This Pri Month, celebrate the famo people who have played a major role the Gay Rights Movement over the years.
Contents:
- TIMELE: KEY MOMENTS FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS
- NFL ACH OUT AS GAY HISTORIC MOMENT AMERIN SPORTS
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- TOP 10 UNTENTNALLY GAY MOMENTS
- GAY RIGHTS
- THE TEN MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS MIAMI'S GAY HISTORY
TIMELE: KEY MOMENTS FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS
Read about key moments the history of the LGBTQ fight for rights Ameri, om the first gay rights group to prent day. * gay historical moments *
Gilbert Baker, who scribed himself as the “gay Betsy Ross, ” created the first pri flag om strips of fabric dyed trash ns the attic of San Francis’s Gay Communy Center before the cy’s 1978 pri para.
NFL ACH OUT AS GAY HISTORIC MOMENT AMERIN SPORTS
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”Durg a time when most bars refed to serve gay people, the Mattache Society, one of the untry’s first gay rights anizatns, staged a “Sip-In, ” durg which activists entered a New York Cy bar, announced they were gay, orred drks, and waed to be Braerd/The Denver Post via GettyJune 28, 1969: The Stonewall rts spark the begng of the LGBT the early morng hours on June 28, 1969, police performed a raid of the Stonewall Inn, a New York Cy gay bar — and the ctomers and their supporters took a stand. Those “Stonewall rts” are largely nsired the start of the LGBTQ civil rights movement the Uned Hir/Getty1973: Homosexualy is no longer clared a mental years of studi, analysis, and changg cultural attus, the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn’s board of directors removed homosexualy om the official list of mental illns, known as the Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs, a move that was upheld wh a vote by the associatn’s membership.
Armed, 2013: SCOTUS strik down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which beme a law 1996, clared that marriag between gay or lbian upl were not regnized by the feral ernment, meang those upl uld not receive legal benefs — like Social Secury and health surance — that straight married upl uld. Senators Jeff Merkley, Tammy Baldw, and Cory Booker, as well as Reprentative David Cicille formerly troduced The Equaly Act, which would make LGBTQ dividuals a protected class and grant them basic legal protectns areas of life cludg tn, hog, employment, cred, and, 2016: The Stonewall Inn will bee a natnal Obama admistratn announced that they are preparg to signate New York’s Stonewall Inn, the se of those historic rts 1969, the first-ever natnal monument dited to gay, 2016: The Obama admistratn publicly supports transgenr the midst of anti-transgenr movements throughout the untry, Print Obama and his admistratn issued a directive to all public schools that transgenr stunts should be allowed to e the rtrooms that reflect their genr inty.
In addn to lnchg the New York chapter of the lbian anizatn, Dghters of Bilis (which she ran form 1958 to 1963), she eded their natnal magaze and was known for standg ont and center picket l prottg anti-gay discrimatn.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
June celebrat LGBT Pri Month, a look at some key moments gay rights. * gay historical moments *
When Douglas's father grew spic about their relatnship, he lnched a mpaign agast Wil that eventually led to his arrt on grounds of gross cency ( for beg gay) and was sentenced to two years Wil was released, the two tried to rekdle their love, only to be forced apart by their fai, who threatened to whhold funds. Here is a look at some of the key moments LGBTQIA+ history and the fight for equal New York Daily NewsThough police raids on gay bars were mon the '60s, on June 28, 1969, patrons of New York's Stonewall Inn said "enough.
TOP 10 UNTENTNALLY GAY MOMENTS
Kev Maxen, a strength ach for the NFL anchise the Jacksonville Jaguars, has publicly e out as gay a landmark moment Amerin men's profsnal sports * gay historical moments *
Wh six months, two gay activist anizatns were formed New York, and three newspapers were lnched for gays and, FILEHarvey Milk beme one of the first openly gay men elected to public office the Uned Stat when he won a seat on the board of supervisors 1977.
GAY RIGHTS
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 historical moments *
He was assassated at Cy Hall jt a year Reste/Getty ImagHundreds of gay rights activists took to the Natnal Mall 1979 for the first Pri rally to ph to for equal rights the gay muny and the eedom to live Alpert/Getty Imag, FILEReverend John Kuiper, right, the first gay man Ameri to w the right to adopt a child, is shown wh his partner Roger Hooverman, durg a Gay Rights March, 1979, New Agosti/Liaison/Getty Imag, FILEStartg 1981, gay advocy groups began to form to talk about how the ernment was handlg the AIDS crisis, a new disease that manifted as pnmonia and was found mostly gay men.
THE TEN MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS MIAMI'S GAY HISTORY
Colls would later sign wh the Brooklyn Nets and bee the first openly gay active player the Pl/Getty Imag, FILEIn the '90s, Congrs passed the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, fg marriage, for feral purpos, as a unn between one man and one woman, allowg stat to refe or not regnize same sex marriag. He and boyiend Vo Cammisano stirred media ntroversy after a kiss they shared durg the 2014 NFL Draft when Sam was drafted to the Rams was emed appropriate by anti-gay Antonov/AFP/Getty Imag, FILEPeople celebrate outsi the U. Supreme Court, June 26, 2015, after the high urt led that same-sex upl have the right to marry all 50 statAP, FILEOn June 12, 2016, 49 people were killed and 58 were wound when a gunman entered Pulse nightclub, a popular gay club Orlando, and opened fire the fal mut of "Lat Night.