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GAY RIGHTS
The gay rights movement is the stggle for equaly and marriage rights for gay, lbian and transgenr people. Learn about the Stonewall Rts, Harvey Milk, the Pri flag and more. * gay rights video *
FeaturedStonewall RtsConstant Raids at Gay Bars The 1960s and precedg s were not welg tim for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) Amerins. For such reasons, LGBT dividuals flocked to gay bars and clubs, plac of refuge where they uld exprs themselv openly and […]Read more about Stonewall Rts. S., where they are often subjected to bigotry, homophobia and racism.
Produced by Ilene Chaiken, -creator of the televisn seri The L Word, the film prents a personal look at many of the stggl faced by gay Amerins the 21st century, as vout relig lears and muny members prott the subjects’ marriag and unns.
Where to watch: Netflix Before Stonewall: The Makg of a Gay and Lbian Communy (1984). The Emmy-wng documentary Before Stonewall explor the gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr muny prr to Stonewall, analyzg the begngs of an era of activism.
10 SENTIAL MOVI ABOUT GAY RIGHTS
This documentary prents some lser-known moments om history while monstratg how Amerin attus towards homosexualy evolved leadg up to and after Stonewall. The Early Gay Rights Movement In 1924, Henry Gerber, a German immigrant, found Chigo the Society for Human Rights, the first documented gay rights anizatn the Uned Stat. Army service World War I, Gerber was spired to create his anizatn by the Scientific-Humanarian Commtee, a “homosexual emancipatn” group Germany.Gerber’s small group published a few issu of s newsletter “Friendship and Freedom,” the untry’s first gay-tert newsletter.