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.
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5 FILMS YOU CAN STREAM NOW TO LEARN ABOUT THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
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In-person Pri celebratns may be on pse this year, but that don’t mean we n’t spend time reflectg on the history of the gay rights movement and the progrs ma toward a more clive society. Through the epic dramas and historil documentari, I learned a great al about the history of the gay rights movement and the ntued stggle of LGBTQ people.
Amerin Experience: “Stonewall Uprisg”Last summer marked the 50th anniversary of a turng pot the morn gay rights movement. In the 1960s, homosexualy was still wily nsired a mental illns by the medil muny an society at large. Dpe public alienatn and shamg, the gay muny found ways to create safe spac.
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The mafia-owned bar was one of the few public plac where gay people uld show affectn and dance openly wh each other. That uprisg is now creded wh lnchg the first ever gay pri para New York, and generatns of social progrs. Most battl over gay rights are still fought state legislatur, not Washgton, DC, where marriage, adoptn and discrimatn laws are created.
zooms on one state to exame how gay rights are evolvg Ameri. “I thought marriage would be the harst obstacle to overe, but ’s now the first major victory, ” says Patricia Todd, the first openly gay Alabama state reprentative.