Overcoming+Ignorance

Essential Question:
What is it like to be gay in America?

Challenge:
To raise awareness among Pascack Valley High School students and teachers about the treatment of gays in America.

**Guiding Questions:**
Do you think that gay people are treated differently than straight people? What are your thoughts on gay marriage? Why do you think gays are rejected from some churches? Why do you think that it is hard for some to come out about their sexual orientation?

Guiding Activities:
Questionnaire Research about gay communities/ famous gay people Interviews

Solution:
By asking people how they feel about how the gays are treated, we feel that they are thinking more about how they are treating gays themselves. Talk to your priest or parents about acceptance. If your father or mother is homophobic, try to explain how there's nothing wrong with it. For the people who do have a problem with homosexuals, we hope that we at least opened your mind.