1990s timele of major events LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr) rights history, cludg homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more.
Contents:
- 'THAT '90S SHOW' VIEWERS TORN OVER GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX SPOFF
- GROWG UP GAY THE 1990S: HAS THAT MUCH CHANGED FOR TODAY'S GAY YOUTH?
- GUYS SOUND OFF ON WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE GAY IN THE ’90S
'THAT '90S SHOW' VIEWERS TORN OVER GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX SPOFF
"That '70s Show" has been given the reboot treatment at Netflix, and the s has troduced a new character Ozzie who out as gay. * gay life in the 90s *
In May 1990, 35 LGBT activists me together at the London Lbian and Gay Centre Farrgdon, and beme the jot -founrs of OutRage!
The activist group was created om the anger at ntual vlence towards the gay muny, particular the murr of Michael Boothe, who was kicked to ath Wt London, and the rise numbers of gay and bisexual men beg arrted and nvicted for nsentg, victimls behavur. The group was mted to radil, non-vlent direct actn and civil disobedience - one of their first protts was June 1990 at the toilets Hy Park, where they protted agast the Metroplan Police and their entrapment of gay men. Found by Constable Jam Bradly, the GPA reprented the needs and terts of gay and bisexual police officers and police staff across the UK.
Their objectiv were to: promote equal oppotunti for gay and bisexual men and women the police service; offer advice and support to gay and bisexual men and women the police service; and improve relatns between the police service and the wir gay muny. One of GPA’s most otandg achievements me over a later, 2003, when they persuad Chief Constabl to allow gay Police Officers to march uniform Gay Pri march.
GROWG UP GAY THE 1990S: HAS THAT MUCH CHANGED FOR TODAY'S GAY YOUTH?
Back 1948, the World Health Organisatn (WHO) published the Internatnal Classifitn Of Diseas (ICD-6) which classified homosexualy as a sexual viatn that was prumed to reflect an unrlyg personaly disorr.
It wasn’t until 1992, and the publitn of ICD-10 that homosexualy was removed om the list of mental disorrs, explicy statg that the sexual orientatn by self is not nsired a disorr. Conservative Member of Parliament Edwa Currie troduced an act to lower the age of nsent for gay men - which at the time was 21 years old - to be the same as the age of nsent for heterosexual acts - 16 years old. Such as handcuffg themselv to sks wh the Sunday Tim offic, prottg MPs, and ridg an open top b around london wh a megaphone, prottg Clse 28 - the banng of any tnal promotnal of homosexualy the UK.
Even though gay sex had been crimilised, Gary Abdie, David Godey, Mark Love, Jonathon Moore, Craig Turner, Norman Williams and Terry Connell were all nvicted unr sectn 13 of the 1956 Act bee more than two men had sex togehter, which still remaed illegal.
GUYS SOUND OFF ON WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE GAY IN THE ’90S
Lookg to revent herself, Leia starts to realize that through new iendships and adventur she may be able to do jt that Pot Place, jt like her parents did all those years before viewers appeared divid by LGBTQ reprentatn the show, cludg character Ozzie (Reyn Doi) who out as gay durg the first season. In That '90s Show, Ozzie is out and proud wh his clost iends, namely Leia, her neighbor Gwen (Ashley Aufrhei), Gwen's brother Nate (Maxwell Acee Donovan), and his girliend Nikki (Sam Morelos) is also another sweet moment the first season, where Ozzie tells Kty about his sexualy and asks her if she was "okay" wh the fact that he is gay, to which she rponds that of urse she is okay wh , and giv him a storyle and the cln of a gay character has been hailed as groundbreakg, wh Canadian LGBTQ publitn In Magaze sayg Ozzie "leads the charge for a wele change reprentatn" ss. Reflectg on the show as a whole, one viewer said they "love the cln of a gay character, " while another hailed the scene which Kty reacted to Ozzie tellg her that he is viewer wrote: "THE SCENE WHEN OZZIE ASKED KITTY IF SHES OK WITH HIM BEING GAY & KITTY BEING SO ACCEPTING OF IT IS MAKING ME HAPPY CRY [sic]"THE SCENE WHEN OZZIE ASKED KITTY IF SHES OK WITH HIM BEING GAY & KITTY BEING SO ACCEPTING OF IT IS MAKING ME HAPPY CRY????? #That90sShow— ✨?✨ (@toriimariaa) January 19, 2023.
Is believable there would be a gay teenager who's out to his iends and they're jt ok wh WISCONSIN of all plac the 1990s?!