Kev Maxen, assistant ach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, is the first openly gay ach of a U.S. men’s profsnal league sport
Contents:
- FAMO GAY PEOPLE
- 30 FAMO GAY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
- THE OLST GAYS HISTORY
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
FAMO GAY PEOPLE
This Pri Month, celebrate the famo people who have played a major role the Gay Rights Movement over the years. * historical gay people *
" She had a way wh words and ed that talent to speak out agast racism, sexism, and homophobia. 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.
30 FAMO GAY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
Democratic printial ndidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a history of repeatedly sharg unfound nspiraci that man-ma chemils the environment uld be makg children gay or transgenr and g the femizatn of boys and masculizatn of girls. * historical gay people *
Advertisement - Contue Readg Below3 Bayard RtGetty ImagRt never hid his homosexualy while fightg alongsi Dr. He later urged New York Cy mayor Ed Koch to work on a gay rights bill before his ath 1987. 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. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below12 Harry HayAlamyHay attempted to une closeted gay men L. 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.
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.
THE OLST GAYS HISTORY
* historical gay people *
Milk spent his time on the board workg on many issu cludg gay rights before his assassatn November 1978.
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.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
Urlichs later rejected the term "homosexual, " bee he felt queer inty went beyond jt sexual acts.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
Advertisement - Contue Readg Below18 Larry KramerGetty ImagKramer rose to lerary fame the 1970s focg his work on the gay experience. He turned to activism durg the AIDS epimic the early '80s and helped lnched the Gay Men's Health Crisis 1982.
Advertisement - Contue Readg Below19 Leonard MatlovichGetty ImagMatlovich stood up to the ary's ban on gay service members by g out a letter to his mandg officer 1975. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below20 Magn HirschfeldGetty ImagHirschfeld was a German doctor who began studyg sexualy while livg Berl 1896 wh a foc on homosexualy.
He -found the Scientific-Humanarian Commtee, which was the world's first gay rights anizatn. Gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people have existed as long as humany self. 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.