LGBTQ+ Rights by Vivian Rodkey 31 https://padlet.com/40001831/lfhbyz5wysksed36 lallala en-us 2023-01-19 18:46:24 UTC 2023-01-26 19:05:17 UTC hello@padlet.com What is the movement about? 40001831 https://padlet.com/40001831/lfhbyz5wysksed36/wish/2450239586 The LGBTQ+ rights movement was about people in the community: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and other identities. It was centered around preventing these people from being discriminated against, providing these people ample access to communities that support them, and protecting those who were most vulnerable.]]> 2023-01-19 18:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/40001831/lfhbyz5wysksed36/wish/2450239586 Who was involved? 40001831 https://padlet.com/40001831/lfhbyz5wysksed36/wish/2450239664 There are so many people that were involved in the LGBTQ+ movement that it's difficult to pin down who was "most important" as every person in the community played and continues to play their part in furthering gay rights. This may be a lengthier section as I wish to touch on a multitude of people from all over time who pioneered the way for gay visibility. Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, both transgender women of color who led the uprising in the Stonewall Riots and truly pushed gay rights into the limelight, Barbara Gittings and Frank Kameny who worked to remove homosexuality from the American Psychiatric Association as a mental disorder, Larry Kramer who was among the first to sound the alarm for HIV/AIDS and relentlessly attack the government for their inaction, and Billie Jean King who was an American tennis player who advocated not only for gay rights but for the feminist movement of the 1970's as well. All these people were among the few who continue to champion for gay rights even today.]]> 2023-01-19 18:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/40001831/lfhbyz5wysksed36/wish/2450239664 When did this movement take place? 40001831 https://padlet.com/40001831/lfhbyz5wysksed36/wish/2450239785 The movement can be traced back to its beginnings in the late 1800's in multiple places including England and America most prominently. This isn't to say that LGBTQ+ people did not exist before then as they most certainly did, but this was the period in which outward laws and hatred towards these people began. One instance can be pointed to in William Dorsey Swann, a drag queen who organized drag galas was the first American to publicly defend on record the LGBTQ+ community's right to political assembly. This movement has been going on for a long time, but it truly took off in 1969 with the Stonewall Riots and further when the AIDS crisis came to the forefront of American society.]]> 2023-01-19 18:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/40001831/lfhbyz5wysksed36/wish/2450239785 Where was it focused? 40001831 https://padlet.com/40001831/lfhbyz5wysksed36/wish/2450239852 The LGBTQ+ rights movement was not concentrated to one specific area as it was widespread all over the United States. A few notable places that can be mentioned are Philadelphia where the first gay rights march took place, a multitude of places in California, and New York City in particular. ]]> 2023-01-19 18:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/40001831/lfhbyz5wysksed36/wish/2450239852 Why did the movement start? 40001831 https://padlet.com/40001831/lfhbyz5wysksed36/wish/2450239917 The movement began due to the immense amounts of violence and hatred towards LBGTQ+ people from all over history. From blatant discrimination, to violent action, to villainization from the government who was supposed to protect us, it all culminated in the community uniting to fight back against the continuing oppression.]]> 2023-01-19 18:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/40001831/lfhbyz5wysksed36/wish/2450239917 How did the government respond to it? 40001831 https://padlet.com/40001831/lfhbyz5wysksed36/wish/2450240532 For a long period in history, the government did not respond to the gay rights movement and when they did it was either with active harm or suppression. Two more modern instances can be pointed to with the Reagan Administrations gross lack of action to protect people of the LGBTQ+ community during the HIV/AIDS crisis which led to the loss of over forty million people and the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy which led to the banning of lesbian or gay members serving in the U.S. military.]]> 2023-01-19 18:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/40001831/lfhbyz5wysksed36/wish/2450240532 How successful was the movement? 40001831 https://padlet.com/40001831/lfhbyz5wysksed36/wish/2450240593 Although there have been many successes in this movement such as the 2015 ruling of Obergefell v. Hodges which protected the LGBTQ+ community's fundamental right to marry, the fight against hatred continues today. It's especially prominent when it comes to the recognition of Transgender people in the eyes of the law.]]> 2023-01-19 18:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/40001831/lfhbyz5wysksed36/wish/2450240593 Sources. 40001831 https://padlet.com/40001831/lfhbyz5wysksed36/wish/2450240705 https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/civil-rights-reimagining-policing/human-rights-hero/
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/26/us/most-influential-lgbtq-activists/index.html

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