26 Famo Gay People History - LGBTQ Rights Movement Facts for Pri Month

Contents:

• PERSONALY DISORRS GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR CHEMILLY DEPENNT PATIENTS
• THE HISTORY OF GAY LIBERATN
• THE OLST GAYS HISTORY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
• RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN

PERSONALY DISORRS GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR CHEMILLY DEPENNT PATIENTS

Although historians pot out ad nseam the so-lled appropriatens of applyg morn nstcts such as "gay, " "bisexual, " "homosexual, " or "queer" to an ancient kg like Alexanr, no ser historian doubts that history's penultimate warrr-monarch was attracted to men. Frd somehow duced hundreds of years after Leonardo's ath that the artist was homosexual, but (ahem) celibate.

Hodg wr that Alan Turg was the "founr of puter science, mathematician, philosopher, breaker, strange visnary and a gay man before his time. By enablg Brish telligence to Enigma msag, Alan Turg also enabled the Alli to feat the Adolf Hler World War, the Brish ernment "thanked" Turg for his wartime efforts by arrtg him 1952 for the "crime" of homosexualy. Soon after beg chemilly strated by orr of a Brish urt as punishment for beg gay, Turg died by suici, gtg cyani, addn to ventg morn putg, Turg also nceptualizied and created a scientific tt for nfirmg artificial telligence.

The Universy of Illois at Sprgfield's Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Qutng, and Allied Rource Office offers a tratg, however technilly accurate, asssment of the sexual ambiguy of the legendary sculptor and pater of the ceilg at the Siste Chapel Rome. Pietro Areto’s suggtns of perasty), there is no clear evince of Michelangelo’s homosexualy or, at least, none ditg overt sexual activy, " reads an entry at the universy's webse. Gtgs is creded wh leadg the succsful movement to change the psychiatric and psychologil profsns' view of homosexualy as a mental pathology.

THE HISTORY OF GAY LIBERATN

But that had more to do wh her very private nature, acrdg to her sister, Bear Ri, than did wh a lack of pri beg gay. Beg one of the natn's first openly gay elected officials, Milk was the standard-bearer of what durg his time was lled the gay liberatn movement. Before he was assassated 1978, along wh San Francis Mayor Gee Masne, Milk helped stave off a nservative backlash agast LGBT equaly the form of the so-lled Briggs Iniative, which would have barred gay people om teachg California's public was elected to the San Francis Board of Supervisors 1977.

Sce Milk's victory, hundreds of LGBT ndidat have been elected across the were a few out gay and lbian ndidat elected before Milk, cludg Elae Noble to the Massachetts Hoe of Reprentativ and Kathy Kozachenko to the Ann Arbor, Mich., Cy Council, both 1974. For weeks 1997, Ameri wonred and ABC's publicy partment fueled speculatn about whether or not DeGener's character would follow the lead of the real-life lbian who played her by g wh clever humor cludg a gag about receivg a ee kchen appliance for exg the closet (an obv reference to the age-old homophobic notn that the LGBT muny "recs" members), the wily viewed g-out episo of Ellen ma televisn history — and ma a lghg natn measurably more fortable wh and acceptg of gay people general.

THE OLST GAYS HISTORY

As a member of the Massachetts Hoe of Reprentativ, the first bill he troduced, 1973, was to ban antigay discrimatn hog, employment, and public acmodatns.

Famo for his quote about the need for uny among mory muni, transplanted Br Harry Hay found the Mattache Society 1950, one of the morn world's first anizatns for gay men. " After more than a away om activism, Hay returned to his work fightg for LGBT equaly by foundg the Los Angel chapter of the Gay Liberatn Front. Dpe his personal undog followg his arrt, nvictn, and sentence of two years hard labor for the "crime" of homosexualy (technilly, "gross cency"), the wrer of classics such a The Importance of Beg Earnt and The Picture of Dorian Gray remas one of the wrten word's most famo and celebrated artists.

Published fal eded form as:PMCID: PMC3156616NIHMSID: NIHMS309217AbstractThis study sought to exame personaly disorrs and their related clil variabl a sample of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr (GLBT) dividuals wh substance e disorrs. The relatnship between discrimatn and substance e disrors among lbian, gay, and bisexual adults the Uned Stat.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

Advertisement - Contue Readg Below2 Barbara GtgsShutterstockGtgs beme a csar for gay rights a before the Stonewall rebelln. 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. They were the first same-sex uple married 2004 after the cy clerk was orred to provi marriage licens to gay upl.

) He was also a key player gettg the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn to no longer list homosexualy as a mental disorr. The 1950s by anizg a secret society lled Bachelors Anonymo unr the ia that homosexual rights was somethg worth pursug jt like any other mory group.

RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN

He won a spot on the Cy-County Board 1977 after earng the nickname "Mayor of Castro Street, " makg him the first openly gay elected official California. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below14 Jam BaldwGetty ImagBaldw was wrg gay and bisexual characters years before the LGBTQ movement fully took form and up until his ath 1987. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below17 Karl Herich UlrichsAlamyRevered as a pneer of the morn gay rights movement, Ulrich was a German wrer creded as the first person to publicly "e out" 1862.

Advertisement - Contue Readg Below18 Larry KramerGetty ImagKramer rose to lerary fame the 1970s focg his work on the gay experience.