AADdiscussionguideline

INTRODUCTIONS
Moderatorsintroducethemselvesusinganydescriptors(age,race,gender,
sexuality,favoriteicecreamflavor,anythingthatseemsrelevant)Bestofboth
moderatorsdonotusethesamedescriptors(onemaymentionshoesize,butnot
theother,whilethesecondmaymentionfavoritenovel)
Goaroundtheroomandaskpeopletodescribethemselveshowevertheyseefit.
Askaboutwhythepeopledescribedthemselvesastheydid,bringinthoughtson
genderandsexuality
Talkaboutideasregardingheteronormativity(e.g.ifwedidntintroduceour
sexualitiesorgenderswouldyouhave)
PRESENTATION
Answerquestionsregardinggender/sexualitybeforebeginning
Explaingender/sexualitytriangle(commonsexualities/notsocommon
sexualities)
Askforexamplesofheteronormativity/cisgenderisminmedia
Musictheheteronormativityinvolvedinliterallyeverysinglelovesong
(AngelistheCenterfold,Headband)
TV(
LOST
,)
Movies
Books
Pornography
Askwhythisissofromthepeople
Havethefolkstalkaboutwhyheteronormativityissoprevalent,letthemtalkwith
oneanotherforalittlewhile,
Maybebringforwardsomestatisticsonhowmanynoncisnonhetero
folksthereare
Askpeoplehowtheyfeelaboutracialinequitiesinfilms
Comparetosexualities
Letthemdiscuss

THINGSWEWILLPROBABLYHAVETODO
(Nicely)correctotherpeoplesuseofpronouns
Tellpeopleitisntachoice
Steerawayfrompeoplejusttalkingabouttheoscars
Blowthemawaywiththebestpresentationthatday