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Olympic Skater Johnny Weir Takes on
Transphobic Broadcasters!
This page was updated on 02/26/10. If you know of errors please click here to let us know.
Safe Schools Coalition would like to applaud the grace, dignity and style with which Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir defends not only his own gender-bending but the right of children everywhere to freedom to be who they are. You are our hero, Johnny. Watch both these clips with your PE class, your current events class, your Gay-Straight Alliance or PTA. You won't be disappointed!
After you show the clips of Johnny Weir in your class or GSA and have a little discussion. You might want to continue addressing the issue of just what constitutes masculinity. There are 9 great, film-based lesson plans on the subject of masculinity available at Scenarios USA's web site. Go to: http://scenariosusa.org/shop/index.html and click on "Masculinity Curriculum 2009."Or follow up, in the Pacific Northwest, with a showing of the amazing film "PUT THIS ON THE {MAP}". More here: http://www.putthisonthemap.org/
