Gay rights movement, civil rights movement that advot equal rights for LGBTQ persons—that is, for lbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenr persons, and queer persons—and lls for an end to discrimatn agast LGBTQ persons employment, cred, hog, public acmodatns, and other areas of life.
Contents:
- THE HISTORY OF THE LGBT MOVEMENT AND GAY RIGHTS FRANCE
- GAY RIGHTS AND LGBTQI MOVEMENTS EUROPE
- GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
- FRANCE’S GAYS ARE ASSIATG. WHAT COM NEXT?
THE HISTORY OF THE LGBT MOVEMENT AND GAY RIGHTS FRANCE
* french gay rights movement *
Dpe adoptg a relatively progrsive stance by crimalizg homosexualy as early as 1791 durg the French Revolutn, societal acceptance remaed elive.
One of the first major activist groups, the “Homosexual Revolutnary Actn Front” (FHAR), emerged 1971, advotg for the normalizatn of homosexualy and societal acceptance. This perd also wnsed the first Pri march (lled ‘Marche s Fiertés’ France) Paris 1981, followg the crimalizatn of homosexualy. However, the 1980s also brought the HIV/AIDS crisis, which disproportnately affected the LGBT muny, particularly gay men.
GAY RIGHTS AND LGBTQI MOVEMENTS EUROPE
France, spe s progrs, still grappl wh homophobia and transphobia.
GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Acrdg to SOS Homophobie, a French LGBT support and advocy group, reports of homophobic and transphobic acts rema high.
Durg the neteenth century, the first gay liberatn thkers laid the groundwork for a ant movement that mand the end of the crimalizatn, pathologisatn and social rejectn of non-heterosexual sexualy. A first gay liberatn movement emerged Berl 1897, revolvg around the doctor Magn Hirschfeld (1868-1935), -founr of the Wissenschaftlich-humanäre Komee (WhK, Scientific-Humanarian Commtee).
FRANCE’S GAYS ARE ASSIATG. WHAT COM NEXT?
The mtee took multiple actns: a petn favour of appealg § 175, the publitn of books and brochur on homosexualy, the publitn of a review (Jahrbuch für sexuelle Zwischenstufen, Yearbook for Intermediate Sexual Typ), and the circulatn of an tnal film on the damage ed by homophobia (Anrs als die anren, Different om Others, 1919). In the ensug perd, mtee branch were created a number of German ci and neighbourg untri whose laws nmned homosexualy (Atria, the Netherlands, Swen, etc. Other gay ant anizatns were created after a spl wh the WhK, such as the Communy of the Special (Gemeschaft r Eigenen), found by the German Adolf Brand (1874-1945) who advoted naturism among other thgs.
Although their relatns were not illegal, some of them exprsed their wish to be members of ant anizatns that would give them visibily wh the first homosexual movement. In the face of monplace homophobia, mand of stat “a ratnal attu [...