“Angels in America” a play written in 1992 was one of the first plays about the AIDS epidemic. The question of “How does the play represent the impact of AIDS on the characters, their relationships, and/or our country as a whole?” is really pertinent to the time period due to the fact that it brought light to the AIDS epidemic. The impact of the characters such as Prior who is chosen as the prophet makes a big impact in the play. Since Prior is chosen as the prophet even though he is not a very religious person. The creation of Prior as the prophet makes him a relatable character. The characters also show that the disease does not spare anyone. From the upper class lawyer to a gay couple in the city. AIDS was effecting all of these people and their relationships while spreading. I think that it makes this something that people can relate to in the play and find a common ground within. How does the play challenge its audiences (in the mid-1990s, or now) to think differ
Growing up I watched a lot of Law and Order. Because I watched so much Law and Order, I thought I had a good understanding of what a hate crime was. It wasn’t until I attended a hate crimes community forum held by my university that I realized I actually had no idea what a hate crime was or what necessarily constituted one. According to the assistant district attorney of Denver there are a series of federally protected classes, those classes include race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, and ability. Colorado is one of the few states that include sexual orientation as a protected class (and has done so since 2009), but there are many states that still don’t consider sexual orientation a protected class because it is not federally recognized as one. I believe that this has a direct impact on the way hate crimes against the LGBT community are handled and addressed. I was both shocked and appalled when I learned this and those feelings were only amplified when