New Year's Eve Jan. 1 1965: A Night for Gay Rights - FoundSF

Contents:

• THE GAY TRAVELER’S GUI TO SAN FRANCIS
• HOW MILARY HISTORY WAS CENTRAL TO SAN FRANCIS BEG THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD
• GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• SF GAY MEN'S CHOS 'HELLO YELLOW BRICK ROAD' 2023: SAN FRANCIS
• SF GAY MEN’S CHOS ‘CONVERT YOUR CHILDREN’ SONG
• HISTORY OF THE ANTI-GAY MOVEMENT SCE 1977
• RADILLY GAY
• GAY RIGHTS

THE GAY TRAVELER’S GUI TO SAN FRANCIS

Cred: JwhartonIn the book, The Life and Tim of Harvey Milk: The Mayor of Castro Street, thor Randy Shilts discs how, even wh the exemptn placed on gay men servg their untry as part of the draft, tens of thoands of homosexual men were still able to get through vettg procs:“The Send World War marked the first nflict which the armed servic tried to systematilly intify and then exclu homosexuals. ”When gay soldiers operatg the South Pacific were found out to be homosexual, like the fate scribed by Shilts, those men had to be procsed out of theatre, returned to maland Ameri and then be “blue discharged” to society. ”While Shilts’ scriptn of life for gay Amerin soldiers the early 1940s, “purged” om service while fightg some of the most feroc battl of the 20th Century, pats a bleak picture, also provis a glimmer of fiance the face of the stutnalised homophobia they fell victim those “blue discharged” veterans returned home, stead of beg held up as hero like their straight unterparts, or like fellow gay GIs that had remaed untected, they were shunned om any public favour, and so they formed their own muny the place their profsnal livelihoods had e to an end: San drafte found themselv fightg the South Pacific after beg shipped to theatre om San Francis (image om ‘The Thompson Submache Gun’ by Mart Pegler © Osprey Publishg, part of Bloomsbury Publishg)This chapter of ary history is also creded wh beg rponsible for the creatn of the regnisable morn-day gay plac homosexual men had had to meet prr to the war, and therefore before the mass outg thanks to wi-sle nscriptn, had always been clanste, backstreet speakeasi where nobody gave their real name for fear of unrver police that the men had been stamped wh a pal H on their blue discharge papers - documents that would be seen by everybody om potential employers, to bank tellers and doctors as they attempted to rve out new liv for themselv - everybody San Francis soon knew who and what the men were.

Bee of that, there was no pot gog unrground wh regards to any gay scene shame had lerally been taken away, out of their own hands, and as a rult of ths, the gay bar as we know today was cy of San Francis and s gay and lbian history has many more important chapters to s name, and as the years progrsed om the end of World War Two the ary beme ls and ls central to s story and eventual cementg as the gay pal of the the 1950s, Beat culture emerged across the Stat which was by and large an act of fiance the face of middle-class Amerinism, somethg the gay muny uld easily align the 1970s, Harvey Milk beme the first openly gay polician Californian history before his untimely assassatn 1978.

HOW MILARY HISTORY WAS CENTRAL TO SAN FRANCIS BEG THE GAY CAPAL OF THE WORLD

Cred: JwhartonIt should also be noted that San Francis had an LGBT past before the outbreak of WWII and the buildg of the Hunters Pot Naval Shipyard; the culturally signifint lbian bar, Mona’s, the 1930’s and even durg the Goldsh years of the late 19th century, drawgs and etchgs have been disvered pictg men-only danc and unrground terms of transformg the cy to the gay muny’s global base – as is today - the flux of tens of thoands of gay men durg the war years, and the nscriptn of 16 ln Amerin men to them, was US Milary ntued to outlaw LGBT people om s ranks until Francis is now home to approximately a quarter of a ln LGBT people, and lns more vis every Life and Tim of Harvey Milk, by Randy Shilts, was published 1982 by Atlantic Books and is available on Amazon. E., for lbians, gays [homosexual mal], bisexuals, transgenr persons, and queer persons); seeks to elimate sodomy laws; and lls for an end to discrimatn agast LGBTQ persons employment, cred, hog, public acmodatns, and other areas of life. ) Gay rights prr to the 20th century Relig admonns agast sexual relatns between dividuals of the same sex (particularly men) long stigmatized such behavur, but most legal s Europe were silent on the subject of homosexualy and bisexualy.

GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Dpe Paragraph 175 and the failure of the WhK to w s repeal, homosexual and bisexual men and women experienced a certa amount of eedom Germany, particularly durg the Weimar perd, between the end of World War I and the Nazi seizure of power. In the Uned Stat this greater visibily brought some backlash, particularly om the ernment and the police: the ernment often fired gay civil servants, the ary attempted to purge s ranks of gay soldiers (a policy enacted durg World War II), and police vice squads equently raid gay bars and arrted their patrons. In the Uned Stat the first major male anizatn, found 1950–51 by Harry Hay Los Angel, was the Mattache Society (s name reputedly rived om a medieval French society of masked players, the Société Mattache, to reprent the public “maskg” of homosexualy), while the Dghters of Bilis (named after the Sapphic love poems of Pierre Louÿs, Chansons Bilis), found 1955 by Phyllis Lyon and Del Mart San Francis, was a leadg group for women.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

In Bra 1957 a missn chaired by Sir John Wolfenn issued a groundbreakg report (see Wolfenn Report) remendg that private homosexual liaisons between nsentg adults be removed om the doma of crimal law; a later the remendatn was implemented by Parliament the Sexual Offenc Act. In the 1970s and ’80s, gay polil anizatns proliferated, particularly the Uned Stat and Europe, and spread to other parts of the globe, though their relative size, strength, and succs—and toleratn by thori—varied signifintly. Now headquartered Geneva and renamed the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA World), plays a signifint role ordatg ternatnal efforts to promote human rights and fight discrimatn agast LGBTQ and tersex persons.

This support, along wh mpaigns by gay activists urgg gay men and women to “e out of the closet” (ed, the late 1980s, Natnal Comg Out Day was tablished, and is now celebrated on October 11 most untri), enuraged gay men and women to enter the polil arena as ndidat.

At the lol and natnal levels, the number of openly gay policians creased dramatilly durg the 1990s and 2000s, and 2009 Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir beme prime mister of Iceland, which ma her the world’s first openly gay head of ernment. In Ai, Asia, and Lat Ameri, openly gay policians have had only limed succs wng office; notable electns to natnal legislatur clud Patria Jiménez Flor Mexi (1997), Mike Waters South Ai (1999), and Clodovil Hernans Brazil (2006). Other issu of primary importance for the gay rights movement sce the 1970s clud batg the HIV/AIDS epimic and promotg disease preventn and fundg for rearch; lobbyg ernment for nondiscrimatory polici employment, hog, and other aspects of civil society; endg the ban on ary service for gay and lbian dividuals; expandg hate crim legislatn to clu protectns for gays, cludg transgenr dividuals; and securg marriage rights for same-sex upl (see same-sex marriage).

SF GAY MEN'S CHOS 'HELLO YELLOW BRICK ROAD' 2023: SAN FRANCIS

Ary’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy (1993–2011), which had permted gay and lbian dividuals to serve the ary if they did not disclose their sexual orientatn or engage homosexual activy; the repeal effectively end the ban on homosexuals the ary. Romburg outled some of the formal and rmal mpaigns agast racially discrimatory practic gay bars over time—cludg muny rponse to hirg discrimatn, selective intifitn checkg practic, the sale of racist paraphernalia, and more.

Gay bars like Bradley's and Blue Jacket San Diego's Gaslamp District attracted so many people that the cy was featured the 1952 book USA Confintial about Ameri's "s spots", while clubs like the Seven Seas and Jack's Steam acted as a cisg ground for gay men. "Hillcrt is affectnately known as San Diego's "gayborhood" (Cred: Dana Delimont/Alamy)Nowadays, the hub of the cy's LGBTQ+ muny is Hillcrt, where a rabow-l sign and rabow flags flappg over die book shops, f and vtage clothg shops remd visors why the area is dubbed San Diego's "gayborhood". When the sun dips down behd the horizon, you n follow the mic along Universy Avenue to dance the night away at Rich's, Hillcrt's most popular gay nightclub, which has been featured on shows like the Real Hoewiv of Beverly Hills.

Then, a few shops away, stop by HUMANITY!, a novelty shop where you n fd the perfect pair of Speedos, though those preferrg to swim their birthday su should h Black's Beach, a clothg-optnal beach that's a popular hangout for the gay muny. The hotel will reopen June 2023 after a $26m renovatn, and is jt one of many LGBTQ+-iendly hotels the 's Beach is a popular hangout for San Diego's gay muny (Cred: Roy Johnson/Alamy)San Diego may not be the first cy people thk of California when they thk of tolerance, but wh s mix of year-round warm weather and climate of acceptance, there's nowhere Orban would rather be.

SF GAY MEN’S CHOS ‘CONVERT YOUR CHILDREN’ SONG

ReportgOn July 8 2021, Dh D’Souza tweeted and published a vio wh “SF Gay Men’s Chos Lerally Sgs ‘We’re Comg for Your Children'”:SF Gay Men's Chos Lerally Sgs "We're Comg for Your Children" Dh D'Souza (@DhDSouza) July 8, 2021As prevly dited, vios are pre-packaged wh an un-skippable advertisement, disuragg viewers om examg ntent before sharg .

HISTORY OF THE ANTI-GAY MOVEMENT SCE 1977

"(Spl to two parts due to Twter's vio lim) — Jack Hadfield ??? (@JackHadrs) July 8, 2021D’Souza’s tular claim was that the SF Gay Men’s Chos sang about “g for your children, ” and the tweet above referenced “‘nvertg’ the children of nservativ. )A July 7 2021 em on, “‘We’re g for your children’: San Francis Gay Men’s Chos ph woke agenda, ” claimed:In honor of Pri Month this past June, the San Francis Gay Men’s Chos released a song outlg how they’ll “nvert your children. ”The song, tled “A Msage From the Gay Communy, ” mocks parents that fear the ph of the LGBTQ agenda today’s media, wh the song claimg that parents wouldn’t be able to protect their kids om the advanc and ias of the group, Not The Bee the time of publishg, the vio has now been ma unavailable on YouTube.

” provid all lyrics, and they began:You thk we’re sfulYou fight agast our rightsYou say we all lead live you n’t rpectBut you’re jt ightenedYou thk that we’ll rpt your kidsIf our agenda go uncheckedFunny, jt this once, you’re rrectWe’ll nvert your childrenHappens b by bQuietly and subtlelyAnd you will barely notice You n keep them om disWarn about San FrancisMake ’em wear pleated pantsWe don’t re…We’ll nvert your children…We’ll make them tolerant and fairSubsequent l om the song ma the manner which was leveraged to misreprent s actual ntent even more clear:We’ll nvert your childrenReachg one and allThere’s really no pg ’e even grandma lik RuplAnd the world’s gettg krGen Z’s gayer than GrdrLearn to loveLearn to vogueFace your fate! “Someone’s gotta teach them not to hate” and “your children will re about fairns and jtice for others” were impossible-to-miss aspects of the “nvert” and “g for” l, the clear and prent punchle to a joke about the “gay agenda.

RADILLY GAY

Article Sourc +SF Gay Men's Chos Lerally Sgs "We're Comg for Your Children"SF Gay Men's Chos Lerally Sgs "We're Comg for Your Children"'We're g for your children': San Francis Gay Men's Chos ph woke agendaA Msage From the Gay Communy. At the first Congrsnal heargs on anti-gay vlence, Kathleen Sarris of Indianapolis tells of beg stalked and asslted by a "Christian soldier" who held her at gunpot, beat and raped her for three hours, explag that "he was actg for God; that what he was dog to me was God's revenge on me bee I was a 'queer' and gettg rid of me would save children. Callg lbians and gay men "the ultimate enemy, " Dannemeyer acc straight people of "surrenrg to this growg army whout a shot, " and predicts gay rights will "plunge our people, and ed the entire Wt, to a dark night of the soul that uld last hundreds of years.

The battle over gay marriage is igned when the Hawaii Supreme Court l that nyg same-sex upl marriage licens vlat "basic human rights" guaranteed the state nstutn — unls the state legislature n show a "pellg reason" to prevent gay marriage.

"Teletubbi" rtoon character Tky Wky is "outed" as gay a "Parents' Alert" Jerry Falwell's Liberty Journal, which asserts, "He is purple — the gay-pri lor; and his antenna is shaped like a triangle — the gay-pri symbol. On "The 700 Club" two days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Jerry Falwell blam the tragedy on "the Pagans, and the abortnists, and the femists and the gays and lbians who are actively tryg to make that an alternative liftyle. This New Year’s Ball was important for three reasons: brought attentn to the police discrimatn agast homosexuals, challenged the imaged and experienced landspe of homosexuals at the time, and reprented the begng of new polil fluence exercised by homosexuals.

GAY RIGHTS

When CRH members had met wh officials origally, the police argued that no one at the event uld be drsed drag to which the CRH members poted out that would be a private event and hence the police uld not dictate drs (The Council of Relign and the Homosexual).