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Socialist Alternative
- Divorced parents
- Attented Chicago Junior School where he experienced sam-sex relationships and Christian Scientists
- Attended Sullivan High School
- Studied ballet then began volunteering for gay rights organizations
- Became a main leader as a gay rights activist
- Founded Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop
- Proposed the first annual Gay Pride March -
Decriminalization of Homosexuality
- Many state sodomy laws outlaw homosexuality -
Civil Rights
- A series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid that took place at the Stonewall Inn
- The event was largely regarded as a catalyst for the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance
- Gay Liberation Front's statement of purpose clearly stated its revolutionary goals -
Homosexuality and Psychology
- Listed as mental illness for the first and second editions
- Many tests proved no difference in functioning between gay or straight individuals
- Dispelled pervious accepted truths. -
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy
- Responce to Ronald Reagan's pervious ban
- Clinton running campaign promise
-A compromise -
Defense of Marriage Act
- Federal Law not regcognizing same sex marriage
- Not granted same legal rights -
Lawrence v. Texas
- Homosexuality outlawed in many states.
- Charged with violating "Homosexual Conduct" law
- Ruled in their favor -
Obama ended "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
- Obama campaign promise
- Pentagon investigation
- Conservative Filibuster
- House and Senate pass apeal
- Obama signs -
Human Rights Campaign
- Marriage equality victories
- Red logo campaign that made Facebook history
- The U.S. Senate vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act -
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Human Rights Watch
- Many states deny transgender adolescents the possibility of legal recognition in their preferred gender.
- Extend federal hate crimes jurisdiction (The Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act)
