Discrimination Against Gays and Lesbians

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Discrimination Against
Against Gays and Lesbians
Kelly Rostomily Jeff Boldt Greg Hafeman Jackie
Simonett
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Eminem Lyrics

• From "Criminal"
• My words are like a dagger with a jagged
  edge That'll stab you in the head whether
  you're a fag or lez Or the homosex, hermaph or a
  trans-a-vest Pants or dress - hate fags? The
  answer's "yes"Homophobic? Nah, you're just
  heterophobic Starin at my jeans, watchin my
  genitals bulgin (Ooh!) That's my mother
  balls, you'd better let go of em They belong in
  my scrotum, you'll never get hold of em Hey,
  it's me, Versace Whoops, somebody shot me! And
  I was just checkin the mail Get it? Checkin the
  'male'? How many records you expectin to sell
  after your second LP sends you directly to jail?
  C'mon!-- Relax guy, I like gay men Right, Ken?
  Give me an amen (AAA-men!)

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Hate Crimes

• 3 of 6,574 gays and 20 of 140 lesbians died
  violently.
• 1.4 of gays and 7 of lesbians where murdered
• 0.6 of gays and 5.7 of lesbians committed
  suicide
• www.wcuweb.com

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Matthew Shepard

• On October 7th, 1998, 21 year old Matthew Shepard
  was led out of a bar by two men who said that
  they where gay. They drove Matthew to a remote
  location where they tied him to a wooden fence.
  They then tortured, beat, pistol whipped and left
  to die. About 18 hours later, his body was
  discovered by a person biking. His body was so
  badly battered that the biker, at first, mistook
  him for a scarecrow. Matthew was brought to the
  hospital where he died on October 12th, 1998 of a
  massive brain stem injury. The discrimination
  didnt stop there, however. Colorado State
  University was celebrating their homecoming
  weekend with floats and a parade. On one of the
  floats was a scarecrow with a shirt on the read,
  Im Gay.

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The Killers

• Aaron McKinnley was convicted to first-degree
  murder and life in prison.
• Russel Henderson plead guilty to murder, robbery,
  and kidnapping. He was sentenced to two
  consecutive life terms with no chance of parole.

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• The average age for a gay man to live to is only
  40 years old.
• The average age for a woman is 45.
• A married heterosexual mans life expectancy is
  75.
• A married heterosexual womans can live to the
  age of 79.

COMPARED TO
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Famous Gays and Lesbians

• Nathan Lane (1956 - ) Euro-American Actor
• Ellen Degeneres (1958 - ) Euro-American
  Comedian/actor
• Melissa Etheridge (1961 - ) Euro-American
  Singer/songwriter/musician
• k. d. lang (1961 - ) Canadian Singer/songwriter
• Socrates (470-399 B.C.) Greek Teacher and
  Philosopher
• Plato (427-347 B.C.) Greek Teacher and
  Philosopher

• 7. Elton John (1947 - ) British
  Singer/songwriter/musician
• 8. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian
  Renaissance Artist, Teacher, Scientist and
  Inventor
• 9. Michelangelo (1475-1564) Italian Renaissance
  Artist and Sculptor
• 10. Montezuma II (1480-1520) Aztec Emperor
• 11. Alexander The Great (356-323 B.C.) Macedonian
  King and Military Leader

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Discharges under the Dont ask, dont tell
policy

• US Marine Corp.60
• 
  1 out of 3,000
• Army..206
• 
  1 out of 2,400
• Air Force282
• 
  1 out of 1,400
• Navy302
• 
  1 out of 1,400
• http//members.aol.com

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294 Fortune 500 companies have Non-Discrimination
policies that include sexual orientation

• General Motors
• Ford Motor Companies
• Enron
• General Electric
• ATT
• Verizon Wireless
• Target Company
• Microsoft
• Pepsi
• The Gap

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Survey conducted by the Victorian Gay and Lesbian
Rights Lobby

• 2/3 of the gay and lesbian population experienced
  harassment and/or assaults on the streets.
• Nearly 1/2 experienced discrimination in the
  workplace.
• Research has shown that
• violence against gays or
• lesbians comes from colleagues
• rather than strangers.