Panti Bliss/Fear Itself

1. Identify the specific issue being discussed/presented

Being judged for being openly gay in public.
2.

State the context (or rhetorical situation) surrounding (only) the issue
Many straight couples look down on gays.

3.

Identify Blisss perspective/position (how she feels)

She feels as though she cant show PDA and shes tired of it.

4. Identify Blisss claim (the thesis)

She is fed up with not being able to express herself.
5. State the context (or rhetorical situation) surrounding Bliss as the speaker
(what drove her to speak or to act)
Shes too old to care about what people think anymore.
6.

Identify who her specific audience is

Heterosexuals

7.

Identify who her implied (or broad) audience is

Couples, those look down on gays.

8.

How does Bliss support what she presents, pointing out two to three ways
she does so
Gives examples of being harassed, gives examples of privileges straights
have that she is jealous of.

9.

What are three (3) questions you, as outsiders, feel knowing would be helpful
in understanding her speech
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Why is she comfortable dressing in drag, but not holding someones hand?

How long has she felt out of place?

What could we do, as straights, to help the situation?