Throughout the 1900’s there was a lot of things built up against the United States, from WWII to the civil rights movements there was plenty for the citizens and the government to deal with. One important part of this time that people forget is the attacks and discrimination of different homosexual groups within this time. Thus it is believed that the U.S. should have gotten involved in stopping any persecution of homosexual individuals or groups in the 1900’s because, if they had done something then there might not be any of the difficulties and misunderstanding that there is today.
One prime example of this was during WWII. Today when the topic of this horrible period is brought up the first thought is that of the thousands of Jews taken, …show more content…
Many changes were seen especially in schools, more and more kids were coming out but weren’t greeted with warmth. Many openly gay students were bullied, abused, and ridiculed for their sexuality and this drove some to commit suicide. Gay was also now being used as a slur and insult. Some cases were so bad that bullied students later sued their schools for failing to protect them or do anything about the bullying that occurred. These lawsuits quickly forced change in the form of new laws and guidelines. “Recent court decisions and guidelines from the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) make it clear that school districts must take action to protect gay students…” (Jones). “ Title IX prohibits harassing conduct of a sexual nature, such as targeting a lesbian student for physical or sexual advances, if such conduct creates a hostile environment” (Jones). These two legislations were not only important in those times but also in today's. With these homosexual students can have a safer environment in which to learn and interact which helped these students feel more comfortable in society. These changes also helped on a larger scale as the average age for a person to come out dropped from twenty in 1979 to 13 in 1998 (Jones). With new protection and open numbers gay students were able to create and organisation called Gay Straight Alliance (GSA). The first GSA was created in Los Angeles in 1984 ( “LGBT Rights Timeline”) and acted as a club that gay students and straight students could meet and become closer to each other and today still helps strengthen these
One prime example of this was during WWII. Today when the topic of this horrible period is brought up the first thought is that of the thousands of Jews taken, …show more content…
Many changes were seen especially in schools, more and more kids were coming out but weren’t greeted with warmth. Many openly gay students were bullied, abused, and ridiculed for their sexuality and this drove some to commit suicide. Gay was also now being used as a slur and insult. Some cases were so bad that bullied students later sued their schools for failing to protect them or do anything about the bullying that occurred. These lawsuits quickly forced change in the form of new laws and guidelines. “Recent court decisions and guidelines from the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) make it clear that school districts must take action to protect gay students…” (Jones). “ Title IX prohibits harassing conduct of a sexual nature, such as targeting a lesbian student for physical or sexual advances, if such conduct creates a hostile environment” (Jones). These two legislations were not only important in those times but also in today's. With these homosexual students can have a safer environment in which to learn and interact which helped these students feel more comfortable in society. These changes also helped on a larger scale as the average age for a person to come out dropped from twenty in 1979 to 13 in 1998 (Jones). With new protection and open numbers gay students were able to create and organisation called Gay Straight Alliance (GSA). The first GSA was created in Los Angeles in 1984 ( “LGBT Rights Timeline”) and acted as a club that gay students and straight students could meet and become closer to each other and today still helps strengthen these