Proclamatn 7203—Gay and Lbian Pri Month, 1999 | The Amerin Princy Project

Contents:

• NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS
• GAY PRI WORLDWI? DEMOCRAT BILL PH TAXPAYER-FUND LGBTQ POLICS TO THE NATNS
• PROCLAMATN 7203—GAY AND LBIAN PRI MONTH, 1999
• UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
• GAY BUFFALO FAN GO VIRAL WEARG HIS BILLS PRI SHIRT

NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS

Atks, who is the first openly gay person to lead the state Senate, reunted her experience growg up ral, southwtern Virgia. Atks was joed by other gay lawmakers and LGBTQ+ muny activists, cludg Sen. Across the Uned Stat, at least a dozen stat are nsirg new legislatn that several ways will mirror Florida's new ntroversial law, referred to by some opponents as "Don't Say Gay.

"The stutnalizatn of the bills is an overt form of stctural transphobia and homophobia, and go agast all public health evince creatg a safe and supportive environment for transgenr, nonbary, queer, gay and lbian youths and teachers to thrive, " Arjee Rtar, assistant profsor of epimlogy at the Universy of Washgton, told NPR.

Rtar, a social epimlogist and health equy advote, said the ntroversial bills will lim all youths to live to their fullt potential, addg "there should be no room for transphobia and homophobia — pecially the classroom. " Tennsee's HB 800 bans books and stctnal materials "that promote, normalize, support, or addrs lbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgenr issu or liftyle. Two years after Arizona lawmakers repealed a law barrg any stctn on HIV or AIDS that that "promot a homosexual liftyle, " they are close to enactg a broad remake of the state's sex tn laws wh a particular foc on LGBTQ issu.

GAY PRI WORLDWI? DEMOCRAT BILL PH TAXPAYER-FUND LGBTQ POLICS TO THE NATNS

"Florida may be the first this wave, but there have been other laws the past that were lled 'no promo homo' laws, which forbid sayg posive thgs about lbian, gay, bisexual, and queer people classrooms, " Simmons told NPR.

New York Cy is lnchg a digal billboard mpaign, supportg LGBTQ visibily that will be displayed five major markets Florida for eight weeks, to lure Floridians unhappy wh their state's "Don't Say Gay" law to the Big Apple, Adams announced. Embassi would no longer fly the gay pri flag alongsi the Amerin flag. 3485 the Global Rpect Act, which would mandate the listg of, and, visa rtrictns on foreign persons rponsible for or plic human rights vlatns agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and tersex (LGBTQI+) persons…While many untri have ma tremendo stris embracg equaly for LGBTQI+ muny members, others rema stagnant or, worse, are unrtakg steps to further margalize or harm LGBTQI+ muny members.

It me as a surprise to many Amerins that our embassi were flyg gay pri flags the first place, but was no surprise to those who live si the Beltway. Knows that advancg the gay agenda is a top prry for your taxpayer-fund State Department. Many of the old, male church the natn’s pal feature gay pri flags hangg outsi their church buildgs.

PROCLAMATN 7203—GAY AND LBIAN PRI MONTH, 1999

Thirty years ago this month, at the Stonewall Inn New York Cy, a urageo group of cizens risted harassment and mistreatment, settg motn a cha of events that would bee known as the Stonewall Uprisg and the birth of the morn gay and lbian civil rights movement.

Gays and lbians, their fai and iends, celebrate the anniversary of Stonewall every June Ameri as Gay and Lbian Pri Month; and, earlier this month, the Natnal Park Service add the Stonewall Inn, as well as the nearby park and neighborhood streets surroundg , to the Natnal Register of Historic Plac. I am proud of the measur my Admistratn has taken to end discrimatn agast gays and lbians and ensure that they have the same rights guaranteed to their fellow Amerins. As a rult of the and other polici, gay and lbian Amerins serve openly and proudly throughout the Feral Government.

That effort has rulted a groundbreakg gui that provis practil guidance to school admistrators and teachers for velopg a prehensive approach to protectg all stunts, cludg gays and lbians, om harassment and vlence. Clton, Print of the Uned Stat of Ameri, by virtue of the thory vted me by the Constutn and laws of the Uned Stat, do thereby proclaim June 1999 as Gay and Lbian Pri Month. I enurage all Amerins to observe this month wh appropriate programs, ceremoni, and activi that celebrate our diversy, and to remember throughout the year the gay and lbian Amerins whose many and varied ntributns have enriched our natnal life.

UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS

Clton, Proclamatn 7203—Gay and Lbian Pri Month, 1999 Onle by Gerhard Peters and John T. Tens of thoands of people are expected to go to central Florida to mark Gay Days, a s-long tradn, the Orlando area.

GAY BUFFALO FAN GO VIRAL WEARG HIS BILLS PRI SHIRT

Origs of Pri MonthThe roots of the gay rights movement go back to the early 1900s, when a handful of dividuals North Ameri and Europe created gay and lbian anizatns such as the the Society for Human Rights, found by Henry Gerber Chigo the 1920s. Followg World War II, a small number of groups like the Mattache Society and the Dghters of Bilis published gay- and lbian-posive newsletters and grew more vol mandg regnn for, and prottg discrimatn agast, gays and lbians. In 1966, for example, members of the Mattache Society held a “sip-” prott at Juli, a bar New York Cy, where they mand drks after announcg that they were gay, vlatn of lol laws agast servg alhol to gays and lbians.

Dpe some progrs the postwar era, basic civil rights were largely nied to gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people—until one night June, 1969, when the gay rights movement took a fur step forward wh a seri of vlent rts New York Cy. Stonewall RtsAs was mon practice many ci, the New York Police Department would ocsnally raid bars and rtrants where gays and lbians were known to gather. By the time the Stonewall Rts end on July 2, 1969, the gay rights movement went om beg a ge issue largely ignored by policians and the media to ont-page news Gay Pri ParaOne year later, durg the anniversary of the Stonewall Rts, activists New York Cy marched through the streets of Manhattan memoratn of the uprisg.