A Southern California school board on Friday adopted a social studi curriculum that clus gay rights that was approved by parents and teachers after ially rejectg .
Contents:
- CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
- ‘A POLIL FIGHT OVER BEER’: THE 1977 COORS BEER BOYTT, AND THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN LABOUR–GAY ALLIANC AND LGBT SOCIAL MOBILY
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
Gays and lbians, pecially the last 20 years, have actively sought to end what they perceive as prejudice and discrimatn agast them based on their s * gay social mobility *
Gays and lbians, pecially the last 20 years, have actively sought to end what they perceive as prejudice and discrimatn agast them based on their sexual orientatn. They have worked at all levels of society to change laws, fight job discrimatn and harassment, elimate homophobia and gay bashg (that is, vlence directed toward homosexuals), lobby for fundg to fight the AIDS vis, and te the public about homosexualy and homosexuals. Although many gays and lbians believe they have e a long way toward achievg their goals, others believe they still have much work to do before achievg te “gay liberatn.
‘A POLIL FIGHT OVER BEER’: THE 1977 COORS BEER BOYTT, AND THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN LABOUR–GAY ALLIANC AND LGBT SOCIAL MOBILY
* gay social mobility *
The cint prompted the formatn of numero gay rights groups and the anizatn of march, monstratns, and yearly memorative paras and activi, cludg the Gay Pri March. Many people rrectly assume that the gay rights movement began wh the Stonewall rt, when fact more than 40 gay and lbian anizatns were already place at that time.
After the Stonewall rt, gays and lbians anized to such polil groups and service agenci as Act Up, the Gay Liberatn Front, Gay Activists Alliance, Gay and Lbian Advot and Defenrs, Lbian Rights Project, Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force, Natnal Gay Rights Advot, and Queer Natn, to name only a few.
Fally, on the topic of gay and lbian polil activism, Warren Blumenfeld and Diane Raymond their 1993 book Lookg at Gay and Lbian Life (published by Bean Prs) noted that beg polilly active is risky, and people wh few or promised rights equently nnot afford to take risks.