SOCIOL 103 Lecture 25: Gay Rights Movement Lecture Notes 12/12
13 Dec 2017
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1924 society for human rights/friendship and freedom newsletter. 1948 kinsey"s sex sexual encounter -> continuum theory of sexual orientation. 1950 mattachine society is founded to reduce gay social isolation. 1955 daughters of bilitis lesbian advocacy group formed. 1955 psychologist helen hooker shows no gay-straight differences in mental health. 1969 stonewall riots, precipitating event -> sustained social movement. 1974 elaine noble, openly gay, elects to mass legislature. 1977 harvey milk, openly gay, elected supervisor of san francisco. 1979 100,000 people national march on washington for lesbian and gay rights. Chapter5s of the national organization of parents and friends of lesbians and gays (pflag) 1980s aids, rising violence against gays, supreme court upholds state rights to criminalize same sex acts--lgbt tactics. Late 1990s tipping points protections against discrimination union between one man and one woman protections as married couples. 1996: united states supreme court rules that colorado denying gays and lesbians. 1999: california allows same sex couples equal rights, responsibilities, benefits, and.
