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52 Cards in this Set
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When was the machine society created |
1950 |
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What was the metachine society |
Gaymen created a network of discussion groups.ro share experiences |
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Why did the matachine society protest in front of the white house in the 60s |
Dismissal of federal employees |
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What exec order did Eisenhower sign in 1953 |
Banned homosexuals from gov jobs |
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How many people were fired as a result of Eisenhower's exec order |
5000 |
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What was the lavender scare in the 50s |
Mass fireings of homosexuals as they were accuse of being communist spies |
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When was the Kinsey report published |
1953 |
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What /when was the supreme court first ruling in favour of gays |
1958 Refused to let the postal service ban a gay magazine as obscene |
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When did Illinois become the first state to decriminalize sodomy |
1962 |
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When we're the first reminder day anti discrimination protest held |
1965 |
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When was the first sip in in my held |
1966 |
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What did 1966 sip in protest |
NYC bar refusing to serve gays |
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What did NYC sip in achieve |
NYC commission on human rights ruled gays must be served |
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What did the north american conference in homphile organisations issue in 1968 |
A homosexual bill of rights |
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When were the stone wall riots |
June 1969 |
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What caused the stone wall riots |
Police raid stonewall inn |
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How long did stone wall riots last |
3 days |
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Did sronewall riots get a lot of media coverage |
No |
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What do more militant groups like liberation front encourage? |
People to come out and reclaim the word gay |
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What were gay activist alliance tactics |
Marches sit ins and boycotts |
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Which groups emerge from stone wall riots |
Liberation front and gay activist alliance |
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Why were marches held in NYC Chicago San Fran and LA in 1970 |
Stonewall 1 year anniversary |
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What were 1970 marches on stone wall anniversary now seen as |
First ever gay pride |
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How many attended new York first ever gay pride in 1970 |
10,000 |
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When did the American psychiatric association remove homosexuality from it's list of mental.illnesses |
1973 |
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Who was the first ever openly gay American to be elected |
Kathy kozachenko |
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When was Kathy kozachenko elected to Ann arbor council |
1974 |
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When was Harvey milk elected as first openly gay official in California |
1977 |
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What ruling does Harvey milk introduce in 1977 |
Stop people being openly fired for being gay |
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What proposition did Harvey milk campaign against |
Proposition 6 which sought to ban gays and lesbians from working in California public schools |
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What did a 1977 poll suggest |
Majority of people believe in equal rights for gay people |
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When we're Harvey milk and George mascone assassinated |
Nov 1978 |
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How mnay year in prison was harvey milks assin given |
7 |
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How mnay people protested harvey milks assinces sentenxe |
5000, riots broke out and 120 people injured |
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How many people join 1979 march on wahsington for lesbian and gay rights |
100,000 |
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What does the democratic party say in 198p |
They will not discriminate against gays and will campaign for their rights |
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What was passed in San Fran and severalother cities |
Gay rights city ordinance |
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1979-81 How many openly gay state judges were appointed by the governor of California |
Four |
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When did the US gov remove ban on gay employees |
1975 |
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Where did highly visible gay communities emerge |
San Fran NY Chicago and Seattle |
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What did a gay teenage boy sue his school for jn 1980 |
How right to bring a male date to prom and won |
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What did matachine society membership peak at |
1000's |
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When did the supreme court funnily rule against sodomy laws |
2003 |
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What organsiation did lesbians have to campaign at to be allowed in |
NOW |
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When did the first congress person come out |
1983 |
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When did the president first meet gay activists |
1993 |
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Does it still remain legal to discriminate if sexual orientation in many states |
Yes |
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Did the the 1964 civil rights act specifically apply to gays |
No |
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What was the save our children campaign |
Campaign against Florida anti discrimination bill which would prohibit discrimination against gay people in housing employment an public facilities |
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Did save our children wkn their campaign |
Yes bill was rejected |
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What was the wider impact of SOC campaign |
Simmilar anti discrimjnation laws proposed jn other states were rejected |
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What proposition did SOC campaign inspire |
Proposition 6 in California |
