Read CNN’s Fast Facts on lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer or qutng ton the Uned Stat, and learn more about their stggle for equal rights.
Contents:
GAY FUN FACTS
Gay Fun Facts : Did you Logo, the gay Televisn channel was lnched 2005? is your gay rource directory * random gay facts *
Although a stnch and fahful Christian, wife of Dr Mart Luther Kg Jr, Coretta Stt Kg was an early advote for Gay Rights.
Origally tend as a badge of shame, the pk triangle (often verted om s Nazi age) has been reclaimed as an ternatnal symbol of the gay rights movement.
GAY QUIZZ, QUTNS & ANSWERS
* random gay facts *
LGBT activists Atralia created a kgdom nearby islands lled the Gay and the Lbian Kgdom of the Coral Sea Islands.
Only two of the Village People were gay the rt of the group pretend bee they were marketed towards the LGBT muny. In 1971, after an NYC clerk announced he would be sug church that performed gay unns, LGBT activists threw an impromptu gay weddg his office. There was a gang of homosexual vigilant 1970s San Francis that roamed the streets protectg the LGBT muny om bashgs.
Matso Deluxe is an openly-gay Japane TV personaly known for promotg LGBT rights Japan, cross-drsg on-air, and beg 300+lbs. The Angels would roam the streets of predomately homosexual muni the middle of the night, reportg any crim, maly gay-bashg, to lol law enforcement.
10 GAY PRI HISTORY FACTS EVERYONE SHOULD HEAR ABOUT
Myth: Lbian, gay and bisexual people n be intified by certa mannerisms or physil characteristics. People who are lbian, gay or bisexual e as many different shap, lors and siz as do people who are heterosexual. * random gay facts *
Acrdg to a Pew Rearch Center survey of nearly 1, 200 LGBT adults, bisexuals are much ls likely than gay men and lbians to say that their sexual orientatn is an important part of who they are and are much more likely than gay men or lbians to be married, most wh the oppose sex. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was officially repealed throughout the Uned Stat on September 20, 2011 and gays and lbians may openly serve the ary.
1948 Aled Ksey publish “Sexual Behavr the Human Male”, revealg to the public that homosexualy is far more wispread than was monly believed. Six years after Caffe Co opens, hosts the first gay plays, “The Madns of Lady Bright, by Lanford Wilson, and The Hnted Host, by Robert Patrick. 1978 John Briggs drops out of the California ernor’s race, but receiv support for Proposn 6, also known as the Briggs Iniative, a proposal to fire any teacher or school employee who publicly supports gay rights.
Ever wonred how much you know about male homosexualy? When did same-sex marriage start the U.S.? We ve you to dive to yourself g our bt gay quizze * random gay facts *
In the summer, attendance greatly creas at Gay Pri march San Francis and Los Angel, partly rponse to Briggs.
1979 About 75, 000 people participated the Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights Washgton, D. 1980 At the 1980 Democratic Natnal Conventn held at New York Cy’s Madison Square Garn, Democrats took a stance supportg gay rights, addg the followg to their plank: “All groups mt be protected om discrimatn based on race, lor, relign, natnal orig, language, age, sex or sexual orientatn. The first Gay Rights Organizatn was the Society for Human Rights, started 1924 by Henry Gerber ChigoThe first Lbian Rights Organizatn was the Dghters of Bilis, stared 1955 San Francis.