The%20LGBT%20Movement

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The LGBT Movement

• The history of the movement from Stonewall
  through Gay Marriage, Gender Identity and
  Transgender Issues

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To start a few questions

• The gay rights movement burst on to the political
  scene in 1969. Why then?
• What were the social conditions that fostered the
  appearance of this new social movement?
• What gains have this movement made in changing
  laws and attitudes?
• How has the movement evolved?
• What are some of the important debates within it?

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LGBT Movement A Brief History

• A Definition
• the formation of durable organizations and
  community groups that promote a liberal agenda of
  equal rights and inclusion, premised on a
  conception of gay men and lesbians as a clearly
  demarcated social group with a fixed, ethnic-like
  identity.

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An LGBT Timeline

• The 1950s
• In the 1950s the Homophile Movement emerged
  first in New York City, with the Mattachine
  Society promoting assimilation politics. This is
  the first appearance of the gay political
  movement. Although largely unsuccessful, this
  movement laid the groundwork for the rise of the
  militant faction of the LGBT Movement.

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Timeline (continued)

• The 1960s
• The 1960s foster liberal ideas about sexuality.
  In 1969, three days of rioting ensue when police
  bust a mobster-run gay club, Stonewall Inn, in
  Greenwich Village. This is considered the
  symbolic beginning of the gay movement

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more timeline

• The 1970s
• In the 1970s, the Gay Liberation Front
  splinters, and is composed of largely white,
  middle class enclaves.
• Creation of National Organizations National Gay
  Task Force, Gay Rights National Lobby, Human
  Rights Campaign. The movement attempts going into
  popular politics Carter and the Democratic Party
  fail to push forward gay rights plank.

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even more timeline

• The 1980s
• Ronald Reagan voted into office for two terms,
  followed by George H.W. Bush for one term.
• The rise of the first challenge to the gay rights
  movement the New Right (Moral Majority)
• The emergence of the AIDS epidemic. Reagan, the
  media, and the New Right label it as the gay
  disease. This galvanizes previously uninvolved
  gay men into the activist role.

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and last, but not least

• The 1990s
• The 1990s social movements include those of
  racial politics (minorities previously not in
  movement), sexual expression, and the split
  between left/right political entities within gay
  communities.
• The repealing of gay rights, including the
  fighting against gay marriage is the most recent
  obstacle.