Same Sex Orientation and Gender Identity in Sport
Why are the Authentic Sexual Identities of So Many Athletes Hidden?
How is sport a mirror of society?
How can sport be a mechanism to improve society?
Unit 5: Same Sex Orientation e-Learning Module
Open a Word file and type your responses to the module. When you're done, create a new page on your personal Google website. Title it,
"Unit 5: Same Sex Orientation e-Learning Module." Paste your responses onto your webpage.
"President Obama: 'I Support Same Sex Marriage'"
View this video interview with President Obama. Write down two or three direct excepts from President Obama that explain how he changed his original political position about recognizing same sex-oriented couples in the United States.
How Does This Clip about Gay Rights Make You Feel? View this video, which is a compilation of historic footage about how people with same sex orientation have been treated in the last sixty years in the United States. Write down two or three excepts as you watch that identify the tensions that permeated U.S. society regarding individuals with same sex orientation.A Gender and Sexuality Primer Watch this video, titled "A Gender and Sexuality Primer." As you watch, take down notes that distinguish different definitions of sexuality, attraction, and orientation.
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: Commentary on Sean AveryWatch this video in which sportscaster Bryant Gumbel offers an editorial in which he comments on Sean Avery. Write down two to three direct excerpts in which you capture the essential ideas that Gumbel (and Avery) present about same sex orientation."Choosing Sexual Orientation" Watch this video called, "When Did You Choose to be Straight?" Afterward, write a one-sentence statement which captures the argument within the video.The Celluloid Closet Watch this video, which is a trailer for a film called The Celluloid Closet. Afterward, write 2-3 sentences which explain the contradictions that the film presents about same sex orientation as portrayed in film.
Boys Don't Cry Watch this trailer for the film, Boys Don't Cry, in which Hilary Swank won the Academy Award for Best Actress, ironically, playing a female who identified as a male. Afterward, write three sentences that comment, in your own words, about the ways that progress still needs to continue in the U.S. regarding same sex orientation.
Hockey's Secret Scandal
"A former NHL goon used Twitter to create a hockey-abuse hotline. His inbox exploded." Washington Post.
You Can Play Project Watch one or two videos recorded by athletes as part of the You Can Play Project. Afterward, write a one sentence interpretation of this Project. What are the athletes who endorse the You Can Play Project hoping to accomplish? Please use your finest academic language to design this statement.The Federation of Gay Games celebrates the quadrennial Gay Games and safeguards its founding principles of Participation, Inclusion, and Personal Best™. The website brings to
gether athletes, coaches, sports and cultural leaders, and community supporters. Click through two of the stories on this website and read them. Afterward, write a 4-7 sentence paragraph that synthesizes the rationale behind the purpose of the Federation of Gay Games.Why NBA Center Jason Collins is Coming Out Now
Read the following article: "Why NBA Player Jason Collins Is Coming Out Now." Then write a paragraph in which you interpret the cultural climate of sport in contemporary U.S. society as it pertains to same sex orientation.
The Final Station: Homosexuality in Masculine Sport
Watch this video. Afterward, write down 3 sentences that capture your interpretation of the issues presented.
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