My sweet padlet by Snehashree GOEL https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2020-12-11 02:39:06 UTC 2023-03-02 21:10:44 UTC hello@padlet.com On 29 August 1867 Karl Heinrich Ulrichs became the first academic to speak out publicly in defense of homosexuality when he pleaded at the Congress of German Jurists in Munich for a resolution urging the repeal of anti-homosexual laws. He was shouted down rowan57135_2 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008710458 2020-12-11 02:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008710458 goel366011 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008711121 2020-12-11 02:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008711121 1897 The Scientific-Humanitarian Committee was formed in Berlin – it was the first LGBT rights organization in history rowan57135_2 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008716559 2020-12-11 02:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008716559 1919 The film Different from the Others was released. It was the first pro-gay film in the world rowan57135_2 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008718260 2020-12-11 02:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008718260 January, 1958: The Supreme Court rules in favor of gay rights.After the U.S. Post Office refused to deliver America’s first widely distributed pro-gay publication, ONE: The Homosexual Magazine, the case went to the U.S. Supreme Court — and the court ruled in favor of gay rights for the first time, making it a major landmark case in LGBTQ history. goel366011 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008718363 2020-12-11 02:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008718363 April 21, 1966: The Mattachine Society organizes a gay rights “Sip-In.”During a time when most bars refused to serve gay people, the Mattachine Society, one of the country’s first gay rights organizations, staged a “Sip-In,” during which activists entered a New York City bar, announced they were gay, ordered drinks, and waited to be served. goel366011 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008719115 2020-12-11 02:50:49 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008719115 1936 Mona's 440 Club, the first lesbian gay bar in America, opened in San Francisco rowan57135_2 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008722968 2020-12-11 02:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008722968 June 28, 1969: The Stonewall riots spark the beginning of the LGBT movement.In the early morning hours on June 28, 1969, police performed a raid of the Stonewall Inn, a New York City gay bar — and the customers and their supporters took a stand. The event turned into a violent protest and led to a days-long series of riots. Those “Stonewall riots” are largely considered the start of the LGBTQ civil rights movement in the United States. goel366011 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008723493 2020-12-11 02:53:29 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008723493 1973: Homosexuality is no longer declared a mental illness.After years of studies, analysis, and changing cultural attitudes, the American Psychiatric Association’s board of directors removed homosexuality from the official list of mental illnesses, known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a move that was upheld with a vote by the association’s membership. goel366011 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008725980 2020-12-11 02:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008725980 1987: Barney Frank becomes second openly gay member of Congress.After spending six years on Capitol Hill, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), voluntarily came out as gay, making him the second openly gay member of congress, and the first to come out voluntarily, in the country’s history. goel366011 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008728296 2020-12-11 02:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008728296 1974 Kathy Kozachenko became the first openly gay or lesbian candidate to win public office in the United States rowan57135_2 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008728656 2020-12-11 02:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008728656 June 26, 2015: Love wins.The Supreme Court finally and officially declared same-sex marriage a Constitutional right nationwide, meaning all states must allow Americans to get married, regardless of their gender or sexual orientationw rowan57135_2 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008731200 2020-12-11 02:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008731200 April, 2000: Vermont takes a huge step toward same-sex marriage legalization.Vermont became the first state in the country to give same-sex couples the right to enter into civil unions — legal partnerships which would grant those couples the same rights and benefits as those in legal marriages. goel366011 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008733088 2020-12-11 02:59:27 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008733088 October, 2009: The Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act becomes a law.President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law. The act was named for two men who were murdered in hate crimes — Matthew Shepard because he was gay, and James Byrd, Jr. because he was black. The new law expanded previous hate crime legislation to officially categorize crimes motivated by actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability as hate crimes. goel366011 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008733460 2020-12-11 02:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008733460 September, 2011: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is over.President Obama officially revoked the anti-gay, discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law, which prevented openly gay Americans from serving in the U.S. armed forces. goel366011 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008734157 2020-12-11 03:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008734157 June, 2013: SCOTUS strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which became a law in 1996, declared that marriages between gay or lesbian couples were not recognized by the federal government, meaning those couples could not receive legal benefits — like Social Security and health insurance — that straight married couples could. But in 2013, the Supreme Court ruled DOMA to be unconstitutional, which meant same-sex couples married in their own states could receive those federal benefits. goel366011 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008734981 2020-12-11 03:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008734981 January, 2015: President Obama acknowledges the LGTBQ community in the State of the Union address.For the first time in U.S. history, the words “lesbian,” “bisexual,” and “transgender,” were used in the president’s State of the Union address, when President Obama mentioned that, as Americans, we “respect human dignity” and condemn the persecution of minority groups. goel366011 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008735764 2020-12-11 03:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008735764 April, 2015: Obama calls for end to conversion therapy.After the tragic suicide of a transgender teenager who was subjected to Christian conversion therapy, President Obama publicly called for an end to the dangerous practice meant to change people's sexual orientation or gender identities. goel366011 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008736022 2020-12-11 03:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008736022 June, 2015: Sexual orientation is added to the military’s anti-discrimination policy.Though “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was repealed in 2011, sexual orientation was still not a protected class (unlike race, religion, sex, age, and national origin) under the Military Equal Opportunity Policy — until June of 2015, when the U.S. Defense Secretary, Ashton Carter, announced that it would officially be added to the anti-discrimination policy. goel366011 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008736361 2020-12-11 03:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008736361 May, 2016: The Stonewall Inn will become a national monument.The Obama administration announced that they are preparing to designate New York’s Stonewall Inn, the site of those historic riots in 1969, the first-ever national monument dedicated to gay rights. goel366011 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008758997 2020-12-11 03:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008758997 May, 2016: The Obama administration publicly supports transgender students.In the midst of anti-transgender movements throughout the country, President Obama and his administration issued a directive to all public schools that transgender students should be allowed to use the restrooms that reflect their gender identity. Again, President Trump has reversed these gains, enacting and proposing numerous anti-trans policies. goel366011 https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008759322 2020-12-11 03:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/goel366011/kt0xu0u3caes67kl/wish/1008759322