areas in which LGBT rights differ in those two countries or those two states. Make sure to explain why these differences are important. {300 words}
- Transgender Women in Latin America (Links to an external site.)
- Violence and the Transgender Community (Links to an external site.)
- Global LGBT State-Sponsored Violence (Links to an external site.)
- LGBT Domestic Violence (Links to an external site.)
- Private Moment Made Public (Links to an external site.)
- Murders of Transgender People on the Rise: (Links to an external site.)
Discrimination
- Transgender Discrimination
- Global Discrimination Against the LGBT Community (Links to an external site.)
- LGBTQ Youth Mental Health
Hate Crimes
- LGBT International Hate Crimes
- Hate Crimes and Violence