https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088 en-us 2022-11-16 19:33:40 UTC 2025-10-23 21:58:58 UTC hello@padlet.com sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2402486480 Was first founded by Henry Gerber, a German immigrant. Was granted an official State of Illinois Charter on December 24, 1924, making it the oldest documented homosexual organization in the nation. ]]> 2022-11-29 19:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2402486480 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2402538755 the Nazis held homosexual men in concentration camps, branding them with the pink triangle badge, which was also given to sexual predators.]]> 2022-11-29 20:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2402538755 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2402545779 "that male sexual orientation lies on a continuum between exclusively homosexual to exclusively heterosexual."]]> 2022-11-29 20:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2402545779 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2402557473 one of the nation’s first gay rights group, which sought to improve the lives of gay men through discussion groups and related activities.]]> 2022-11-29 20:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2402557473 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2404083491 the country’s first pro-gay magazine, and One, Inc. won a lawsuit against the U.S. Post Office, which declared the magazine “obscene” and refused to deliver it.]]> 2022-11-30 19:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2404083491 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2404088809 Published the country’s second gay publication, The Mattachine Review. The national Mattachine organization was dissolved in 1961, and the councils became independent. The Mattachine Society of New York name was in use by September 1961, and it was incorporated on December 28 of that year.]]> 2022-11-30 19:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2404088809 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2404104060 They published a newsletter called The Ladder, the first lesbian publication of any kind.]]> 2022-11-30 19:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2404104060 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2404121363 Banned gay and lesbian Americans from being employed by the federal government. ]]> 2022-11-30 19:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2404121363 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2404195084 Illinois became the first state to do away with its anti-sodomy laws, effectively decriminalizing homosexuality.]]> 2022-11-30 20:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2404195084 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2404279280 Used the term “transgender” to describe someone who was born in the body of the incorrect sex.]]> 2022-11-30 22:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2404279280 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405614784 Christine Jorgensen, came out as a trans woman, first person in the U.S. to undergo a successful gender-reassignment operation.]]> 2022-12-01 18:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405614784 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405624569 a twist on the “sit-in” protests of the 1960s, they visited taverns, declared themselves gay, and waited to be turned away so they could sue. ]]> 2022-12-01 19:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405624569 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405630595 On June 28, 1969, New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn. Fed up with years of police harassment, patrons and neighborhood residents began throwing objects at police. ]]> 2022-12-01 19:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405630595 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405639747 At the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, New York City community members marched through local streets in commemoration of the event. Also known as the first gay pride parade.]]> 2022-12-01 19:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405639747 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405653233 Kathy Kozachenko became the first out lesbian American to be elected to public office.]]> 2022-12-01 19:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405653233 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405715021 the New York Supreme Court ruled that transgender woman Renée Richards could play at a tennis tournament as a woman.]]> 2022-12-01 20:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405715021 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405725686 Harvey campaigned on a pro-gay rights platform and became the San Francisco city supervisor in 1978. And he led the gay political movement in fierce battles against anti-gay initiatives.]]> 2022-12-01 20:25:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405725686 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405730286 Milk asked Gilbert Baker, to create an emblem that represents the movement and would be seen as a symbol of pride. He designed and stitched together the first rainbow flag, which he unveiled at a pride parade in 1978.]]> 2022-12-01 20:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405730286 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405740896
In 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report about five previously healthy homosexual men becoming infected with a rare type of pneumonia. In 1984, researchers had identified the cause of AIDS—the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV—and the Food and Drug Administration licensed the first commercial blood test for HIV in 1985. Two years later, the first antiretroviral medication for HIV, azidothymidine, became available.]]> 2022-12-01 20:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405740896 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405841074 Bill Clinton during his campaign, promised he would lift the ban against gays in the military. But after failing to get enough support for such an open policy, President Clinton passed the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which allowed gay men and women to serve in the military as long as they kept their sexuality a secret.]]> 2022-12-01 22:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405841074 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405847040 D.C. passed a law that allowed gay and lesbian couples to register as domestic partners, granting them some of the rights of marriage. But U.S. congress passed the DOMA, which was into law in 1996. The law prevented the government from granting federal marriage benefits to gay couples and allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriage certificates from other states.]]> 2022-12-01 23:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405847040 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405851235 Matthew Shepard was pistol-whipped, tortured, tied to a fence, and left to die. The murder was thought to be driven by Shepard’s perceived homosexuality. And in 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law a new hate crime act.]]> 2022-12-01 23:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405851235 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405853622 Lawrence v. Texas, struck down the state’s anti-sodomy law. The landmark ruling effectively decriminalized homosexual relations nationwide.]]> 2022-12-01 23:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405853622 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405856353 President Obama fulfilled a campaign promise to repeal DADT; by that time, more than 12,000 officers had been discharged from the military under DADT for refusing to hide their sexuality. the Supreme Court ruled DOMA, which allowed the government to deny federal benefits to married same-sex couples. DOMA became powerless, when in 2015 the Supreme Court ruled that states cannot ban gay marriage, making it legal throughout the country.]]> 2022-12-01 23:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2405856353 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2406098511 it reversed a century-old ban against transgender boys, finally catching up with the Girl Scouts of America, which had long been inclusive of LGBTQ leaders and children, the organization had accepted its first transgender Girl Scout in 2011.]]> 2022-12-02 03:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2406098511 sarapigg882 https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2406103187  In March 2018, President Donald Trump announced a new transgender policy for the military that again banned most transgender people from military service. On January 25, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order overturning this ban.]]> 2022-12-02 03:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sarapigg882/noxuxdgqswtux088/wish/2406103187