Long-time gay rights activist Cleve Jon announced a ll for a march on Washgton mandg full equaly for the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny. Schled to take place Sunday October 11, is also Natnal Comg Out Day.
Contents:
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS THE UNED STAT: NATNAL MARCH ON WASHGTON FOR LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS
- MARCHG FOR PRI, RETIRE RELL AN ERA WHEN BEG GAY WAS FORBIDN
- GAY RIGHTS
- GAY US AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY MARCH BUDAPT PRI MARCH
A BRIEF HISTORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS THE UNED STAT: NATNAL MARCH ON WASHGTON FOR LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS
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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. 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. 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 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. 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.
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). We mand passage of a lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr civil rights bill and an end to discrimatn by state and feral ernments cludg the ary; repeal of all sodomy laws and other laws that crimalize private sexual exprsn between nsentg adults. We mand legislatn to prevent discrimatn agast lbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenr people the areas of fay diversy, ctody, adoptn and foster re and that the fn of fay clus the full diversy of all fay stctur.
MARCHG FOR PRI, RETIRE RELL AN ERA WHEN BEG GAY WAS FORBIDN
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 pride march on washington *
Whereas, members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, asexual, aromantic, queer, two-spir, non-bary, and tersex muni (LGBTQ) ntribute to our state’s succs and strengths a great number of immeasurable ways; and.
Whereas, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, asexual, aromantic, queer, two-spir, non-bary, and tersex Washgtonians ve all people to jo them durg the month of June celebratg the riliency and ntributns of the muny wh appropriate COVID-preutns and safety durg this ongog panmic;. A five-pot platform for the march lled for passage by Congrs of a “prehensive” lbian and gay civil rights bill; a printial executive orr banng discrimatn based on sexual orientatn the feral workforce, the ary, ferally ntracted private employers; repeal of all anti-gay/lbian laws; an end to discrimatn child ctody disput for gay and lbian parents; and protectns for gay and lbian youth agast discrimatn at home or schools.
Items add to the platform beyond those clud for the 1979 march clud a ll for legal regnn of lbian and gay relatnships; repeal of sodomy laws applyg to nsentg adults; an end to discrimatn agast people wh HIV/AIDS; reproductive eedom for women; and an end to racism the U. While march anizers were generally optimistic over a Clton Whe Hoe, some exprsed ncern that the new print appeared to be backg down om his promise to lift the ban on gays the ary followg opposn to the proposal by many Congrs. Another vol msage livered at the march was strong opposn to Colorado’s Amendment 2, a ballot measure passed by voters that banned ci and unti the state om adoptg anti-discrimatn laws protectg gays and lbians.
GAY RIGHTS
In a break om the first three ‘gay’ Washgton march, which were iated by dividual activists, the Millennium March was iated by the Human Rights Campaign, the natn’s largt LGBT civil rights group, and the Rev. Rather than seek put om grassroots activists and lol LGBT groups, HRC and Perry formed a march mtee on their own and hired lbian edian and events producer Rob Tyler, who had been llg for another gay march, as the march’s executive producer.
In a prs release announcg the march, the mtee boasted that rporate sponsors were beg led up to help fance the march and a long list of celebri, most of whom were gay or lbian, would be performg at a ncert durg the weekend of the planned march. Longtime gay rights advote David Mixner is creded wh iatg the march an effort to build on the groundswell of LGBT activism on social media generated by the approval by California voters of Proposn 8, a ballot measure that overturned the state’s same-sex marriage law. San Francis gay rights lear Cleve Jon, founr of the Nam Project that created the AIDS Memorial Quilt, beme volved as one of the lead anizers along wh lbian activist Rob McGehee and gay activist Kip Williams.
GAY US AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY MARCH BUDAPT PRI MARCH
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The Amerin Psychiatric Associatn listed homosexualy as a socpathic personaly as LGBTQ people who fought for equaly and acceptance the 20th century have aged, facili terg to them have bee more, a natnal advocy anizatn for olr LGBTQ people, hand out s SAGECare certifitn this year for the send year a row to Goodw Hoe, meang employe received cultural petency trag related to LGBTQ year, Goodw Hoe formed a diversy, equaly and cln mtee, which veloped the plan for the Pri plans to ntue the march annually, along wh other programmg, which this year clud a wall highlightg fluential LGBTQ march on Monday began at 10 a.
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