The Gay Liberation Movement In The Civil Rights Movement

In 2016 President Obama named the Stonewall Inn as the first National monument to LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Questioning, Asexual, Intersex) rights. In history classes, we learned that movements can lead to progression to break down and change constitutional law, and the mindset of society. We hear about the civil rights movement, women’s rights and even the labor movement; but seldom do we hear about the gay rights movement. Many people say that the LGBTQIA community has been fighting since 1912 or WWII, but all can agree that the Stonewall riots started gay liberation and changed the LGBTQ community forever.

Equality rarely applies to Americans of color. To identify with two subgroups and be oppressed by society normalization only hurts the meaning of equalism. Throughout the years, minority groups have witness unfairness from slavery, civil rights movement and new area of the Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bisexual (LGBT) movement. Yet, there are still heinous crimes and brutality force upon this community who wished nothing more but to be equals within society. We are living in day time where racial justice has become such an epidemic that the government has yet to take a stand for LGBT of color who are underserved. It’s an issue of equality. It’s an issue of equal treatment under the law,” Jonathan Capehart. African American still continue to face civil rights issue, just much so as LGBT population continue to struggle with justice issues today. What do you do when you are seeking justices for both as an African American individual apart of the LGBTQ community? This has become a rising social issue in today's society for many people.

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In the recent years there has been a growing concern about the impact of homophobia. In the United States, few endeavors were made to make backing bunches supporting gay and lesbian connections until after World War II, albeit prewar gay life prospered in urban focuses, for example, Greenwich Village and Harlem amid the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. The interruptions of World War II permitted earlier detached gay men and ladies to meet as fighters, war laborers, and different volunteers evacuated from residential communities and posted around the world. More noteworthy mindfulness, combined with Senator Joseph McCarthy 's examination of gay people holding government occupations amid the mid 1950s, prompted the primary American-based political requests for reasonable treatment in psychological wellbeing, open strategy, and vocation. Until the passing of the Sexual Offences Bill in 1967, male homosexual activity was illegal. Gay men were frequently imprisoned for consensual sex with another man. Lesbianism was not illegal, but was similarly subject to public disapproval, or ignored.

Despite the dangers and difficulties involved, gay men and women were able to find places to meet. The Minorities Research Group (MRG) was formed in 1964, and provided isolated lesbians with resources and information about female homosexuality and the opportunity to meet other women” (Allan Horsfall 2014). “Through the 1980s, as the gay male community was decimated by the AIDS epidemic, demands

It started with social clubs and civil right societies in the beginning and progressed to lesbian and gay right groups in the 1970s (Lorde, 1979). Both sets of groups have campaigned for the good issues of dealing with gays and lesbians. The challenge has been for both groups proclaiming their freedom of speech and expressions. There was a survey performed in the early 1970s that focused on specific questions dealing with free speech rights in reference to a man who comes out and confession about him being a homosexual (Herek, 2002). Many people had mixed feelings about if they would let a man make a speech in a public setting. The final results were rather shocking because it was determined that 61% of those polled would be for a homosexual man speaking, 47% would be for him teaching at a university, and 54% would be against him examining a book. The support continues to be on the rise and rose all the way up to 86% for speech, 84% for teaching, and 78% against examining (Herek, 2002).

Homosexuality has always been a controversial topic in the United States, and the twenty-first century has brought about many new rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender group. The American Gay Rights Movement has a long history, but the LGBT community is now starting to have more rights and protection.

When you think of gay rights, you probably think of parades and rainbows. The 21st century LGBT movement has become known for its message of equality for all, and other human liberties such as same-sex marriage. This progress has been very important, and has been fought for over 40 years with a lot of blood sweat and tears. But often this fight is overlooked, or dismissed as being unimportant. Gay marriage was just legalized on a national level in June 26 2015. This means that gay people have been able to only marry for 10 months, while marriage has existed between heteroseuxal couples for hundreds and thousands of years- which Is ridiculous. My book, Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution, by David Carter offers a detailed explanation of what helped cause all of this progress to be made. Everything starts somewhere, and Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution offers an excellent description of where the LGBT movement originated.

On June 28, 1969, the Gay Liberation Movement was sparked due to the Stonewall Riot in Manhattan, New York City, (History.com Staff). The Stonewall was a gay club located in New York City. It was often regulated and harassed by police officers but one day the LGBT decided to stand up for themselves and fight back. Although the police were legally justified in raiding the club, which was serving liquor without a license among other violations, New York’s gay community had grown weary of the police department targeting gay clubs, a majority of which had already been closed. The crowd on the street watched quietly as Stonewall’s employees were arrested, but when three drag queens and a lesbian were forced into the paddy wagon, the crowd began throwing bottles at the police. The officers were forced to take shelter inside the establishment, and two policemen were slightly injured before reinforcements arrived to disperse the mob. The protest, however, spilled over into the neighboring streets, and order was not restored until the deployment of New York’s riot police. The raid on the Stonewall Inn lead to many riots and created an uproar from the LGBT community, (Teal).The Stonewall Riot was followed by several days of demonstrations in New York and was the impetus for the formation of the Gay Liberation Front as well as other gay, lesbian, and bisexual civil rights organizations. It is also regarded by many as history’s first major protest on behalf of equal rights for

In the United States the issue of civil liberties, or a lack thereof for certain minorities has been prevalent since the 1800’s. The historically renowned Stonewall Incident marked the beginning of the civil rights and equality movement, for the gay and lesbian demographic in America. “On June 27th, 1969, patrons of the Stonewall Inn, a New York City bar popular with gays and lesbians responded to a police raid by throwing beer cans and bottles because they were angry at what they felt was unjustified police harassment” (Bardes et al. 170). Since the incident, gay men and lesbian women have formed various organizations to exert pressure on legislations, the media, schools, and churches. The liberation achieved by the homosexual community of the United States during the Stonewall Incident has lead to the acceptance of openly gay and lesbian representation in Congress, the military, and same-sex marriage in certain states. (Do I need to add a comma to thesis) -- seems long?

After the passing of the Criminal Amendment Act of 1968, gay and lesbian rights movements started booming in the 1970’s (Smith 328). At first, the purpose of the movements was to gain support from the public on their cause of equal rights for LGBT people. However, the main goal was for the “legalization of homosexual behavior; an end to state regulation and repression of lesbian and gay life; and the passage and enforcement of antidiscrimination measures, most importantly in the area of employment” (Smith 334). To do this, the gay rights movements of Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto sought for political action to gain rights (Smith 334). These gay rights liberations faced discrimination themselves when the newspaper was unwilling to

The history of the gay rights movement has been a hard fought battle within the United States. In fact the first gay rights movement dates back to 1924 with the creation of The Society for Human Rights in Chicago, Illinois. It wasn’t until the 1960’s that gay rights started to make progress. In the year 1969 The Stonewall Riots took place when gay, lesbian, and transgender patrons of a New York bar were raided by the police. This forever changed the movement from isolated incidents to a world wide phenomenon.

Acceptance of the Homosexual Lifestyle: An Evaluation and Comparison between the United States and Other Locations

The topic I choose to discuss is the gay rights movement. This topic is presented well in the textbook, it is a long through couple paragraphs of important knowledge. The book talks about how people have started to change opinion about people who have a different sexual orientation than them. It is also talks about how people used to be put into mental hospitals for being homosexual and all the prejudice that goes on with them it’s no wonder that many people don’t announce it. It talks about people being homophobic, nowadays people like that are frowned upon. People don’t understand others who can’t handle if someone had a different sexual orientation than them. I agree with how the book presents this knowledge, I think it is helpful and an

The history of the gay rights movement dates back to the 1960s when homosexual acts were illegal in most places. If homosexual acts were discovered, those performing the acts were more than often mistreated and even abused, even by local law enforcement. For years nothing changed. Although organizations like the Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis had been formed in the 1950s, no change had been achieved. However, on June 28th of 1969, a riot happened at the Stonewall Inn: a gay bar in New York City. A group of gay men began to fight back and pelt local policemen until a riot unit arrived and dispersed the crowd. Not only did this riot spark a change in the gay community but it also exposed the problem to more people. Unfortunately, the gay rights movement took a loss in 1986 when the United States Supreme Court ruled in the case Bowers v. Hardwick that even “consenting adults” did not legally have the right to participate in homosexual acts. The court’s rationale was that the majority of Americans believed that homosexuality was immoral and that this was an adequate justification for anti-sodomy laws. Seventeen years later the Supreme Court overturned Bowers in Lawrence v. Texas ruling that anti-sodomy laws did indeed infringe upon homosexuals basic rights and were therefore unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment and the due

Homosexuality continues as a controversial topic of conversation amongst the civil society and church worldwide. Although in recent decades the homosexual agenda appears to gain territory in legislation and so called civil rights we (Bible believing Christians) should understand that even though gay marriages are supported by the legal system the body of Christ is under a different governing system. As ambassadors of the Kingdom, imitators of Jesus Christ, and Image bearers of God we must acknowledge marriage as a sacred institution between one man and one woman not between the same sex. Meaning we do not condone homosexuality but our love toward homosexuals honor God’s word (NIV, Mr. 10: 6-9; Jn. 3:16). Therefore, the body of Christ should