Stereotypes

First, what are stereotypes?

The dictionary definition of a stereotype is: a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Some examples of stereotypes in the LGBT community are:

Diversity in LGBT TV Characters

We chose to look at 5 shows that had characters representing some part of the LGBT community. These…

About Us.

Hello. We are a group of four UCSC undergrad students. We all come varying social science majors, but have one thing in common — for one…

Methodologies to Our Investigation

Inductive research, deductive research, where to start?

We found ourselves in a library sitting together, nearly clueless as to where to start and discussing biases — “well, if you want to do find good things about LGBT persons, then you will…

The Institution (School)

LexisNexis & Results

A total of 9 media pieces were collected. 4 were collected deductively (looking for something specific) while 5 were collected inductively (seeing what comes out of it). Only the 5 inductively researched pieces were used for…

Introduction

Before conducting research

We believe this investigation is important because LGBT persons are not well served in education, either by exclusionary curriculums or as to how these LGBT persons are treated by their institutions and its constituents. We want to look at how media…