Women's Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Stonewall Riots, After Stonewall, Lgbt Social Movements

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 1020E
• Professor: Jen Chisholm

Document Summary

Lgbtq histories: stonewall and the birth of the gay. Reform vs. revolution: lgbtq movements present an interesting example of this dichotomy, as reform and revolution may be on in the same. Tuesday, february 3, 2015: our particular struggle for sexual self-determination, the abolition of sex-role stereotypes and the human right to the use of one"s body without interference from the legal and social institutions of the state. Many of us have understood that our struggle cannot succeed without a fundamental change in society which will put the source of power (means of production) in the hands of the people who at present have nothing (87). Google search: background behind term coming out http://www. hrc. org/resources/entry/the-history-of-coming-out. According to the oxford english dictionary, the rst printed use of the term coming out of the closet to describe declaring one"s sexuality, was written by sylvia plath in the.