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I wouldn't mind if they taught it at school, since people need to know that anyone can accomplish something, but I don't want it to get out of hand and start getting trivial. We can hardly fit just studying the history of the US in one year. They can teach it as long as it's important and necessary.
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I think that would be awesome!
Forget just a unit, I'd take a whole course on it.
Especially because I live in a city with a fairly rich LGBT history.
It's not as prevalent as it once was, but we had/have gay and lesbian "villages" downtown. With the recent Pride Parade, one of the major newspapers in the area did a whole week on LGBT history in the city. I learned a lot!! Wish I'd kept all the articles.
I'd love to learn the LGBT history of cities like San Francisco and London =D
I still want to go to the Pride Parade... someday, damnit!
However, I agree with others that a big deal shouldn't be made about it. There's no sense in talking about Historical Figure X and saying "oh btw, he was gay" if there's no relevance. There's a difference between that and, say, Rosa Parks.
Forget just a unit, I'd take a whole course on it.
Especially because I live in a city with a fairly rich LGBT history.
It's not as prevalent as it once was, but we had/have gay and lesbian "villages" downtown. With the recent Pride Parade, one of the major newspapers in the area did a whole week on LGBT history in the city. I learned a lot!! Wish I'd kept all the articles.
I'd love to learn the LGBT history of cities like San Francisco and London =D
I still want to go to the Pride Parade... someday, damnit!
However, I agree with others that a big deal shouldn't be made about it. There's no sense in talking about Historical Figure X and saying "oh btw, he was gay" if there's no relevance. There's a difference between that and, say, Rosa Parks.
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Gay history should absolutely be taught.
I mean, you'll stumble upon gay people as you grow up. If you don't know what that is, that's how discrimination kicks in!
Seriously, I think it would be fantastic. They should teach kids this kinda stuff. I mean it.
There should be more privileged for gays/lesbians. They are people too, goddammit!
I mean, you'll stumble upon gay people as you grow up. If you don't know what that is, that's how discrimination kicks in!
Seriously, I think it would be fantastic. They should teach kids this kinda stuff. I mean it.
There should be more privileged for gays/lesbians. They are people too, goddammit!
Hell yeah.
If the Civil Rights and feminist movements are taught, then yes, the Gay Right Movement should also be taught.
It's a fact of life, and people need to get over their fear. Hopefully, this would help that.
If the Civil Rights and feminist movements are taught, then yes, the Gay Right Movement should also be taught.
It's a fact of life, and people need to get over their fear. Hopefully, this would help that.
As far as it being mentioned in a history book, I see no problem with that
I think that we if we teach children these things we're broadening their minds at a young age and hopefully when they grow up they'll be open minded they'll learn to accept everyone for who they are. So I say that Gay History should be taught
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Nightmare Boy wrote:Why not just teach historical accomplishments because they are historical accomplishments, and if being a homosexual or whatever else actually had some impact on someone's accomplishments, then mention it? I don't like the idea of pointing out that so-and-so was "gay" just because (s)he was. That makes it seem like a big deal, which it shouldn't be--and if it's not related to the person's accomplishments/actual history, then it is irrelevant and pointless to teach. Besides, what about all the other groups and labels that exist? Are we seriously going to teach "______ history" for every damn thing out there? I doubt it, so why start? There's a big difference between not teaching about people who happened to be homosexuals or not mentioning sexuality when it actually was/is relevant to a particularly notable moment of history; and pointing out the fact that they were homosexuals when teaching about them, even so it is/was unrelated to why they are being learned about in the first place.
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I wholeheartedly agree with Nightmare.
I wholeheartedly agree with Nightmare.
They most definitely should, but I don't think having a specific unit or class dedicated to the history and accomplishments of gays/lesbians is right at all. We're just people, it's not a big deal until it's made a big deal.
If it's helped to shape the world in any way, it should be taught.
If it's helped to shape the world in any way, it should be taught.
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I think it's great to create awareness but I also believe that it should be a choice. You can't force people to accept certain things. I'm hoping there are plenty of people out there who are open enough to at least try learning about gay history
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I think they should because so many people are coming out and younger people will have a lot more gays in there time than we will.
i think that it is important to acknowledge gays in history as well as everyone in history....they've made struggles too....
I don't see the point in having gay history taught in schools. If they talk about it in regular history classes I dont see the harm, but only for the relevant parts... Then you'll have to add transgendered history etc, etc... :/
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