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Arthur Evans
Arthur Evans Article
-Born in San Fransisco 10/12/1942
-Move to Greenwich Villiage: Discovery of gay life/culture
-Anti-war/Anti-organized religion activist
-Gay Activists Alliance
-Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture
-DIed 09/11/2011 -
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GLBTQ Rights Movement
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Stonewall Riots, The Gay Liberation Front, and Gay Activists Alliance
Stonewell Riot -A police raid of the Stonewall Inn–a gay club located on New York City
-Turned violent as patrons and local sympathizers begin rioting against the police.
-Stonewall Riot was followed by several days of demonstrations in New York
-It formed....
The Gay Liberation Front
-Gay Activists Alliance
-Regarded as history’s first major protest on behalf of equal rights for homosexuals. -
DSM-II Released Without Homosexuality as a Mental Illness
Homosexuality No Longer Mental Illness
-Homosexuality previously defined as a mental illness in the DSM and treated like one
-LGBT community protested this in San Franfrom 1970-1971 which made the American Psychiatric Association worried
-1973: APA voted 13-0 to have homosexuality removed from the DSM
-1974: DSM second edition released without homosexuality defined as mental illness -
Decriminalization of Homosexuality (1961-2003) and Lawrence v Texas
Lawrence v Texas
-John Lawrence and Tyron Garner were arrested at home and jailed overnight for a false report that found the men having sex.
-Texas refused to even hear their arguments, so they convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to take the case
-Court decieded the “Homosexual Conduct” law unconstitutional and established the right to private sexual intimacy with another homosexual adult. -
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Policy created by the Clinton Administration in 1993, ended by Obama in 2011.
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy
-Eliminated laws preventing members of LGBT community to serve in military
-LGBT community could only serve if they don't openly declare sexuality, officers can't ask
-12,000 discharged for declaring sexuality
-09/20/2011 Obama repeals "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy -
Obergefell vs. Hodges and DOMA
DOMA
-Prevented the federal government from recognizing any marriages between gay or lesbian couples .
-Individual states do not legally have to acknowledge the relationships of gay and lesbian couples.
Obergefell vs. Hodges
-Groups of same-sex couples sued their state agencies to challenge bans on same-sex marriage and the refusal to recognize legal same-sex marriages.
-Ruled in favor of marriage equality, enshrining into law the "fundamental right to marry" for same-sex couples -
Accomplishments in the GLBTQ Movement
-Increased Acceptance
-Activist groups (GLF and GAA)
-Legislation (Lawrence v. Texas, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Defense of Marriage Act, Obergefell v. Hodges) -
Two problems they continue to fight for today.
Rolling Stone
Employment discrimination
-LGBT workers still lack federal protection.
-The Employment Non-Discrimination Act
-Didn't make any headway until 2013, .
-Still, it failed to make it to the president's desk.
Health care
-Denial of insurance coverage and transgender-related health care exclusions
-Health services, surgery and hormone therapy.
