Being Appreciated And Being Welcomed By People

In 1969 in Greenwich Village, New York, a 6 day riot took place that would launch the first Pride March and launch the Gay Rights movement as a national movement. The conflict was started when police raided the Stonewall bar, a bar that was a safe place for homosexuals to visit, and violence erupted between the two groups. In the end, homosexuals were granted more rights and gained more acceptance in American culture.

Throughout history homosexuality had been seen as a sin and a punishable action. In the bible, in

Another huge social and cultural change during this time was the gay liberation movement. During the 1960’s, many groups decided to fight for their rights and equality. One of these groups was the gay and lesbian members of society. Many of these individuals were discriminated against and had no rights, but they decided enough was enough. In the 1960’s, gays decided to begin the fight for their own rights. One example of this was made after New York officers decided to raid the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in New York’s very own Greenwich Village on June 27, 1969. This type of raid was not unusual, being that many police officers made it a habit of raiding gay and lesbian bars. This became known as the “Stonewall Riot”, which many view as the starting point of the gay liberation movement. The gay liberation movement was the fight by gays and lesbians for equal rights, one of these rights being the right to not be discriminated against, and most importantly, to be able to openly “come out” to their family and friends. The gay liberation movement helped to impact our current times greatly. Today, a gay person has rights just like anyone else. A gay

Some people have a hard time feeling welcomed. I would help them by introducing myself to them first. I would make to sure to be friendly so they can be comfortable and trust me. I would introduce them to some people so they can also make that person feel welcomed. Another thing i would do to make them feel welcomed is to get to know that person better. If I get to know that person better they will feel more comfortable with me and they will feel more welcomed. Also to make someone feel welcomed I would show them around fresno and show them what i do in my spare time. Showing them what i do in my spare time will let them know more about me and how i spend my time. I would also try to relate with

Over the next two decades, half the states decriminalized homosexual behavior, and police harassment grew less frequent and obvious to the public. Also in 1975, it became legal for gays to hold federal jobs. However all this headway also made room for more opposition. In 1977, Anita Bryant was so successful at obtaining a repeal of a recent gay ordinance in her home state of Florida that by 1980, a league of anti gay clubs had come together to make a force, led in part by Jesse Helms. The AIDS scare that began in the eighties did not help the gay image either, but more citizens joined their ranks in order to combat the oppression and fund a search for the cure, so in the end it actually made the movement stronger. According to the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia (2000), by 1999, the anti-sodomy laws of 32 states had been repealed, and in 1996 Vermont granted its gay citizens the right to same sex marriages. Gay rights has come a long way as a social movement, and though it still has a long way to go, it makes a good topic to analyze the process of the social movement.

Before judging gay people you should get to know them. The gay rights movement in the US can be traced back to the Stonewall Riots that occurred following a police raid on the Stonewall Inn in New York City at 3 a.m. on June 28th, 1969. Police raids on gay bars were commonplace, but on this occasion the gay and lesbian patrons fought back and sparked days of protests.The Stonewall

Stonewall Riots: the Events that Sparked the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement When most think of the gay rights movement of today, most realize that it is all very progressive, and many people, regardless of gender or sexuality, fully support the movement. Although this is the case now, things for the LGBTQ+ community have not always this accepting. According to a popular news website, "[The LGBTQ+ community] were viewed as some kind of freak show," said Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt. "Something to be avoided." (cbsnews.com) Around the mid 20th century and before, anyone who did not identify, or was suspected of not identifying as straight was highly discriminated against, and, in most cases, persecuted.

The Stonewall Riots in 1969 leading to the first Gay Pride Parade in 1970 started a public discourse on LGBT rights (The Stonewall Riots). In the years to follow, two opposing mass movements manifested: the LGBT movement and the Religious Right movement. The LGBT movement aimed to get equal rights for homosexuals. The Religious Right focused on stopping the perceived moral decay of America and protecting children from lesbians and gays. While these movements had polar opposite goals, they used surprisingly similar methods to get their messages across.

Many homophobes have used Christianity as an excuse for hate crimes against homosexuals. They believe that homosexuality is a terrible sin and publicly announce it as so. An example would be the recent incident with Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty being taken off of A&E for homophobic statements like “Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Beastiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men.” Many employees of Fox News immediately came to his defense. These people claimed that Robertson was only expressing his religious beliefs. Other employees, such as Peter Johnson Jr., believe that it did not quote the bible at all and there needs to be lines drawn between expressing religious beliefs and spewing hate (Maza, 2013). That is only one of many cases of people trying to excuse homophobia with the bible. While there are many who claim the bible excuses these acts many others do not think so. As Archbishop Desmond Tutu once said, “I can’t for the life of me imagine that God will say ‘I will

Before the stonewall riot, homosexuals were completely miserable because of police and homophobes.According to Dissent Magazine “both the New York Times and the Washington Post ran pieces that assumed the genesis of the gay freedom campaign can be traced to a single dramatic event with a singularly memorable name: Stonewall.”The only reason that people have LGBT+ rights today is because of the stonewall riot.Rights info “ We’ve come a

We need to ask ourselves if we would just be submissive to someone telling us how to live our life. We need to ask if it’s right for someone else to tell us who we can and cannot love. We need to ask ourselves if we would be okay with someone telling us to change something that is a part of how we are. We cannot just oppress these people because they are a part of every country, race, religion, and gender. We need to give them the same rights as every other minority. “...Let us keep in mind that our commitments to protect the freedom of religion and defend the dignity of LGBT people emanate from a common source”

For example, many people would attack others, or even, kill them based on their sexuality, saying it to be disgusting or even a sin. Nowadays people often speak out about it and even protest, helping set laws that gave the people of the LGBT community rights like others. Another example, being the mistreatment of women,

The movie, Milk, released in 2008, focuses on Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay man to come out and be elected into public office. Throughout the movie, there were many events that had an impact on how the LGBTQ community was viewed and on gay politicians and politics in America. This film also inspired many. One of the first events that had an impact on the LGBTQ community was when Harvey Milk was elected in the Californian public office.

Gay Americans had enough and were no longer going to live in fear or repression that society put on them. The riots took place at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village and are considered to be the single most important event that led to the liberation of homosexuals. Because of the police raid and the proceeding violent acts, it ignited a fire within the LGBT community that they were no longer going to stand for what they had gone through. They began building alliances with other civil rights groups and protesting in the streets. The Stonewall riots finally gave them a platform to make their voices heard and so began the start of working toward LGBT

During the 1960s, groups of people who were part of the LGBT community, or as it was known back then "the gay community", began identifying themselves as so, very openly. Both gay men and lesbians took direct action in their homes and went against the "shame" that their community was known to go under. For as long as anyone can recall, the LGBT community was never exactly accepted by all.