Gay+Rights+Artifacts

Rose- By: Katie W There are two things that the rose represents. The dead part is the hardships the gay rights action has to go through. The actual rose is the true beauty of it all. Gay rights brings out the sweetness and kindness of us all, or it can bring out hate and things we normal look away from. The dead part is an example of what happened to Matthew Shepard. He was brutal beaten for being homosexual. That is the side no one wants to see. The beautiful part of it is how it really brings out the good in all of us. When people come together for one good reason, it brings out a side in all of us no one sees anymore. Kindness. The world is becoming more and more corrupted each passing day. With all the violence, drugs, global warming, and discrimination, it’s good to know that there are people out there who are trying to make a difference. We have eighth graders want to make a difference. If you look closer in the world, you can find things that represent the good and the bad. This dead rose is one. Look closely, what does it remind you of? To me, it reminds me of the good and the tough times of homosexual rights.

Hate Crimes- Idea by: Ms. Rice Final project by: Emma T, Cassidy C Gay right movements have many goals to what they have wanted to reach, some being, obesely number one, to be treated equally, to be albe to have the same rights as straights people when married, and also to have a hate crime law passed. When this hate crime was passed, it was a unbelievably huge deal. Many homosexuals face physical abuse threw out there life time, sometimes its very brutal. Therefore, for years they have been trying to get a hate crime law passed that states, that crimes that happen to someone because of there race, religion, sexual orientation, or ethnicity will be a bigger deal, and those who take part in these crimes will get a larger punishment. So all in all, it was a really wonderful thing that this law was finally passed, many homosexuals are now able to feel more comfortable and much less scarred of the abuse they would have to face.

Picket Signs- By: Katie W, Emma T, Cassidy C Our picket sign is a collage of many other picket signs. There are also many rainbows on it because the rainbows are the symbol of homosexuals. They have people during marches that are fighting for the right to homosexuals and there are also famous characters on it who are made up to resemble homosexuals and how they really are the same as us. This artifact is very important because it resembles the people that stand up and actually do something for homosexuals and really try to get more rights so they are equal to heterosexuals. They are the ones who stand up for the people that are getting abused because of who they really are. Flags- By: Cassidy C, Emma T, Katie W One of our artifacts are the gay and bisexual flags. These are important because they symbolize homosexuals and their pride. In the flag the colors stand for: red- light, orange- healing, yellow- sun, green- calm, blue- art, purple- spirit. These all have their own meaning and they join together to make the gay pride flag. There is also the bisexual flag and the colors stand for: pink- sexual attraction to same sex, blue- sexual attraction to the opposite sex, purple- sexual attraction to both sexes. These also join together to make a flag that symbolize bisexuals. These are both very important to gays because that is their symbol, that is who they are. Some gays may not care as much about it as much as others but to some people it is very important and they want it to be taken care of. They want people to respect the flag just like they should respect them. In conclusion, the flags are very important to gays and they also should be to you.

Tee shirt- Idea by: Ms. Rice This tee shirt, is a perfect example of how far along gay rights has come. Years back no one would admit they were gay, if they were to do so people would they would be treated terribly, many times abused physically and emotionally. Not only were they scarred of the things people would do to them, but a bit ago people thought being gay was a mental issue and homosexuals did not want to be treated any differently. Its very exiting that there was a hole day to celebrate coming out. Another big part of it is also that people felt safe enough to be able to share with people (that they are homosexuals) and be comfortable to do so. This must mean they don't feel so threatened to speak out about there sexual orientation and that was a huge goal, gay right movement activists wanted to reach. The fact that this tee shirt is stating a day for homosexuals to come out and be open with who they are and there sexual orientation truly resembles the change of homosexuals lives now a-days, and also how much gay right movements have come into action.