The LGBT community has been suffering inequality for hundreds of years. Even though there was suffering, it inspired movements and projects to be created in order to bring attention to the unfair treatment against the community. Activists such as Cleve Jones create marks and take a step closer to equality. Just last year, gay marriage was made legal in all 50 states and there are many campaigns spreading AIDS awareness and contributing to fundraise for research. The LGBT community just wants to feel as of they are included. They did and do not want to destroy the current structure of society, but want to create recognition and acceptance within in (D’Emilio). Cleve Jones is an activist who stood up against the discrimination against the LGBT
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Consequently, more people came out against the community, creating hostility throughout the nation. One of these people is named Anita Bryant, a woman who repealed a gay-rights legislation in Miami and had nothing but cruel words against the young generation of gay men struggling to come out (Whirry). This caused the Gay Rights Movement to work even harder against the discrimination, especially with leaders like Harvey Milk and Cleve Jones. Cleve Jones first handedly dealt with discrimination from his own family. Because of this, Jones felt alone and angry at the world because of the unfairness, but through this he found to love activism (Zinn 185). Since Jones had a personal experience with discrimination, he believed that others should not go through the same thing. Being an activist takes a lot of hard work and commitment, but is the best way to take a stand because it is more effective. He became a great influence to the movement and helped make the LGBT community known. The community was overlooked and was not even much of a community until the 1970’s. People were worried and stressed about if there were other people like them. “... Cleve Jones was amongst the last generation of gay Americans who grew up wondering if there were others out there like himself” (CleveJones.com). To become the last generation of feeling alone, is such an …show more content…
He was personally attacked which made the problem within the LGBT community more relatable, giving him the passion he needed in order to accomplish such an impact in this country. The LGBT community had no recognition and was pushed off to the side when issues rose to the surface within the community. Cleve Jones realized this and created awareness, reaching across the country and inspired people to stand with him in the fight for research for AIDS. The research for AIDS came along with the recognition for the LGBT community because people did not want to acknowledge that there was a problem because it involved gay people. The government allowed thousands of men to die because they did not want to address this issue. Despite all the efforts that the government and also activists against the LGBT community, Cleve Jones changed the view of AIDS and the LGBT community
Consequently, more people came out against the community, creating hostility throughout the nation. One of these people is named Anita Bryant, a woman who repealed a gay-rights legislation in Miami and had nothing but cruel words against the young generation of gay men struggling to come out (Whirry). This caused the Gay Rights Movement to work even harder against the discrimination, especially with leaders like Harvey Milk and Cleve Jones. Cleve Jones first handedly dealt with discrimination from his own family. Because of this, Jones felt alone and angry at the world because of the unfairness, but through this he found to love activism (Zinn 185). Since Jones had a personal experience with discrimination, he believed that others should not go through the same thing. Being an activist takes a lot of hard work and commitment, but is the best way to take a stand because it is more effective. He became a great influence to the movement and helped make the LGBT community known. The community was overlooked and was not even much of a community until the 1970’s. People were worried and stressed about if there were other people like them. “... Cleve Jones was amongst the last generation of gay Americans who grew up wondering if there were others out there like himself” (CleveJones.com). To become the last generation of feeling alone, is such an …show more content…
He was personally attacked which made the problem within the LGBT community more relatable, giving him the passion he needed in order to accomplish such an impact in this country. The LGBT community had no recognition and was pushed off to the side when issues rose to the surface within the community. Cleve Jones realized this and created awareness, reaching across the country and inspired people to stand with him in the fight for research for AIDS. The research for AIDS came along with the recognition for the LGBT community because people did not want to acknowledge that there was a problem because it involved gay people. The government allowed thousands of men to die because they did not want to address this issue. Despite all the efforts that the government and also activists against the LGBT community, Cleve Jones changed the view of AIDS and the LGBT community