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Issues: Whether Westboro Baptists signs and comments during their protest at Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder’s Funeral were matters of public concern and protected under the First

The throng became raucous as the time passed; people began throwing bottles and bricks at the police and shouting “gay power!” The riots really started when a lesbian woman who has been described as “a typical New

This article from the New York Post helped us understand the pain the LGBT+ community had to go through on a daily basis. Additionally, it included details on how and why the police raided gay bars such as Stonewall Inn.

On this Saturday morning, the police attempted a raid on the Stonewall Inn, but the bar patrons were not cooperating with orders, and the officers present had to call for backup. Patrons that were not arrested, instead of leaving, stayed outside the bar to watch the commotion, and soon were joined by passerby’s until a crowd of over 150 people formed outside the bar. The crowd didn’t turn violent until the police hit a lesbian in the head and threw her in the back of their car because she complained about her handcuffs.

At Six Flags New England, a teen lesbian couple were attacked by two women which alleged to be a hate crime. The two women attacked and injured the lesbian couple because they had observed the couple kissing. The women could have had an negative experience with a lesbian, which would make them want to attack, or they could have grew up in a household where lesbian was not allowed and they stuck with them as they have gotten older. Whatever the case may be, the lesbian couple did not deserve to be harmed in any way for being themselves. The lesbian couple was minding their business, having a good time with one another at six flags. This would make a person question did the two attackers come to six flags to start conflict or to have fun?

This article was anything but superficial in fact it was audacious, yet horrifying. It focused on the Westboro Baptist Church, a small congregation based in Topeka, Kanas. The church has been globally associated with homophobia ever since the 1990s when members would protest the funerals of people who suffered from AIDS. The church especially began to gain media attention in 2000 when they began protesting the funerals of military men and women who were homosexual. They believed that the nation’s acceptance of homosexuality was the reason for all the war casualties. The congregation of the church is mostly members of the Phelps family, although many of the Phelps children had begun to abandon the church. Megan Phelps is one of the many who abjure the church; she gives in an inside of the abhorrent church to the New Yorker. The

In Pablo Arauz article New Group Focuses on LGBTQIA Student Rights Arauz outlines the goals and ideals of The Rainbow Guard. Arauz begins by describing the Rainbow Guard’s goal to make campus a safer place for LGBTQIA people. The author then describes founder, Tyler Fincannons naming process. Arauz also describes how The Rainbow Guard is more political than other LGBTQIA clubs on campus who are more social. Another goal of The Rainbow Guard is to make campus safe for all members of the LGBTQIA community. The author also discusses the heightened percentage of suicides in the queer community. Another goal of the group is to create safe spaces for members of the LGBTQIA community, where students would be able to seek help if needed. Arauz also

Firstly I’m going to open this topic with mass shooting that had been occurred, June 12 2016 in a gay nightclub. Killed 49 people and wounded 53, also considered a hate crime, which mean that a certain people that is dislike a certain group or ethnics can include but are not limited to: sex, ethnicity, disability, language, nationality, physical appearance, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation.

During this time period, the LGBTI community experienced harmful attacks such as verbal assault, vandalism, death threats and much more. To help express this fear, Marriage Equality USA demonstrates several examples of these particular hate crimes. One of the particular hate crime were: “We put up a No on 8 lawn sign and people would drive by our house just to give us dirty looks and flip us off, even in

The Police and Basij have used verbal, psychological, and physical harassment to threaten the lives of LGBT people in order to “scare them straight”, or coerce them into signing agreements to refrain from publicly expressing their LGBT identity; abuse so severe that many have been left with no other choice than to flee their homeland, including torture, sexual assault, or rape while being held in their custody. (Enter Citation)

June 18th, 2012 -- Armed policemen raided a human rights workshop attended by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender activists.

On June 12th 2016, an act of terrorism occurred at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida (Branum). The result of this devastating attack lead to the death of 49 people, and the injury of about 53 (Cruickshank, CNN). Barack Obama said, "This is an especially heartbreaking day for our friends who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender,”. Thousands of people joined together and mourned the deaths of the victims in Orlando. Also there, were the people of the Westboro Baptist Church. The members of this church held an anti-gay protest while the LGBT people and allies were grieving. Upset by this, the LGBT activists created a way to block the people of the Westboro Baptist Church. In counter-protest they created large “angel wings” for people to wear in order to shield the anti-gay protest that was happening (Stelloh, NBC). The Westboro Baptist Church protesters packed up and left as a result. The LGBT community acted in a very peaceful way of protest. If perhaps this act of terrorism was at a nightclub not specifically for homosexual people, would the Westboro Baptist Church have disrupted the grieving of thousands of

They faced lots of violence from police since 1865. When LGBT went outside they were stopped police more often and got mistreated. When they went to police with their problems, they were harassed by police. The article The Evolution of a Revolution: From Demonstration to Celebrate - The Birth of Pride by Shamey Cramer support this claim. In that article, In 1970, Howard Efland, a gay man, who was brutally murdered by members of the Los Angeles Police Department because he was found in a hotel where gay people have sex. Cramer wrote in this article that “Witnesses stated that when the police raided the place, they beat him, dragged him down the hall, naked, bleeding and screaming. Then they threw him into the back of the police wagon.” This evidence showed police were handling LGBT’s issue with more force than necessary and they did not treat them fairly. This was mistreatment because when police found that out they started violence without talking people in that hotel. Police should not beat people to dead in first chance. They faced horrible violence from police. This source has some weaknesses This author only talk about bad things about LAPD, the author didn’t put more attention on the fact that it was a hotel where gay people had sex and all the witness were from that hotel. They didn’t have any outside witnesses. The witness can exaggerate the event because it happened to their people. This event was not the

there were loads of rainbow flags flying at our shows, but I think that was mainly because people think of the Louis and Harry thing [that they’re secret lovers], which is absolutely nuts and drives me insane”(Attitude 102). What is important to note is that the rainbows which are consistently showcased at One Direction concerts (well before the law on marriage changed) are not because of any ship. The purpose of Rainbow Direction and these rainbow signs was to create a safe place for all. These concerts were transformed by fans, for fans, to establish visibility, educate others, speak out against bullying, and let people celebrate who they are. In one simple statement, your publication undermined the entire movement. In fact, the next paragraph insinuates that these fans are members of a “cult” and are upsetting to Liam Payne and (presumably) the rest of the band (Attitude

The LGBT Rights Movement (in which LGBT stands for “lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender”) dates its beginnings back to almost a century in the United States. The movement aims to bring equality and acceptance on all platforms of life to those who identify as LGBT. Whether it be in the workplace, in school, or even in church, LGBT individuals have historically been discriminated against across the globe. While the overt and systemic discrimination against those who identify as LGBT has subsided significantly over the years in a few regions such as the United States, the entire continent of Africa continues to struggle. The systemic complexities of African countries (i.e. religion, culture, social climate) have greatly hindered the progression of the LGBT Rights Movement in Africa; the Motherland of Humanity.