Christa B. Hanhardt Among the first lsons stctors teach lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr (LGBT) history class is about the changg fns and of the word queer. Up through the neteenth century the word was primarily ed to mark dividuals nsired odd or outsi social norms. Queer rried particular currency sndal om the
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GAY RIGHTS
The gay rights movement the Uned Stat began the 1920s and saw huge progrs the 2000s, wh laws prohibg homosexual activy stck down and a Supreme Court lg legalizg same-sex marriage. * queer history *
Origally assembled as a meetg place for lbians, the group also held public foms to teach people about homosexualy and provid support to sgle and married lbians as well as lbian mothers.
It was by no means unprovoked, eher: ps had been arrtg drag queens, gay htlers, and transgenr women at the 24-hour eatery regularly for cross-drsg, for obstctg the siwalk, for any reason they uld fd to throw them jail.
1970s: The Sisters of Perpetual IndulgenceThe Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence first emerged 1979 when four gay men bored wh the samens of San Francis’s Castro district put on retired nuns’ habs. Where homosexual activy or viance om tablished genr rol/drs was banned by law or tradnal ctom, such nmnatn might be munited through sensatnal public trials, exile, medil warngs, and language om the pulp.