Naba Mahmood and Swastika Rastogi of class 10 are creating their Change and Development story board on LGBTQIA+ acceptance and social movements.
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In eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe, Same sex sexual behaviour and cross dressing were widely considered to be socially unacceptable and were serious crimes.
Gays are sinners
You still have a chance with god
God hates faggots
Frida Kahlo was a gifted painter and openly bisexual. She used her medium to depict taboo topics, like female sexuality, pain, and feminine beauty standards, primarily through self-portraits. She also honored indigenous Mexican culture through her art.
Johnson was a key figure of the 1960s gay rights movement in the US and, as legend has it, threw the brick that ignited the infamous Stonewall riots, which were the catalyst for the movement and have inspired many Pride marches ever since.MARSHA P. JOHNSON
Nkom is a human rights lawyer and LGBTQ activist from Cameroon, where homosexuality is still criminalized. In a country where police officer entrap members of the LGBTQ community through text messages and beat those they perceive to be gay, Nkom bravely fights for rights on behalf of the LGBTQ community.ALICE NKOM
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“This feeling of true excitement and deep gratitude to have made it to this point in my life,” he says, “mixed with a lot of fear and anxiety.”“I felt like a boy,” Page says. “I wanted to be a boy. I would ask my mom if I could be someday.” ELLIOT PAGE