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Contents:
- GAY RIGHTS
- FET SCOTUS: THE NEXT FIGHT OVER GAY RIGHTS WILL BE CONGRS
- HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN
GAY RIGHTS
In a long-sought victory for the gay rights movement, the urt led, 5-4, that the Constutn guarante a right to same-sex marriage. * gay rights act 2015 *
By one vote, the urt l that same-sex marriage nnot be banned the Uned Stat and that all same-sex marriag mt be regnized natnwi, fally grantg same-sex upl equal rights to heterosexual upl unr the 1971, jt two years after the Stonewall Rts that unofficially marked the begng of the stggle for gay rights and marriage equaly, the Mnota Supreme Court had found same-sex marriage bans nstutnal, a precent which the Supreme Court had never challenged. As homosexualy gradually beme more accepted Amerin culture, the nservative backlash was strong enough to force Print Bill Clton to sign the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), prohibg the regnn of same-sex marriag at the feral level, to law 1996.
Obergefell origated wh a gay uple, Jim Obergefell and John Arthur, who were married Maryland, where same-sex marriage was legal, but whose marriage was not regnized by Oh thori. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTPooja Mandagere, left, and Natalie Thompson outsi the Supreme Court on Friday after led favor of same-sex Mills/The New York TimSli 1 of 14 Pooja Mandagere, left, and Natalie Thompson outsi the Supreme Court on Friday after led favor of same-sex Mills/The New York TimJune 26, 2015WASHINGTON — In a long-sought victory for the gay rights movement, the Supreme Court led by a 5-to-4 vote on Friday that the Constutn guarante a right to same-sex marriage. ”In a send dissent, Jtice Anton Slia mocked the soarg language of Jtice Kennedy, who has bee the natn’s most important judicial champn of gay rights.
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FET SCOTUS: THE NEXT FIGHT OVER GAY RIGHTS WILL BE CONGRS
Read CNN’s Fast Facts on lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer or qutng ton the Uned Stat, and learn more about their stggle for equal rights. * gay rights act 2015 *
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So the first step advancg trans rights the US is tg the public on the basics and exposg Amerins to trans people — siar to how TV shows and g-out mpaigns helped gay, lbian, and bisexual Amerins show other people that they are by and large jt like anyone else and should be allowed to marry. As Rob Wilson, a law profsor at the Universy of Illois who helped wre Utah's nondiscrimatn law, told me, relig nflicts are the major obstacle to passg LGBTQ protectns more stat: "The bigger problem is that if you nvce people that givg gay folks rights is gog to somehow encroach on relign, 's gog to be harr to change that legislative map the US.
1950 - The Mattache Society is formed by activist Harry Hay and is one of the first staed gay rights groups the Uned Stat. April 1952 - The Amerin Psychiatric Associatn’s diagnostic manual lists homosexualy as a socpathic personaly disturbance. Eisenhower signs an executive orr that bans homosexuals om workg for the feral ernment, sayg they are a secury risk.
HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN
The gay rights movement the Uned Stat began the 1920s and saw huge progrs the 2000s, wh laws prohibg homosexual activy stck down and a Supreme Court lg legalizg same-sex marriage. * gay rights act 2015 *
Protts and monstratns beg, and later be known as the impet for the gay civil rights movement the Uned Stat. 1973 - Lambda Legal be the first legal anizatn tablished to fight for the equal rights of gays and lbians. March 26, 1973 - First meetg of “Parents and Friends of Gays, ” which go natnal as Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG) 1982.
December 15, 1973 - By a vote of 5, 854 to 3, 810, the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn remov homosexualy om s list of mental disorrs the DSM-II Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs. 1974 - Elae Noble is the first openly gay ndidate elected to a state office when she is elected to the Massachetts State legislature.
January 14, 1975 - The first feral gay rights bill is troduced to addrs discrimatn based on sexual orientatn. January 9, 1978 - Harvey Milk is gurated as San Francis cy supervisor, and is the first openly gay man to be elected to a polil office California. November 30, 1993 - Print Bill Clton signs a ary policy directive that prohibs openly gay and lbian Amerins om servg the ary, but also prohibs the harassment of “closeted” homosexuals.