Gay Rights Petition: The Master's School: Stop kicking out gay and lesbian students! Are Gay Rights Special. What Does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Say? In this activity, students collect newspaper articles about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights. These rights may be denied, demanded, or respected. After discussing the articles, students catalog the variety of rights and compare this list with the rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To describe current lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights that have been denied, demanded, or respected To compare the rights sought by sexual minorities to the rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Age Level: High school to adult Time: About 60 minutes with a week’s worth of preparation Materials: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) official or kids’ version, Amnesty International’s animated video of the UDHR Subject Areas: Social studies Part 1: Collecting articles on LGBT rights Important: This part must begin one week before the rest of the activity.
Harassment_in_the_hallways_article_v2. Activity 6. I Now Pronounce You... Same-Sex Marriage Legislation This activity is taken from At Issue: Marriage, Exploring the Debate over Marriage Rights for Same-Sex Couples published by GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. The complete curriculum is available through the GLSEN Bookstore (800/247-6553 or In December 1999 Vermont became the first U.S. state to rule that the benefits and protections of marriage be conferred on same-sex couples. The Vermont legislature is currently deciding whether this decision will be fulfilled through full civil marriage or a separate but equal system, a painfully familiar dilemma within the context of American civil rights history. The Vermont legislature is not the first governing body - regional or national -to grapple with the question of same-sex marriage.
Part 1: Setting the Stage Read the overview of this activity to students to provide background information on Baker v. Part 4: Think Globally, Act Locally. Table of Contents. History Match-Up | GLSEN: Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.