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• GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
• GAY RIGHTS
• THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
• GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT AMERI
• GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
• GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
• RULTS FOR GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT PPT

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14, was ary policy that "homosexualy is patible wh ary service" and persons who engaged homosexual acts or stated that they are homosexual or bisexual were dischargedObama signed to law an iative to allow gays to openly serve the aryLawsus are challengg heterosexual only marriage persons born or naturalized the Uned Stat, and subject to the jurisdictn thereof, are cizens of the Uned Stat and of the State where they ri. Army service World War I, Gerber was spired to create his anizatn by the Scientific-Humanarian Commtee, a “homosexual emancipatn” group ’s small group published a few issu of s newsletter “Friendship and Freedom, ” the untry’s first gay-tert newsletter. Ernment signated Gerber’s Chigo hoe a Natnal Historic Pk TriangleCorbis/Getty ImagHomosexual prisoners at the ncentratn mp at Sachsenhsen, Germany, wearg pk triangl on their uniforms on December 19, gay rights movement stagnated for the next few s, though LGBT dividuals around the world did e to the spotlight a few example, English poet and thor Radclyffe Hall stirred up ntroversy 1928 when she published her lbian-themed novel, The Well of Lonels.

Addnally, 1948, his book Sexual Behavr the Human Male, Aled Ksey proposed that male sexual orientatn li on a ntuum between exclively homosexual to exclively Homophile Years In 1950, Harry Hay found the Mattache Foundatn, one of the natn’s first gay rights group.

”Though started off small, the foundatn, which sought to improve the liv of gay men through discsn groups and related activi, expand after foundg member Dale Jenngs was arrted 1952 for solicatn and then later set ee due to a adlocked the end of the year, Jenngs formed another anizatn lled One, Inc., which weled women and published ONE, the untry’s first pro-gay magaze. Post Office, which 1954 clared the magaze “obscene” and refed to liver Mattache Society Mattache Foundatn members rtctured the anizatn to form the Mattache Society, which had lol chapters other parts of the untry and 1955 began publishg the untry’s send gay publitn, The Mattache Review.

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That same year, four lbian upl San Francis found an anizatn lled the Dghters of Bilis, which soon began publishg a newsletter lled The Ladr, the first lbian publitn of any early years of the movement also faced some notable setbacks: the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn listed homosexualy as a form of mental disorr followg year, Print Dwight D. ”In fear of beg shut down by thori, bartenrs would ny drks to patrons spected of beg gay or kick them out altogether; others would serve them drks but force them to s facg away om other ctomers to prevent them om 1966, members of the Mattache Society New York Cy staged a “sip-”—a twist on the “s-” protts of the 1960s— which they vised taverns, clared themselv gay, and waed to be turned away so they uld sue. They were nied service at the Greenwich Village tavern Juli, rultg much publicy and the quick reversal of the anti-gay liquor Stonewall Inn A few years later, 1969, a now-famo event talyzed the gay rights movement: The Stonewall clanste gay club Stonewall Inn was an stutn Greenwich Village bee was large, cheap, allowed dancg and weled drag queens and homels the early hours of June 28, 1969, New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn.

1 / 12: NY Daily News Archive/Getty ImagChristopher Street Liberatn Day Shortly after the Stonewall uprisg, members of the Mattache Society spl off to form the Gay Liberatn Front, a radil group that lnched public monstratns, protts and nontatns wh polil officials.

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Addnally, several openly LGBTQ dividuals secured public office posns: Kathy Kozachenko won a seat to the Ann Harbor, Michigan, Cy Council 1974, beg the first out Amerin to be elected to public Milk, who mpaigned on a pro-gay rights platform, beme the San Francis cy supervisor 1978, beg the first openly gay man elected to a polil office asked Gilbert Baker, an artist and gay rights activist, to create an emblem that reprents the movement and would be seen as a symbol of pri.

In 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn published a report about five prevly healthy homosexual men beg fected wh a rare type of 1984, rearchers had intified the e of AIDS—the human immunoficiency vis, or HIV—and the Food and Dg Admistratn licensed the first mercial blood tt for HIV 1985. But after failg to garner enough support for such an open policy, Print Clton 1993 passed the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy, which allowed gay men and women to serve the ary as long as they kept their sexualy a rights advot cried the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, as did ltle to stop people om beg discharged on the grounds of their 2011, Print Obama fulfilled a mpaign promise to repeal DADT; by that time, more than 12, 000 officers had been discharged om the ary unr DADT for refg to hi their sexualy. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was officially repealed on September 20, Marriage and Beyond In 1992, the District of Columbia passed a law that allowed gay and lbian upl to register as domtic partners, grantg them some of the rights of marriage (the cy of San Francis passed a siar ordance three years prr and California would later extend those rights to the entire state 1999) 1993, the hight urt  Hawaii led that a ban on gay marriage may go agast the state’s nstutn.

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In 1994, a new anti-hate-crime law allowed judg to impose harsher sentenc if a crime was motivated by a victim’s sexual Matthew Shepard ActCourty of the Matthew Shepard FoundatnMatthew Shepard, who was btally killed a hate crime 2003, gay rights proponents had another b of happy news: the U.

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Gay rights proponents mt also ntent wh an creasg number of “relig liberty” state laws, which allow bs to ny service to LGBTQ dividuals due to relig beliefs, as well as “bathroom laws” that prevent transgenr dividuals om g public bathrooms that don’t rrpond to their sex at birth. Attempts at Integratn • Mattache Society (gay men) and Dghters of Bilis (lbian women) • Attempted to nvce Amerin society that gay people were only different their sexual orientatn • Tried to do so through lerature and very orrly monstratns • Really, really unsuccsful IV. The Gay Rights Movement • Signifince of Stonewall • Inspired a new sense of gay pri (ancy others) • Rise of the Gay Liberatn Front, mise of Mattache Society and Dghters of Bilis • While gay people beme more open about their sexualy, class and genr issu beme more apparent as the movement grew (lbians vs.

This Amerin society’s mixed feelgs towards the gay rights movement suggts that though LGBT acceptance is popular wh the younger generatn (ag 18-34 and younger), total equaly for the homosexual muny is a long way off om beg a realy due to social stigma and relig nservative Rights Movement My Lifetime The movement for gay rights really picked up wh the last five years startg wh the Proposn 8 bate California. • Common claims of the ban’s supporters clud that legalized same-sex marriag would… • force church to marry gay upl • force schools to teach gay marriage • open the doors for pedophilia and btialy Proposn 8 Debate • The “No on 8” mpaign foced around marriage equaly for gay and lbian upl. • Their mpaign argued that… • relign is separate om the ernment (th relig dogma should not be a termg factor allowg homosexual rights) • marriage is a right (the vote is alg wh civil rights and civil liberti) • marriage wh legal and societal benefs that civil unns do not have • No “h8te” supporters clud famo celebri such as Brad Pt and Stephen Spielberg.

9Gay Marriage Merriam-Webster Defn of Marriage1 a (1) the state of beg uned to a person of the oppose sex as hband or wife a nsensual and ntractual relatnship regnized by law (2) the state of beg uned to a person of the same sex a relatnship like that of a tradnal marriage ltsame-sex marriagegt b the mutual relatn of married persons WEDLOCK c the stutn whereby dividuals are joed a marriage2 an act of marryg or the re by which the married stat is effected pecially the weddg ceremony and attendant ftivi or formali Merriam-Webster Defn of Civil Unnthe legal stat that ensur to same-sex upl specified rights and rponsibili of married upl Merriam-Webster Defn of Domtic Partner2 eher one of an unmarried heterosexual or homosexual habg uple pecially when nsired as to eligibily for spoal benefs 10Current Gay Marriage legislatn by State There are currently 19 stat that have a state nstutnal amendment rtrictg marriage to one man and one woman There are currently 26 stat that have a law rtrictg marriage to one man and one woman Of the above mentned 45 stat 13 of them have a law or amendment that ntas language that do currently or uld affect other legal relatnships between same-sex upl such and civil unns or domtic partnerships There are currently 4 stat that have no explic provisn prohibg marriag between same-sex upl There is currently 1 state that issu marriage licens to same-sex upl 11 12(No Transcript) 13Marriage VS Civil Unn VS Domtic Partnership There are many right that are extend to married persons on both a feral and state level.

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Transgenr an ancient and morn ia 1953- first surgery (Christe Jensen) 1966- Comptons Cafeteria 1975- Mneapolis anti-discrimatn law 1993- Intersex Society of North Ameri (ISNA) 20Discrimatn Wh the MovementMovement started out nservative Exclud butch lbian, feme gay men, transgenr people, and bisexuals Eventually turned om GL, to LGB, to LGBT 21DiscrimatnHospals, rtrants, bathroom 1991 - Brandon Teena (Boys Dont Cry) Laws ENDA Department of Fair Employment and Hog The Real ID Act Goal Social Equaly 22Influential OrganizatnsC.

(Conversn Our Goal) 1967 STAR (Street Transvte Actn Revolutnari) 1970 FTM 1980 Gay Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) 1985 Queer Natn 1990 ISNA 1993 GenrPAC 199 Natnal Center for Transgenr Equaly (NCTE) 2003 Basic Rights Oregon SONG 23Inclus Lucent, Apple, Chevron, Estee Lr, Gap, General Mills, Johnson Johnson, Kaiser Permanente, Walgreens, Toys R Us, Nordstrom, Stapl, WAMU, Hewlett Packard, Nike, Amerin Airl, and more.

14, was ary policy that "homosexualy is patible wh ary service" and persons who engaged homosexual acts or stated that they are homosexual or bisexual were dischargedBeyond the official ban, gay personnel were often the target of var typ of harassment by their ras, tend to pel them to rign or nfs to vtigators. 1LGBT Movement 2LGBT movement topicsHistory and Impact of the Movement Gay Marriage Gays the Milary Transgenr Issu 3History Impact of the Movement 41940s -1950s Targetg of Bs the closg of gay bars and bs that promoted social gatherg of the gay muny Anti-gay partner laws sodomy laws Employment Rights gement Black List sparked a nservative mdset that promoted fear and aggrsn towards norm viatns FBI moral perversn vtigatn vasn of privacy and harassment Feral employment rtrictns Eisenhower dismiss sexually perverse feral employe Ksey Reports begs open discsn about human sexualy and begs to fight stereotyp cludg homosexualy.

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51960s Jose Sarria Runs for San Francis cy supervisor Stonewall Rt spurs a more forceful stand agast discrimatn 61970s APA remov homosexualy om mental illns fns begs a change stereotyp among healthre profsnals Ana Bryant prott Florida Orange Juice spok person fights agast gay liberatn on the si of moral prervatn Florida bans gay adoptn Harvey Milk Elected on San Francis board of supervisors 71980s First report of AIDS starts a natnal fear that pots to gay liftyle as the talyst. ACT UP group formed Fights the misnceptns regardg AIDS and fights for AIDS preventn as well as ernment fund rearch 1990s Los Angel rts Amerin Medil Associatn oppos treatment of homosexualy as is not seen as needg a cure Employment Non-Discrimatn Act feated US Senate 8Impact of the LGBT Movement Argument 1 The lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) movement has ma many posive stris through the passg of nondiscrimatn laws. 13Factors that shape views of homosexualy are based on a genr belief system the assumptn that what is not feme mt be mascule and vice versa Support for equal job rights for gays and lbians 1977-2002 1977 56 percent favored equal job rights 2002 86 percent favored equal job rights Attus regardg the e of homosexualy 1977-2002 1982 52 percent of Amerins polled thought same-sex attractn was due to upbrgg 2002 more Amerins believed that a person is born homosexual rather than environment g their sexual orientatn (40 percent vers 36 percent) 14Argument 4 Nondiscrimatn laws are necsary for the protectn of LGBT people.

VH1 The Sex Revolutn Documentary, Social Movement Growth, Doma Expansn, and Framg Procs The Gay/Lbian Movement and Vlence agast Gays and Lbians as a Social Problem Author(s) Valerie Jenns, Stonewall by Mart Duberman, The World Turned by John DE The Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force.

Stat protect married upl important ways, hospal visatn, right to her, medil cisns an emergency all the are nied GLBT persons There are some religns that celebrate or accept GLBT marriag, to have them be classified as illegal or unnstutnal is impgg on their eedom of relign 21GLBT Relatnships are Immoral Levic 18 20 labels homosexuals as abomatn and sentenc them to the penalty of ath Who else is labeled abomatn the same book?

23Arguments agast Gay MarriageRepeated studi show that is love and re that are central to raisg children Children of GLBT upl do not have higher cinc of a GLBT liftyle Majory of nvicted sex offenrs are heterosexual malSame sex upl provi a bad environment for raisg a child The child will turn out gay Gay people are all pedophil 24Where are we now? Legal regnn for a wi variety of relatnships should be available, as well as accs to all to ernment support programs 26Gays the Milary 27Argument The Dont Ask, Dont Tell policy is not imperative for natnal secury, operatnal reads, and is out-dated. 29Dont tell A basis for discharge exists ifthe member has said that he or she is a homosexual or bisexual, or ma some other statement that dit a propensy or tent to engage homosexual acts 30Dont Pursue More than a dozen specific vtigative lims as laid out Department of Defense stctns and directiv prise Dont Pursue.

31Policy ContuedA service member n be vtigated and/or admistratively discharged only if she/he Stat that he or she is lbian, gay, or bisexual Engag physil ntact wh someone of the same sex for the purpos of sexual gratifitn Marri, or attempts to marry, someone of the same sex 32InvtigatnOnly a service members mandg officer may iate an quiry to homosexual nduct. 33History1981-DoD mak homosexual nduct grounds for discharge 1994-Clton tri to lift the ban on gays the ary Congrs threatened to tablish the ban as feral law so Clton layed the lift Six months later-Clton and Congrs passed the Natnal Defense Authorizatn Act, monly referred to as the Dont Ask, Dont Tell policy 2009-Obama stat he will repeal the Dont Ask, Dont Tell policy to allow gays the ary 34Print Obama Stat. 35Genr Norms the MilaryThe Good Soldier Heterosexual genr norms Stereotypil male quali aggrsive, vlent, unemotnal Oppose of the Good Soldier Female quali nurturg, sympathetic, relatnal Woman threaten the male bondg experience necsary to rerce male characteristics and produce good soldiers 36Genr Norms ntuedHeterosexual Norms Rerce Male Bondg Most important aspect of male bondg, th homosexuals are outsirs Hyper-masculy is Primary for Combat Promoted as necsary to produce an effective good soldier for bat 37Milary ReadsHomosexuals do not damage morale, disciple, and good orr those untri that have open service.