What Is Heterosexism? Give an Example

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What is heterosexism? Give an example.

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Definitions:

Port Huron Statement

A manifesto by Students for a Democratic Society that criticized institutions ranging from political parties to corporations, unions, and the military-industrial complex, while offering a new vision of social change.

Participatory Democracy

A system of democracy in which all members of a group or community participate directly in making decisions.

Great Society

A set of domestic programs in the United States launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and 1965, aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice.

New Deal

A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s to counteract the effects of the Great Depression.