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These two had the widely regarded first same-sex marriage in Spain. Elisa cut her hair short and gave herself a masculine appearance carrying with her the name "Mario" with a fake backstory. Marcela even got pregnant to further sell the marriage. They were later found out by neighbors and fled to Portugal where they were also caught, but then after Argentina. Again, they had new names and a new story where Elisa married a man in Argentina. Not much is known after this. -
The first anti-gay raid by the New York police that resulted in 34 arrests, resulting in 7 men receiving prison sentences ranging from 4-20 years
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Gerber was inspired to create the first homosexual rights organization in the United States after experiencing an accepting environment in Germany while enlisted in the army. He justified this as a person's right to pursue happiness. A few months after the non-profit was established, some of the members including himself were arrested on "obscenity" charges. Legal fees eventually bankrupted Gerber after the charges were dropped and he lost his job, causing the group to disband.
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FDR had a disability known as Polio, which causes a life-threatening infection to the spinal cord, causing paralysis. Roosevelt tried to conceal his disability from the public eye, but most of the public found out about his disability. Seeing a president with a disability inspired many people across the nation and this support led FDR to create a non-profit organization called "The Georgia Warm Springs Foundation". -
This foundation aimed to expose the manipulative and abusive conditions at state mental institutions. They became an early advocate for people with disabilities to live in community settings, rather than being isolated in institutions. -
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A public television program in Boston is the first to add a "Closed Captioning" feature for deaf people.
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The act states: "No otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the United States, shall solely by reason of his handicap, be subject to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance". This means that all disabled citizens are now protected under this act. -
This ensures all handicapped children the right to have a public school education. All handicapped children have the right to free and safe education in public schools. After this was passed, all public schools are required to accept a federal fund in order to provide education to all handicapped children. -
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He later is assassinated by Dan White on November 27 the same year and was an inspiration to Gilbert Baker. -
Frances Davis applied to be a part of the nursing program at Southeastern Community College in April of 1979. Davis had a hearing disability and needed aid with lip-reading and more. The community college denied her admission. After asking and getting denied again, Davis quickly sued the community college. Two months later, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina voted against her since she did not reach the specific requirements to be accepted into college.
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1981 was proclaimed the International Year of Disabled Persons by the United Nations. This included speeches in front of the United Nations General Assembly. Along with this, governments were strongly encouraged to introduce and incorporate disabled citizens right in the front of society to keep everyone involved. -
A major civil rights law that protects people with disabilities against discrimination. -
This established that service members are not allowed to discuss or ask one another about sexual orientation. This policy prohibited gay and lesbian Americans from serving in the military but also prohibited the harassment of those that were "not out." The repeal of this policy occurred in 2011 under Barack Obama, officially ending on September 20, 2011.
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Originally formed in 1977, the Disability Rights Rhode Island organization has since been updated. The DRRI is the independent federally mandated Protection and Advocacy System for the state of Rhode Island. They are a branch of the Protection and Advocacy System of Congress and they protect the rights of handicapped citizens. -
The two had been together for over twenty years and they along with 77 other same-sex couples got married the same day. 11 years later, after Obergefell v. Hodges, their marriage becomes federally recognized. -
Obergefell v. Hodges is decided. Same-sex couples sued their relevant state agencies in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee to challenge those states' bans on same-sex marriage and the legalities. They said there was a basis that the states violated the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. It was decided that the right to marry is a fundamental liberty for a multitude of reasons. This was a major milestone for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. -
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A man by the name of Albert Dytch filed more than 180 disability lawsuits. This raises the question of whether this man knows what a lawsuit is or if there is a serious issue going on. This raises the fact that many people do not know what is and what is not allowed for civilians with disabilities and what they can do.
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Biden says that he is simply enabling all qualified Americans to serve their country in uniform. It was decided that no one would be separated or discharged based on their gender identity. He believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service.
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The Parental Rights in Education bill ("Don't Say Gay") limits LGBTQ discussion in schools and battles how much say parents can have on their children’s education. A main idea is limiting classroom discussion about LGBTQ issues for grades K-3. Many say classroom education about sexual orientation and gender shouldn’t start at an early age, and that parents should have final say about what their children learn and when. About six other states are promoting their own version of this law today.
