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OA-ENGLISH.Pdf TABLE OF www.itgetsbetter.org/OutandAround Contents www.outandaround.com (CLICK PAGE NUMBERS TO JUMP) INTRODUCTION 03 A Note from Out & Around 04 About This Guide 06 General Discussion Prompts GLOBAL LGBTQ+ RIGHTS IN 3 PROJECTS 07 RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH (Global) 08 RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH (By Region) 09 PROJECT 1: Group Presentations 12 PROJECT 2: Webquest 14 PROJECT 3: Vision Board APPENDIX 15 Conclusion and Additional Resources OUT & AROUND | EduGuide | Page 1 INTRODUCTION A Note From Out & Around arenas such as politics, health, arts, sports, entertainment, and business who used their positions to further progress. We also found We’re Jenni and Lisa, a couple from San Francisco. ‘Superallies’ joining the cause. Allies are empathetic friends who also want to live Growing up, neither of us knew of any openly out in a more fair and just world for all. LGBTQ+ people in our families or communities. Our documentary film, Out & Around, In this era before YouTube and Ellen DeGeneres, is a celebration of the worldwide momentum that has advanced the LGBTQ+ movement. it took us a long time to find healthy and thriving We’ve partnered with the It Gets Better Project in our joint mission to share stories people who we wanted to emulate. For Lisa, this of hope around the world. The voices of the global LGBTQ+ movement are getting was a professor at her university who gave her stronger, and each country’s advancement books about queer history. For Jenni, this was is interconnected. In the end, love is winning. a pastor at an afrming church who helped her We hope this film and guide open your heart to others across the globe who struggle reconcile her faith and identity. with the universal desires to be loved, understood, and accepted. Ordinary people can create extraordinary movements. So, We never expected to make a film, since we When preparing for the film, we naively allow your minds to wonder about how you had zero training in filmmaking. But knowing thought we knew about everything since can contribute to a society that celebrates how important these role models were in we came from a city known for pioneering everyone’s human rights. Then take action. our own lives, we wanted to tell the stories LGBTQ+ expression and rights. But we soon We promise, no experience is necessary. of LGBTQ+ people doing extraordinary realized that we hardly knew anything about things around the world. We were inspired other countries abroad. by the It Gets Better Project, created by Jenni & Lisa everyday people capturing their experiences To begin our research for the film, we tackled projects like the ones in this action guide… Creators of in video. So, we bought a budget camera Out & Around and watched a tutorial called, “How to Make we divided up countries, studied information a Documentary.” We then set out to visit 15 on Wikipedia pages, and educated ourselves countries in Asia, Africa, and South America about freedoms and restrictions in each over one year. country. We then sought out individuals we called ‘Supergays.’ These are the pioneering leaders bringing LGBTQ+ equality in their countries. We found Supergays from all OUT & AROUND | EduGuide | Page 2 INTRODUCTION About This Guide JENNIFER & LISA give us a window into the lived experiences of members of the LGBTQ+ community around the world. Out & Around allows us to see both their experiences as a couple, as well as hear about the experiences of LGBTQ+ advocates within a global arena. There are three opportunities to watch Jenni and Lisa discuss their experiences: We encourage you to watch Watch Jenni and Lisa’s TED Supplement your watching the documentary in its entirety. Talk (11 minutes, 51 seconds) by experience with additional 1The 80-minute version on 2clicking here, or by searching 3videos and interviews available which this guide is based is for “Jenni Chang and Lisa at www.outandaround.com. available to stream at http:// Dazols: This is what LGBT Additional links are included utandaround.vhx.tv/. To first life is like around the world” in the following section of this watch the trailer for the film, at www.ted.com. And don’t guide, as well. go to www.outandaround. miss their It Gets Better video, com or www.itgetsbetter.org/ available at www.itgetsbetter. OutandAround. org/OutandAround and at www.youtube.com/itgetsbetter. OUT & AROUND | EduGuide | Page 3 INTRODUCTION OUT & AROUND | EduGuide | Page 4 UNDERSTANDING the similarities and diferences between lived experiences from one country to the next helps us to build understanding about the ways in which LGBTQ+ issues are addressed globally. This viewer’s guide is designed to encourage research, presentation, and discussion among students and staf. Beyond a discussion guide and list of questions to discuss the documentary, you’ll also find three additional activities to engage in exploring the themes in Out & Around. Our end objective is a deep understanding of the challenges and triumphs of LGBTQ+ individuals, collectives, and policymakers globally. Below are a few ideas on integrating FLEXIBLE SETTINGS This guide should be useful in any setting in which some or all of this guide: young people are learning and growing, from classrooms to clubs to parent groups and more. ENGAGING AND TELLING OUR STORIES Jennifer and Lisa share their stories throughout BOTH LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY MEMBERS the narrative arc of the documentary, as well & ALLIES ENCOURAGED as the stories of the people that they meet along One of the powerful narratives of the documentary their journeys. We encourage you to follow their lead, is the role that allies, or lack of allies, plays in the places and explore the stories and experiences of the people that Lisa and Jennifer visit. We hope this guide invites in your local community. discussion from members and allies alike from your own community. FLEXIBLE TIMING You can select one or two parts of this guide to HOST A SCREENING & ADDITIONAL SUPPORT focus on, or work through the entire guide. There The It Gets Better Project and the filmmakers are eager are opportunities to engage with this documentary to share Out & Around in a variety of environments - in as little as 45 minutes (for example, watch the from schools and clubs to community meetings and Ted Talk and participate in the discussion questions) special events - and they’re here to help you to set or develop a 2-week unit plan. The decision is yours. that up. Visit www.tgetsbetter.org/schoolvisits for more information and resources. INTRODUCTION General Discussion Prompts The following questions can be used after watching the documentary, Ted Talk, or other materials or in conjunction with the activities included in the guide. These questions will work for silent written reflection, in turn-and-talks, or in small or whole group conversations. 1 What did you learn from 5 If you could visit any of 8 Have policies impacting Out & Around? What the places featured in LGBTQ+ people feelings and emotions the film, which would it changed or stayed the did the video/film bring be? What characteristics same in your country up for you and why? about this place and its during your lifetime? LGBTQ+ community Why might that be? draw you in? 2 Were you surprised by anything in the film? 9 Consider what the Why or why not? 6 Why do you think Jenni LGBTQ+ activists like and Lisa called their those featured in Out film Out & Around? If & Around are doing If you could talk to an 3 you could give the film to change the world. individual from Out & a diferent title, what What’s something you Around, who would you would it be and why? can do, starting today, want to meet and why? to contribute to their If you could ask that progress? person one question, 7 Think about the what would you ask? challenges facing LGBTQ+ people that 10 If you could share one were featured in the message with the global Choose any two stories 4 film. What actions LGBTQ+ community, featured in the video/ can we take to fight what would it be? film. How do the daily back against those lives of those two challenges? individuals difer? How are they similar? OUT & AROUND | EduGuide | Page 5 OUT & AROUND | EduGuide | Page 6 PROJECTS Global LGBTQ+ Rights IN 3 PROJECTS THE LIVED EXPERIENCES and Lisa in Out & Around. These projects of LGBTQ+ people around the world are can be done individually, in partners or diverse and varied, and the beliefs, social small groups, or as a whole class, and can norms, and laws of the nations in which they even serve as homework or extended live have a marked impact on their lives. learning. On the following pages, you will find three This initial page includes resources for unique projects to engage your students research, both from a global perspective in a deeper study of the experiences of and by region, for use in the projects that people living in the places visited by Jenni follow. RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH (Global) • Aluri elevates news stories • Human Rights Watch (HRW) • ILGA is a worldwide federation and issues facing LGBTQ+ is a global nonprofit focused of more than 1,200 member communities around the world on pressing for policy and organizations campaigning at www.alturi.org. practice change to improve for LGBTI (‘I’ stands for intersex) the lives of humans around the rights in 132 countries around • Human Rights Campaign world. Visit www.hrw.org and the globe. https://ilga.org/ (HRC) provides reports on the search for LGBT rights. rights of LGBTQ+ individuals • OutRight International worldwide at www.hrc.org.
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