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I'm writing an essay on LGBT youth curriculum in public schools, does anyone remember being taught literature with LGBT characters/themes in English courses or LGBT history/prominent figures in History courses? Because I sure as hell don't.

Just wondering.

Nope. Closest thing would be assignments where people got to choose their topics. For example, in an English class, we got to write about a stereotype that we wanted to dismantle, and a person could choose "gay" (I did this, and it was in researching for this essay that I learned about twink/jock/bear/pig for the first time). I think also people could have written about sexuality for a personal essay they'd use for college (pretty sure we had to write a college essay as one of our assignments).

But it was definitely never part of the set curriculum. For example, I know that we read The Importance of Being Earnest, but I don't recall learning anything about Oscar Wilde's life. Then again, I don't think we ever really discussed anything other than the reading.

For context, I went to high school between 2006 and 2010 in a middle class suburban neighborhood with a mixed conservative-liberal atmosphere (I personally felt that the conservative voices were much louder, but I know it wasn't fully that way).

Omg, I just had a flashback to middle school when I wanted Bush to win. I don't even know.

 

[Golnei]

I don't get mistaken for a specific nationality or ethnicity that often, most of the time I just get 'were you born here?' or 'where are you really from?'

I have a question that I've come across in a few psychology studies that I've participated in at my university:

Rating on a scale of Strongly Disagree, Somewhat Disagree, Neutral, Somewhat Agree, and Strongly Agree: People of different racial backgrounds can look alike.

There's no right answer, of course. I imagine a few of us in here have different answers.

Of course - phenotypical features exhibited by groups broadly categorised as an ethnicity are varied enough that overlap is almost to be expected.

 

[Veeboy]

I've been mistaken for Hispanic a few times which I don't get at all. I also recently found out my mom considered me white which is weird. I mean I'm biracial and she is white so I guess its not that odd, but still my skin color is definitely darker than standard Caucasian.

 

[Prompto]

I'm writing an essay on LGBT youth curriculum in public schools, does anyone remember being taught literature with LGBT characters/themes in English courses or LGBT history/prominent figures in History courses? Because I sure as hell don't.

Just wondering.

I think the only things from the top of my head were learning about Stonewall very briefly, that some of the Beat Generation authors were openly gay or bisexual, and that LGBT people were also being being persecuted in Nazi Germany.

Also probably doesn't count but we watched The Wedding Banquet for my Mandarin class freshman year of High School, which is all about a man trying to hide that he's gay from his parents by faking a marriage.

 

[Kevyt]

For example, in an English class, we got to write about a stereotype that we wanted to dismantle, and a person could choose "gay" (I did this, and it was in researching for this essay that I learned about twink/jock/bear/pig for the first time).

Pig?? lol.

Really?

Omg, I just had a flashback to middle school when I wanted Bush to win. I don't even know.

Why?

 

[scarlet]

Pig?? lol.

Really?



Why?

You never heard that?

Usually for a fat gay boy

 

[Kevyt]

You never heard that?

Usually for a fat gay boy

Really?

Wow.

 

[umop_3pisdn]

I'm writing an essay on LGBT youth curriculum in public schools, does anyone remember being taught literature with LGBT characters/themes in English courses or LGBT history/prominent figures in History courses? Because I sure as hell don't.

Just wondering.

I think we read that Apollo and Hyacinth myth in an English class once? lol. There were a few versions and I guess, the Zephyrus one had a weird love triangle thing. Maybe that was the start of the bury your gays trope.

 

[Squall5042]

I check in here from time to time just to see what hairy beefy men Escape Goat posts.

Also, hi.

 

[umop_3pisdn]

Was it explicitly mentioned by teachers what was going on, in relation to LGBT representation? Or was it kind of just ignored?

We did discuss it, but I guess it was mostly about the context. Considering that Greek myth is also rife with incest and stuff it didn't really make much of a statement, or maybe if anything it made the wrong kind I kind of thought it was neat though.

 

[Blood Diamonds]

I don't know where you live but I've never seen this happen, like ever.

sure

 

[daripad]

honestly yeah

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trust me there's hot white guys but other times people drool and offer their virginity to any average looking dude that's white because he's white

I've seen this a lot.

 

[Aeriscloud]

You never heard that?

Usually for a fat gay boy

I remember about 15 or so years ago I saw the term more, but It's almost always Chub now, right?

I did see it again recently though in a Japanese Samson video title.

 

[ZombiePlatypus]

Race and masculinity have become a rather hot button issue in the LGBT community thanks to apps like Grindr. It's a damn important discussion to have, but in the interest of diffusing and releasing any tension before they climax here inappropriately, I just wanna remind everyone that

Spoiler

the Bieber peen is now all over the internets.

 

[User 73706]

I've seen this a lot.

yup.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1109654

 

[You Know Nothing]

Race and masculinity have become a rather hot button issue in the LGBT community thanks to apps like Grindr. It's a damn important discussion to have, but in the interest of diffusing and releasing any tension before they climax here inappropriately, I just wanna remind everyone that

Spoiler

the Bieber peen is now all over the internets.

...

I am quite frankly disgusted. Curiosity makes me wanna look but let me not punish myself.

 

[Meicyn]

Check it:

https://www.distractify.com/mustafa...years-1393179358.html?utm_content=inf_17_53_2

 

[Delio]

...

I am quite frankly disgusted. Curiosity makes me wanna look but let me not punish myself.

Well I looked. Meh. lol

 

[Dany]

Check it:

https://www.distractify.com/mustafa...years-1393179358.html?utm_content=inf_17_53_2

Dang He looks great

 

[Meicyn]

Dang He looks great

Yeah he does!

 

[Kevyt]

Check it:

https://www.distractify.com/mustafa...years-1393179358.html?utm_content=inf_17_53_2

He's sooo cute!!!

D'awww. Especially this one:

His lips are so kissable. Hnng.

 

[Deleted member 465307]

Check it:

https://www.distractify.com/mustafa...years-1393179358.html?utm_content=inf_17_53_2

Whoa, I didn't know testosterone could change facial features (like nose and cheeks). Then again, this could also be the result of aging from 18 to 21—lots of people look much more mature when they leave college compared to when they entered.

Either way, he looks great.

 

[Symphonia]

So fckef right now.

 

[Deleted member 465307]

So fckef right now.

Is this an "I'm drunk" post or "I'm in trouble" post?

P.S.: Your avatar <3

 

[Prompto]

Interesting. When and where did you go to school?

Went to high school in CT. From 2007 - 2011.

 

[Thequietone]

I met this really cute guy today in my class today. We got put into this group discussion. I think I have a crush on him. Unfortunately, I'm extremely shy and he seems to be too. Which makes him even cuter.

 

[Symphonia]

Is this a "I'm drunk" post or "I'm in trouble" post?

P.S.: Your avatar <3

Its both I tihnk.

 

[Sai-kun]

I haven't been proper drunk in so long why must I maintain sobriety

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i miss getting high too but I gotta stay off the stuff while I job hunt

 

[hateradio]

Oh this boyfriendtwin tumblr?

Those aren't twins? &#128561;

 

[B-Dex]

Those aren't twins? &#128561;

The one on the right is way hotter.

 

[umop_3pisdn]

The one on the right is way hotter.

that happens with identical twins too, tbh.

I'm betting that they're real twins that were separated at birth.

 

[Monocle]

I met this really cute guy today in my class today. We got put into this group discussion. I think I have a crush on him. Unfortunately, I'm extremely shy and he seems to be too. Which makes him even cuter.

Invite him over for Netflix. Chilling optional.

 

[Thequietone]

Invite him over for Netflix. Chilling optional.

Haha, very funny.

 

[Barrylocke]

You never heard that?

Usually for a fat gay boy

That's definitely not the definition I've heard for a "pig".

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I've always heard of it as a term used for guys that like raunchier forms of sex

 

[Vazra]

Laughing a bit at some friend who constantly talks about acceptance and justice but is constantly getting into fights with people. Everyone knows he is a living contradiction and instead of telling him to his face what they think they simply stay talking behind his back and talk to me about it. Tbh he should drop the act of and accept that he is simply another guy that likes getting into fights simply cause he doesn't get everyone to agree with him. I have called him out a few times and instead of taking it as feedback he feels attacked and goes even worse on it. Sometimes you gotta let people realize shit themselves and let them make bigger mistakes. ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

As for now all I do is read his contradictions daily like.

That's definitely not the definition I've heard for a "pig".

Spoiler

I've always heard of it as a term used for guys that like raunchier forms of sex

The one time I heard it was a dick pig and I believe it was used as someone who is into dirty sex.

 

[Astral Dog]

Check it:

https://www.distractify.com/mustafa...years-1393179358.html?utm_content=inf_17_53_2

my god. thats amazing,
I think he already looked great at this point

But weird how that testosterone treatment worked i thought those things could be dangerous in some way?
Or have some kind of side effect?

 

[Dany]

If prescribed by his doctor, his testosterone levels would be checked regularly and maintained via medications. So it's not bad to be given steroids for this reason obviously

 

[Vazra]

Christ I want some.

 

[umop_3pisdn]

I have a crush on Nils Frahm because he makes music like this. Also he has a cute German accent and stuff.

 

[You Know Nothing]

I have a crush on Nils Frahm because he makes music like this. Also he has a cute German accent and stuff.

Wait, this is gorgeous. &#128557;

 

[umop_3pisdn]

Wait, this is gorgeous. &#128557;

He's amazing &#9829;

 

[Symphonia]

Did I dream I was banned or did it happen?

 

[VegiHam]

I'm writing an essay on LGBT youth curriculum in public schools, does anyone remember being taught literature with LGBT characters/themes in English courses or LGBT history/prominent figures in History courses? Because I sure as hell don't.

Just wondering.

Does non-american stuff count? When I was doing my A Levels here in England our Literature course was called 'Love Through The Ages', and some of the more modern stuff in that was explicitly LGBT. Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit for example, about a lesbian growing up in Yorkshire. We also studied some authors who were LGBT, Like Duffy and Auden and examined that as a theme in their work. Similarly, we looked at the queer interpretations of Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge, and some implied lesbianism in Forster's Howard's End.

I believe the topic came up in my Religious Ethics course too, and may have been briefly discussed in my French class.

 

[Kevyt]

Sooo... on the subject of Bieb's D. I don't see anything special?

It looks normal.

 

[Vazra]

Sooo... on the subject of Bieb's D. I don't see anything special?

It looks normal.

I guess cause its a celebrity thats why people go ape over it?

 

[Bladenic]

The way Nicole Arbour is still making people panini pressed even tho she's just a basic ass Jenna Marbles wannabe. That's power. White privilege. Etc.

 

[Dead Prince]

Sooo... on the subject of Bieb's D. I don't see anything special?

It looks normal.

you know my opinion on this

 

[TheAbsolution]

Check it:

https://www.distractify.com/mustafa...years-1393179358.html?utm_content=inf_17_53_2

Oh my goodness ,what a big difference.

 

[Kater]

Oh this boyfriendtwin tumblr?

Well, there's probably hundreds of them but it was something along those lines. People that look very similar that date each other. Making out with someone who looks so much like me would just be ... well, the strangest thing ever, at least in my imagination. (maybe it's because I can't fully accept myself? haha)

I like it when there's differences, most of all in the looks. Different height and so on.

 

[mantidor]

I'm trying to decide whether to go to the small bear party or the huge electronic music but more regular gay party this saturday.