qsa workshop #5: gay marriage
designed by talia young, talia@sccs.swarthmore.edu, fall 2000

objectives:

• to make people aware of the legislation and issues surrounding gay marriage


materials needed:

• a moderator
• paper
• pencils

preparation:

• set up a long table with chairs on either side
• make sure there's space to do the relay as well

icebreaker:

• crawl under legs relay: divide into two teams by preference for creamy or crunchy peanut butter

name game:

• go around, say names, and share something interesting about yourself that you can't tell by looking at you

ground rules:

• confidentiality: not that you can't talk about what goes on here (on the contrary, please do continue discussions outside of the workshop) but don't go around saying "so-and-so was at the workshop and said such-and-such"
• respect: there are probably a lot of us coming from different places; please respect each other. feel free to disagree with each other but please use "i" statements
• no stupid questions: on a similar note, there are no stupid questions here; you should feel free to ask everything. i realize this can sometimes be a risky position to take, but i think it's important. if you think a question is offensive, you should say so, but that doesn't mean that it was stupid. anyway, we'll see how this one works.
• any others?

activity:

• divide into the same two teams for the debate
• designate a writer
• give them five minutes to prepare an opening statement
• have each side present
• allow each side to rebut
• discuss

follow up/wrap up/conclusion:

• closing thought?

1: what is queer? | 2: queer & family | 3: (trans)gender | 4: queer sex | 5: gay marriage | 6: queer athletics
7: queer literature | 8: erotica, smut & pornography | 9: queer religion | 10: culturally mediated (a)sexuality?
icebreakers | name games

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