NBC Out reflects on the major legal, cultural, and historic LGBTQ events of the 2010 , cludg the legalizatn of gay marriage and DADT repeal.
Contents:
- A VERY LGBTQ : GAY MARRIAGE, TRANS RIGHTS AND A 'RABOW WAVE'
- 'GAY BAR' TRACKS THE WAVE OF A WHOLE CULTURE — AND ONE LIFE
- GAY WAVE
A VERY LGBTQ : GAY MARRIAGE, TRANS RIGHTS AND A 'RABOW WAVE'
* the gay wave *
At the dawn of the year 2010, few Amerins uld predict that the g would revolutnize the legal and cultural landspe for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people. After all, was only 2003 that homosexualy was crimalized across the untry, thanks to a landmark Supreme Court the past 10 years, the Uned Stat saw the natnwi legalizatn of same-sex marriage, the emergence of transgenr rights as the central ontier the LGBTQ rights battle and the troductn of PrEP to fight the HIV epimic.
'GAY BAR' TRACKS THE WAVE OF A WHOLE CULTURE — AND ONE LIFE
Author Jeremy Atherton L wr of the history of gay bars, as their existence is threatened by the populary of datg apps and risg property sts, and reflects on their prence his life. * the gay wave *
-2010-'Don’t ask, don’t tell' repeal signed to lawFollowg through on a mpaign promise, Print Barack Obama on December 22, 2010, signed the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell, ” the 1994 Clton admistratn policy that banned ary service by openly gay people.
GAY WAVE
DADT was a promise after Clton failed to liver on a 1992 mpaign promise to allow gay and lbian Amerins to jo the ary. Hillary Clton: 'Gay rights are human rights'In an echo of her inic 1995 speech Beijg as First Lady, where she clared that "human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights, " Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clton livered a speech on Dec. 6, 2011, to the Uned Natns clarg, "Gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights.
"-2012-Bin announc support for gay marriageAhead of Print Obama's wily telegraphed "evolutn" on same-sex marriage, Vice Print Joe Bin a May 2012 appearance on NBC News' "Meet the Prs" announced that he was "absolutely fortable" wh same-sex approv Tvada as HIV PrEPTvadaAnthony Correia / NBC NewsIn July 2012, the Food and Dg Admistratn approved Tvada as HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, to prevent HIV acquisn high-risk dividuals, particularly gay men and transgenr women.