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1969 Stonewall Riots in America
-Stonewall Riots-series of violence coming from the LGBT community
-Cops went to arrest a drag queen in Manhattan and the queen threw coffee in officers face and the riots began
-After event it triggered the LGBT liberation movement
-Step towards Human Rights
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1973 Mental Disorder
-Homosexuality no longer a Mental Illness
-Was removed from the official list of mental illnesses
-American Psychiatrists Association voted
-5854 voted to have it be removed
-3810 voted to keep it on the list -
1988 Coming Out
-National Fist coming out day was approved by the city college of San Francisco.
-October 11th March of Washington, D.C. for gay rights/Coming out day
-Gives an opportunity for LBGTQ's to live openly and honestly as possible.
-Lets Them have a voice for who they are/who they want to be
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1990 GLSTN/GAS
-At time point in history there was only two known high school clubs who supported LGBTQ,s.
GSA's-Gay-Straight Alliances
GLSTN's-The Gay and Lesbian Independence School Teacher Network -
1998 Tammy Baldwin
-Tammy Baldwin was the first congresswomen in Wisconsin
-Also Tammy was the first openly gay politician elected to the United States Senate
-Democratic Politican
-Tammy focused on energy issues and supporting the LGBTQ -
2004 Massachusetts
-Massachusetts was the first state in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage
-Marcia Kadish (56) and her partner Tanya McCloskey (52) were the first legal same-sex marriage at the Cambridge City Hall in Massachusetts -
2011 "Don't Ask Don't Tell"
-President Obama formally repealed "Don't Act Don't Tell"
-Law banned Gay and Lesbian service members from serving in the armed forces.
-Now people in uniforms will no longer have to lie about their sexuality to fight for the country they know and love
https://www.britannica.com/event/Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell/media/1553878/158190 -
2013 DOMA
-DOMA- Defense of Marriage Act
-1996 law stated gays and lesbians could not receive heath or social security insurance
-2013 supreme court stated that the law was unconstitutional
-one issue was equal protection -
2015 Love Wins
-Same-sex marriage
-All states must allow Americans to get married no matter their gender or sexual orientation
https://twitter.com/ObamaWhiteHouse/status/614611810415681536 -
2016 Transgender
-Obama Public supports transgenders
-Be allowed to use the bathroom that reflects their gender
-Letters sent to schools provided extensive guidelines explaining how to treat trans students fair when using the schools facilities
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/13/obama-public-schools-transgender-access-restrooms
