An extensive list of APA and other rourc to support the agg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny.
Contents:
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR AGG
- FACE THE FACTS: LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS AND INTERSEX PEOPLE
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
People around the world face vlence and equaly—and sometim torture, even executn—bee of who they love, how they look, or who they are. Sexual orientatn and genr inty are tegral aspects of our selv and should never lead to discrimatn or abe. Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu. We document and expose ab based on sexual orientatn and genr inty worldwi, cludg torture, killg and executns, arrts unr unjt laws, unequal treatment, censorship, medil ab, discrimatn health and jobs and hog, domtic vlence, ab agast children, and nial of fay rights and regnn. We advote for laws and polici that will protect everyone’s digny. We work for a world where all people n enjoy their rights fully. * lgbt facts 2018 *
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.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR AGG
* lgbt facts 2018 *
Eisenhower signs an executive orr that bans homosexuals om workg for the feral ernment, sayg they are a secury risk. 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.
FACE THE FACTS: LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS AND INTERSEX PEOPLE
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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.
December 3, 1996 - Hawaii’s Judge Chang l that the state do not have a legal right to prive same-sex upl of the right to marry, makg Hawaii the first state to regnize that gay and lbian upl are entled to the same privileg as heterosexual married upl. April 1, 1998 - Mart Luther Kg Jr.’s widow, Coretta Stt Kg, asks the civil rights muny to help the effort to extguish homophobia. June 2003 - The US Supreme Court strik down the “homosexual nduct” law, which crimaliz same-sex sexual nduct, wh their opn Lawrence v.
October 25, 2006 - The New Jersey Supreme Court l that state lawmakers mt provi the rights and benefs of marriage to gay and lbian upl. September 20, 2011 - “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is repealed, endg a ban on gay men and lbians om servg openly the ary.