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CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

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Being Transgender ��

Coming Out and Seeking Support ��

Confronting Stereotypes��

Engaging with Politics��

Facing Homophobia ��

Finding Community��

Keeping Physically Healthy ��

Living with Religion and Faith ��

Staying Mentally Healthy��

Understanding Sexual Orientation

and Gender Identity ��

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Series Consultant:

Kevin Jennings

Founder, GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network and Executive Director,

Arcus Foundation

Kevin Jennings, an educator, social justice activist, teacher, and author, is the founder of

GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) and Executive Director of the

Arcus Foundation, a leading global foundation supporting efforts to create a world where

human beings live in harmony with each other and the natural world. He served as

Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education in the Obama Administration, heading the

department’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools where he led the Administration’s

anti-bullying initiative. Kevin began his career as a high school history teacher and coach

in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. During this time he served as faculty advisor to the

nation’s first Gay-Straight Alliance, leading him in 1990 to found the Gay, Lesbian and

Straight Education Network, a national education organization tackling anti-LGBT bias in

U.S. schools, which he led for 18 years. Kevin earned a BA (magna cum laude) from Harvard

College, a Master of Education from Columbia University’s Teachers College, and an MBA

from New York University’s Stern School of Business. His seventh book, One Teacher in Ten

in the 21st Century, was published in 2015. Along with his partner of 20 years, Jeff Davis, he

is the proud dad of a Bernese Mountain Dog, Jackson, and a Golden Retriever, Sloane.

CONFRONTING STEREOTYPES

Hollywoodhasoftenbeenguiltyofpresentingandevencreating stereo-

types.Countlessmovies show flamboyantly gay characterswho get laughs

with their stereotypical behavior. The popular sitcom

Will & Grace

was a

huge step forward for gay and lesbian people on television, but many felt

the show didn’t do a good enough jobof showing diversitywithin the gay

community.The gay characters ofWill and Jackwere often obsessedwith

appearances,money, and fashion.Theymade jokes about lesbians, bisexu-

als, and transgenderpeople, showinghow thegay community canoftenbe

as guilty of stereotyping as the rest of the world. Jack, in particular, was a

caricature

of gay stereotypes: an out-of-work actorwhoworshipedCher

andusedpop culture references ashedishedout catty jibes tohis friends.

“I don’t care ifhe’s richor poor, fator thin,” said Jack, describinghis

idealmate. “As long as he’s rich and thin.”

Such characters are common in popular culture.Television,movies,

and theater frequently feature prancing, limp-wristed gay men who fill

the role of the stylish sidekick.

“Thoseflaming gay characters are funny. I laugh at them!” saysTodd

Ramos, a gay

activist

. “And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with

themwhen it comes to entertainment.But theproblem is that somepeo-

ple think that’swhat all gay people are like, orwhen they think that’s

all

gay people are.”

Some stereotypes can also be very damaging in other ways. In the

1980s, due to the high number of homosexual men infected with HIV,

the virus that causesAIDS,peopleoften considered it a gaydisease.That

led to the stereotype that all gaymen haveAIDS.

“That’s probably one of theworst,”Ramos says. “I rememberwhen

I toldmymother Iwas gay, and thatwas thefirst thing she said. Shewas

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STEREOTYPES OF GAY MEN

scared Iwould getAIDS.And it didn’t come from ahateful place. Itwas

just because she didn’t know any better. She believed what she saw on

television.”

TheStereotypeTrap

Another negative effect of stereotypes is that they are difficult to escape.

This was the case for Sean Hayes, who played Jack on

Will & Grace

for

the show’s eight seasons and came out publicly in 2010. As one of the

The televisionseries

Will&Grace

was

considered tobe

groundbreaking in

manyways for the

LGBTcommunity,but

italsoperpetuated

somegaystereotypes.

SeanHayes,who

played thecharacter

Jack, ison the far left.

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