Gay and Lbian March on Washgton |

Contents:

• A BRIEF HISTORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS THE UNED STAT: NATNAL MARCH ON WASHGTON FOR LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS
• ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
• NATNAL MARCH ON WASHGTON FOR LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS
• GAY AND LBIAN MARCH ON WASHGTON
• CHILEAN LAWMAKERS REJECT PLAT AGAST GAY TN MISTER

A BRIEF HISTORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS THE UNED STAT: NATNAL MARCH ON WASHGTON FOR LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS

Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights. Pass a prehensive lbian/gay rights bill Congrs.

End discrimatn lbian mother and gay father ctody s.

Protect gay and lbian youth om any laws which are ed to discrimate agast, oppose and/or harass them their hom, schools, jobs and social environments. The divinds of dissent: how nflict and culture work lbian and gay march on Washgton, HQ76.

ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER

Marks Ridger, ed., Speakg for Our Liv: Historic Speech and Rhetoric for Gay and Lbian Rights (1892-2000), available as an eBook (2012) through Howard Universy Librari. Many Amerins today are faiar wh the history of the Cold War and how Amerin lears and policymakers fought munism abroad, but ls know of the liberate efforts rried out by the feral ernment to prevent the spread of munism the Uned Stat—cludg the surveillance and persecutn of spected “homosexual” cizens. Historilly speakg, homosexualy was often purported as a form of viancy or crimaly.

This purge, also known as the “Lavenr Sre, ” began wh feral agenci, who fired or forced the rignatn of dividuals spected to be “homosexual.

NATNAL MARCH ON WASHGTON FOR LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS

The Hoey Report (1950) documented ngrsnal vtigative "fdgs" that falsely lked homosexualy to secury risk the feral workforce. The nsistent terratn of rights for LGBTQ+ cizens durg the “Lavenr Sre” led to the homophile movement and the first documented and anized gay rights picket at the Whe Hoe on April 17, 1965.

5 Frank Kameny, who had been fired om his job as a feral astronomer for beg gay, led the monstratn alongsi members of the Washgton, D. Prott signs read: “Homosexual Cizens Want to Serve Their Country Too! Johnson about their tentns:A group of homosexual Amerin cizens, and those supportg their e, is picketg the Whe Hoe, today, lawful, dignified, and orrly prott— the bt Amerin tradn—agast the treatment beg meted out to fifteen ln homosexual Amerin cizens by their ernment—treatment which nstantly mak of them send-class cizens, at bt.

Johnson, brought ccial urgency, energy, and visibily to the movement for LGBTQ+ rights across Ameri and laid the foundatn for the gay liberatn movement—more radil than the prev homophile movement.

GAY AND LBIAN MARCH ON WASHGTON

Followg notable ton for LGBTQ+ equaly the 1970s, cludg the electn of openly gay polician Harvey Milk to ernment office and the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn’s removal of homosexualy om their list of psychiatric disorrs, the gay liberatn movement beme more vol and celebratory than ever before. At the first Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights on October 14, 1979, dividuals reclaimed and celebrated their inti before the very ernment which refed to protect them. At least 25, 000 protters marched past the Whe Hoe, gatherg Lafayette Square and on the Natnal Mall to mand that the ernment:Pass a prehensive lbian/gay bill CongrsIssue a printial executive orr banng discrimatn based on sexual orientatn the Feral Government, the ary, and ferally ntracted private employmentRepeal all anti-gay/lbian lawsEnd discrimatn lbian mother and gay father ctody sPrott lbian and gay youth form any laws which are ed to discrimate agast, opprs and/or harass them their hom, schools, jobs, and social environments.

CHILEAN LAWMAKERS REJECT PLAT AGAST GAY TN MISTER

Durg the 1980s, the HIV/AIDS crisis, which disproportnately killed gay men the Uned Stat, led to a new wave of protts Lafayette Square—particularly rponse to Print Ronald Reagan’s refal to acknowledge the severy of the epimic. ACT UP’s Whe Hoe prott was part of the send Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights and clud monstratns at the Whe Hoe, Capol Buildg, and Supreme Court.

The Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberatn pass the Whe Hoe 1993. The 1993 March on Washgton for Lbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberatn remas one of the largt protts Amerin history, wh approximately one ln atten; other large march clu the Millennium March (2000), the Natnal Equaly March (2009), and the Natnal Pri March (2017). The massacre occurred on a Lat-themed night at the gay nightclub Pulse.

On April 25, 1993, “The March on Washgton for Lbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberatn” (93 MOW) took place.