1. Find out if your state or your community has laws that protect the civil rights of homosexuals.

2. Research hate crimes against homosexuals. Do you think Bruce Coville's story is accurate on this topic, or not, based upon your research?

3. If your school teaches sex education, does it include information on homosexuality and bisexuality? If so, is the information positive, negative, or neutral? How can you tell? If your school sex education does not include information on homosexuality, why do you think this is?

4. Write a story in which heterosexuality is as frowned upon as homosexuality is today. How would a boy and a girl in love behave in a world that frowned upon heterosexual love? Would they be able to hold hands or kiss in public?

What sorts of TV shows would be on the air? What would popular music...