The Great Gatsby Annotated Bibliography

In the 65-year history of LGBTQ activism in the United States, the present moment stands out on the basis of gay marriage being legalized. At no other time would an observer have imagined that the LGBTQ movement was likely to succeed in such a manner that any gender can marry any other gender with the permission by the law (Stewart-winter

In 1965 during the Civil Rights Movement, was the first gay rights demonstration which led to the gay liberation movement in the 70’s. Being such an impactful commemoration it inspired more liberating groups in the growing gay and lesbian world such as: feminist movements, record labels, music festivals and the National Organization for Women. This quickly evolved into acceptance in a place of worship when the first gay minister was ordained in ’72. Soon after, several large political groups formed in support of the growing “outing” of a gay society in a stand for gay rights. (Morris, 2017)

Two texts that perhaps best captured Milk’s messages and the powerful ways through which he communicated them are an interview from the free gay San Francisco Kalendar magazine from 1973, and You’ve Got to have Hope, or The Hope Speech’, a public address from Milk intended to “embolden a strong GLBTQ nationalism within the Castro, while also appealing for an alliance with other disenfranchised groups and straight folk” (Milk et al. 2013 p.147).

The conditions of the 1960s primed the gay rights movement for an awakening. At this time, the “increased radicalism of the late-Sixties racial and antiwar movements was just manifesting

Much progress has been made in the National Assembly over these past few weeks. Thanks to the amendment to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, women are now on a level playing field with men. All rights laid out in the document belong to both men and women. To go along with that, Marie Antionette’s suspensive veto power from henceforth will be ignored. Her abuse of this power left the National Assembly no choice to vote, unanimously, to revoke this power that she felt was hers. From this point forward, the National Assembly can debate upon any topic that they desire. Ms. Antionette will no longer be able to delay progress towards a better France. This better France will be achieved through a National Guard filled with men and women, as well as women trained in the use of firearms and other weapons.

Within the early 1990s there is a rise in queer culture that many people did not know for what it was. At first, the United States

“The blonde, blunt, predecessor of her father’s right-wing campaign,” Marine LePen, is challenged with the possibility of winning what might be considered Frances’s most heated presidential election yet. Voters should have two questions to ask: What is the probability that Marine LePen will be the next president of France, and should they vote for her?

ERPs, even before this most recent rise in anti-foreign sentiments, were as culturally homogenous groups and proponents of anti-immigration (Greven). While this anti-immigration sentiment was not previously directed at any one group, a perceived threat began in 2001, with the terrorist attacks in New York, and only intensified in Europe with the Charlie Hebdo attack in France and the attacks across Europe since then (SETA). Given the political flexibility of not being coalition oriented, ERPs were easily able to absorb this Islamophobia sentiment into their platforms, highlighting the dangers of immigration they had touted all along. As they were not majorities in governments, they were able to point to centrist parties, those in power, as being weak and blamed them for the violence (Greven).

Whilst explaining that there has been an on-going battle over gay rights and even comparing them to the rights of other overlooked populations such as the African American one, they explain that this fight has been fought most intensely at the subnational level; in legislatures, courtrooms, and direct democracy campaigns—yielding a complicated policy montage. Although some states have adopted numerous pro-gay policies; others have very few or none. The article stresses the struggles over various minority rights and how they have played an immense part in history and are among the main conflicts in any diverse democracy. Believing that possibly over time such struggles may have moved from race to sexual orientation, it is clear that basic tensions remain unresolved. Their analysis sheds insight into how these tensions play out for gay rights, and, in particular, their research allowed them to assess the degree to which majoritarian responsiveness has dissatisfied the objectives of the gay rights movement. The article also contains the argument of conservative religious voters and how they exercise an unjustified influence on policy making and through political activism and interest group pressure, have been able to successfully block popular laws that extend and grant government protection to the

Alfred Charles Kinsey’s work supports Historian Dagmar Herzog’s findings by comparing Europeans’ reactions to Kinsey’s research on homosexuality. With Americans’ reactions Kinsey’s research had a profound effect on the gay subculture in the United States (“The Kinsey Institute – Kinsey Sexuality Rating Scale,” n.d.). However, it also impacted homosexuals in other parts of the world. Historian Dagmar Herzog argues that activists for homosexual rights in France and West Germany were thrilled by Kinsey’s research that showed heterosexual and homosexual behaviors as being on a continuum rather than as a dichotomy between gay and straight (Herzog, 2006). This is ultimately due to the fact that in West Germany homosexuality was still illegal and in

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

Cable News Network, 16 May 2017. Web. 18 May 2017. Mills, Robert. “Queer Is Here?

Here is my standing point, I have come to an agreement to what the columnist, Paul Krugman, argued that the rise in Donald Trump, and Ms. Le Pen of the National Front, it is somehow, miraculously “shocking” to the public, yet not at the slightest, surprising. Although, in the events of Trump’s rise, it is said the angry whites are too blame; but this standpoint will continue on to convey that each nation, United States and Europe, had a part that enabled the ugly truth of this misconception.

The modern French government is a unique political entity like no other in history. In my research paper I aim to show that while France's system of government appears democratic it is in actuality not. I plan to demonstrate it is more of an oligarchy than a polyarchy, polyarchy being fundamentally necessary for democracy. Drawing on research from conflict theorists I plan to show that France is not truly democratic. I plan to first draw a parallel between research on France as a pluralist state and Robert Dahl's New Haven study by showing that France like New Haven appears to be a pluralist democracy. I then plan to show just as G. William Domhoff did with Dahl's original study, that the same inequality in power exists in France as in New

To begin to look at the complex issues arising from the divisions created in France due to xenophobia, we need to go back to the formation of the French republic. When French citizens overthrew the monarchy they were adamant that France would be tolerant of all of its citizens regardless of their political or religious views. Thomas Paine’s Rights of man and citizen (1789) was intended to be the basis of France’s