Chapter 4 response

Part A: I'd like you all to respond to question #2 listed under "Questions For Discussion" at the end of the chapter, found on page 103. Manifestos can be very fun to write-- be sure you respond to each element of the question: writing the manifesto as well as thinking about your audience, form, and comparing it to the activists detailed in chapter 4.

Part B: On a slightly different note, but not so much...I've attached a pdf file on our Moodle course page that I'd like you to read through-- it's the Ugandan anti-homosexuality bill from Sept. of 2009. You'll find it under the list of assignments for this coming week. Once you read through it, respond here about the following: do a wee bit of research (it doesn't have to be extensive, just a quick google search with a little bit of background reading) on Uganda and homosexuality. How and why did the bill come about? Has it passed? Or what are the debates circling around the bill? Also, how does what is happening in Uganda parallel the reading in the class we've done so far, either from Ch. 4 or in the last ch.? Since (hopefully it'll come in the mail by then) we'll be watching Paragraph 175, we may want to think about that comparsion once we watch the documentary.

Chapter 3

Before reading chapter 3, at what point did you believe the Gay Rights Movement began? How and why did you have that knowledge and/or assumption? Next, explain how chapter 3 added to your understanding and/or shattered your previous understanding.

Chapters 1 & 2 of Finding Out

Both chapters detail the history of sexuality in various societies from early Antiquity to the 19th century. What did you find most interesting about these chapters and why? What, for example, did you not know before, and why do you think you did not know it? Did the chapters change your opinion about a belief and/or concept you had before reading the chapters? Explain.

Feel free to respond to only one of the questions or all.