A report om Human Rights Watch lls on the ernment of St. Vcent to overturn lonial-era anti-gay laws that have led to a recent wave of vlence and genr discrimatn on the small Caribbean island.
Contents:
- 1972 GAY RIGHTS PLATFORM
- LEGIMACY OF ‘CTOMER’ SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS SE RAIS ETHIL AND LEGAL FLAGS
- GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- IN 1972, DAVIS BLAZED PARTY TRAIL ON GAY RIGHTS
- HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
1972 GAY RIGHTS PLATFORM
1970s timele of major events LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr) rights history, cludg homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * gay rights 1972 *
It n be tough to rearch the LGBTQ muny’s teractns wh the ernment the mid-20th century, when gay and lbian dividuals were often subject to discrimatn (both society at large and by the ernment) or vlence. Though their origal purpose was to advote for the gay muny, many of the letters and rpons eventually wound up ernment archiv around the untry, ensurg that documentatn of LGBTQ polil efforts would be prerved wh other official rerds of the time perd.
LEGIMACY OF ‘CTOMER’ SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS SE RAIS ETHIL AND LEGAL FLAGS
A Christian graphic artist who the Supreme Court said n refe to make weddg webs for gay upl poted durg her lawsu to a requt om a man named “Stewart” and his hband-to-be. * gay rights 1972 *
But the small file he tled “Gays” was created his pacy as Senator Gee McGovern’s 1972 Printial mpaign manager, and documents the mpaign’s teractns wh LGBTQ activists. While always tak some tective work to figure out why an archiv has somethg that seems pletely out of s spe – like 1972 gay rights materials at the JFK Library – we thk this is part of what mak archival exploratn (and the prervatn and scriptn that make possible) so important.
Issuance by the Print of an executive orr prohibg the ary om excludg for reasons of their sexual orientatn, persons who of their own voln sire entrance to the Armed Servic; and om issug ls-than-fully-honorable discharg for homosexualy; and the upgradg to fully honorable all such discharg prevly issued, wh retroactive benefs. Issuance by the Print of an executive orr prohibg discrimatn the feral civil service bee of sexual orientatn, hirg and promotg; and prohibg discrimatns agast homosexuals secury clearanc. Feral enuragement and support for sex tn urs, prepared and tght by Gay women and men, prentg homosexualy as a valid, healthy preference and liftyle as a viable alternative to heterosexualy.
Feral fundg of aid programs of gay men’s and women’s anizatns signed to alleviate the problems enuntered by Gay women and men which are engenred by an opprsive sexist society.
GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
After beg oted om the U.S. ary for beg gay, she beme an early fighter for gay rights and a proment figure the nascent L.G.B.T.Q. rights movement. * gay rights 1972 *
Immediate release of all Gay women and men now rcerated tentn centers, prisons and mental stutns bee of sexual offense charg relatg to victimls crim or sexual orientatn; and that aquate pensatn be ma for the physil and mental durs enuntered; and that all existg rerds relatg to the rceratn be immediately expunged.
Repeal of all state laws prohibg private sexual acts volvg nsentg persons; equalizatn for homosexuals and heterosexuals for the enforcement of all laws. Homosexual acts were legalized prr to the feral lg which legalized homosexualy for all feral jurisdictns donatns by MSMs be banned (fe ferral) to November 2011, a lifetime ban was place for MSMJanuary 1Homosexual activy be legal.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
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. * gay rights 1972 *
Donatg blood a is legal wh no ferral after age of nsent be Age of Consent is currently legal hog discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr the Home Rule Act (date unknown)Homosexual activy be legal. (date unknown)Equal age of nsent be of nsent is equalHomosexual activy be part of YugoslaviaJanuary 1Homosexual activy be part of hog discrimatn be ambiguo. Homosexualy is legal the untryBlood donatns by MSMs be banned (fe ferral) shown is when US banned gay male blood donatns by MSMs be banned (fe ferral) were not eligible to donate donatns by MSMs be banned (fe ferral) is when the Uned Stat banned gay male blood donatns by MSMs be banned (fe ferral) Stat feral law bans the donatn of blood by men who have sex wh men.
It also stated that the age of nsent for same-sex activi would be the same as heterosexuals at 21 years marriage be such laws outlawg or crimalizg gay age of nsent be of nsent is set at age of nsent be of nsent for same sex acts is 21Homosexual activy be legal.
IN 1972, DAVIS BLAZED PARTY TRAIL ON GAY RIGHTS
The Democratic Party has beme the first major polil party to clu same-sex marriage rights s platform. Back 1972, Male Davis argued for the party to embrace gay rights, the first time was brought up a major party platform bate. Davis discs the evolutn of the gay rights movement wh host Michel Mart. * gay rights 1972 *
(date unknown)Censorship of LGBT Issu be HB385 (2021), signed by Governor Kay Ivey April of 2021, amend Sectn 16-40A-2, Co of Alabama 1975 to strike an emphasis the state's public sex tn that " a factual manner and om a public health perspective, homosexualy is not a liftyle acceptable to the general public and that homosexual nduct is a crimal offense unr the laws of the state.
Article 223, "Homosexual and Lbian Interurs" stat: "Any one who ms erotic acts wh a person of the same sex shall be sentenced to imprisonment om six months to three years. Servg openly ary be Netherlands beme the first untry to allow gay soldiers to serve the ary age of nsent be age of nsent for mal and femal engaged heterosexual activy is 19 and 16 a marriage rpectively.
Homosexualy is illegal employment discrimatn be no protectns bee homosexualy is still discrimatn be no 21Homosexual activy be fully repealed Sectn 213 of the Norwegian Penal Co, legalizg homosexual 5Right to change legal genr be legal, but requir Soviet 1972 law allowg legal sex change after unrgog sex reassignment surgery was never repealedRight to change legal genr be legal, but requir the sex reassignment surgery that took place September 17, 1970, a transgenr man changed his legal genr and name. Six months after change legal genr, he beme a to change legal genr be legal, but requir Soviet 1972 law allowg legal sex change after unrgog sex reassignment surgery was never repealedRight to change legal genr be legal, but requir Soviet 1972 law allowg legal sex change after unrgog sex reassignment surgery was never repealedRight to change legal genr be legal, but requir Soviet 1972 law allowg legal sex change after unrgog sex reassignment surgery was never repealedMarch 1Equal age of nsent be liv Bouvet Island, however Norwegian law has equal nsent (16) for both straight and homosexual upl.
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
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Her discharge om the ary over her homosexualy had turned her to an Tob/The New York Public LibraryPublished July 19, 2023Updated July 23, 2023Lilli Vcenz, who beme a gay rights activist the hhed, reprsive era before the Stonewall rebelln of 1969, when such a ncept srcely existed, makg a mark as a newspaper edor, documentary filmmaker and psychotherapist voted to L. She was ath, at a re facily, was nfirmed by a niece, Julia Bo, who did not specify a Vcenz’s journey to promence the nascent gay rights movement of the mid-1960s began after a personal llisn wh tolerance.