Introduction: http://prezi.com/kiwvlgesxkl7/multi-media-project-how-gay-harassment-relates-to-the-crucible/
-During the Salem Witch Trials accusations against those who were accused of being witches are similar to those who, in today's society, are homosexual. People who were considered to be witches were claimed to be possessed or tormented if the girls were to “cry out” the names of people that were “possessing” them. There were 19 people killed, 100-200 put into prisons to starve to death, and 2 dogs were killed because they were suspected of being accomplices. McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. Also meaning "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism.”
-Those who were accused of being a witch were, hung, pressed to death with stones, and burned, but the truth of the matter is that the burning of people convicted of being witches wasn't all that common in England. By the time the colonies were set up, English law forbade burning people alive, which meant that no witches could be burned in the American colonies as a result of the trials.
-Some consider homosexuals more feminine or masculine, some express more traits that people of the opposite gender possess. Gays and lesbians are treated with massive amounts of disrespect and on occasion as second-rate citizens. Some get beaten, hazed, receive hate letters, and there have been few cases that people have been beaten to the point of death and critical condition.
-People who were accused during the Salem witch trials and people who are accused of being homosexual in today’s society have many of the same problems. If one was to be accused of being gay or lesbian in society today, there would be mixed reactions from many others. Like the Salem Witch Trials, once someone was to claim you as a witch, unless you had a ton of evidence to prove it, you would either be hung or put in jail and you wouldn’t be able to do much about it. As for homosexuals, many people point fingers at others for their behaviors, like the witches.
-The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. As a wave of hysteria spread throughout colonial Massachusetts, a special court convened in Salem to hear the cases; the first convicted witch, Bridget Bishop, was hanged that June. Eighteen others followed Bishop to Salem’s Gallows Hill, while some 150 more men, women and children were accused over the next several months. By September 1692, the hysteria had begun to abate and public opinion turned against the trials. Though the Massachusetts General Court later annulled guilty verdicts against accused witches and granted indemnities to their families, bitterness lingered in the community, and the painful legacy of the Salem witch trials would endure for centuries.
-Current legislative efforts to protect the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals include the Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA), which would prohibit job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act (formerly known as the Hate Crimes Prevention Act) has been another priority; this legislation would extend federal hate crimes jurisdiction to reach, for the first time, certain violent hate crimes committed because of the victim's sexual orientation, gender, or disability, as well as expand current federal jurisdiction over hate crimes committed on the basis of race, national origin, and religion.
"To ‘cure’ a homosexual is as ridiculous as trying to change a heterosexual into a homosexual,” a female psychologist said. According to the psychologists, who included Fang Gang, Zhang Beichuan, Qian Kun and Li Chunqun, homosexuals are as normal as the rest of the population and are entitled to exactly the same respect and care.
-Those who were accused of being a witch were, hung, pressed to death with stones, and burned, but the truth of the matter is that the burning of people convicted of being witches wasn't all that common in England. By the time the colonies were set up, English law forbade burning people alive, which meant that no witches could be burned in the American colonies as a result of the trials.
-Some consider homosexuals more feminine or masculine, some express more traits that people of the opposite gender possess. Gays and lesbians are treated with massive amounts of disrespect and on occasion as second-rate citizens. Some get beaten, hazed, receive hate letters, and there have been few cases that people have been beaten to the point of death and critical condition.
-People who were accused during the Salem witch trials and people who are accused of being homosexual in today’s society have many of the same problems. If one was to be accused of being gay or lesbian in society today, there would be mixed reactions from many others. Like the Salem Witch Trials, once someone was to claim you as a witch, unless you had a ton of evidence to prove it, you would either be hung or put in jail and you wouldn’t be able to do much about it. As for homosexuals, many people point fingers at others for their behaviors, like the witches.
-The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. As a wave of hysteria spread throughout colonial Massachusetts, a special court convened in Salem to hear the cases; the first convicted witch, Bridget Bishop, was hanged that June. Eighteen others followed Bishop to Salem’s Gallows Hill, while some 150 more men, women and children were accused over the next several months. By September 1692, the hysteria had begun to abate and public opinion turned against the trials. Though the Massachusetts General Court later annulled guilty verdicts against accused witches and granted indemnities to their families, bitterness lingered in the community, and the painful legacy of the Salem witch trials would endure for centuries.
-Current legislative efforts to protect the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals include the Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA), which would prohibit job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act (formerly known as the Hate Crimes Prevention Act) has been another priority; this legislation would extend federal hate crimes jurisdiction to reach, for the first time, certain violent hate crimes committed because of the victim's sexual orientation, gender, or disability, as well as expand current federal jurisdiction over hate crimes committed on the basis of race, national origin, and religion.
"To ‘cure’ a homosexual is as ridiculous as trying to change a heterosexual into a homosexual,” a female psychologist said. According to the psychologists, who included Fang Gang, Zhang Beichuan, Qian Kun and Li Chunqun, homosexuals are as normal as the rest of the population and are entitled to exactly the same respect and care.