Analyse the attitudes and perceptions of the US government and Australian government towards homosexuality in the 20th century and the policies that instigated Throughout the twentieth century homosexuals were persecuted for their sexual attraction to the same gender. Homosexuals constantly endured physical, verbal and cognitive harassment from the government which furthered the social harassment. The government implemented many methods to ostracize homosexuals from being a part of society, such methods include jail sentencing, conversion therapy and the lavender scare. Government These methods were encouraged by the government and the general public. Homosexuality was considered and deemed a security risk by the American government and
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The American government missioned to find all gays and lesbians working in government jobs and fire them using their sexual preference to excuse the unfair dismissal. The American government viewed homosexuals as a security risk mainly because they were easy subject to blackmail from foreign enemy agents and would give away government secrets in order to keep their sexual orientation a secret. The government spent their time searching for homosexuals working for the government and fired any who were identified or even suspected to be gay or lesbian. Thousands and thousands of federal workers lost their jobs during this hunt for homosexuals. Many homosexuals that were found out either resigned when they were revealed whereas other homosexuals wouldn’t resign and the government would bring removal charges. This further emphasises that the government viewed homosexuality as an inconvenience to them and society. Homosexuals were advertised as having a mental disability through the 1950s boys beware anti-gay and anti gay posters, this type of treatment resulted in an overwhelming 71.4% rate of suicides from gay and lesbian men and women (UCALGARY, March 2000). The government to some extent controlled the general public’s view on homosexuality, the government further encouraged the public to exclude …show more content…
The Australian government convicted men such as Jack McEwan for caressing another man behind some bushes on Brighton Beach in 1967, men and women were suspected to be homosexual and men who were openly homosexual, the government would often charge people in situations like Tom Anderson 1977 who were victims of sexual abuse by other men, victims were often charged with 2 accounts of gross indecency and buggery. It is evident that the government disapproved of homosexuality and they did everything in their power to ensure that homosexuals did not live a comfortable life but rather an uncomfortable and difficult life, the government invalidated their humanity but jailing them unjustly, victimised and undermining child sexual abuse. These laws; Buggery act of 1533 and gross indecency, Buggery was unlawful, people caught were prosecuted under section 61 of the offences against the Person act 1861 and section 12 of the sexual offences Act 1956. Both buggery and gross indecency are now known as Sodomy law is defined as sexual acts as crimes, the term sodomy is typically understood by courts to be deemed as “unnatural” or immoral. This implies that the government viewed homosexuality as an unnatural way of living and was immoral and that they shouldn’t be permitted into
The American government missioned to find all gays and lesbians working in government jobs and fire them using their sexual preference to excuse the unfair dismissal. The American government viewed homosexuals as a security risk mainly because they were easy subject to blackmail from foreign enemy agents and would give away government secrets in order to keep their sexual orientation a secret. The government spent their time searching for homosexuals working for the government and fired any who were identified or even suspected to be gay or lesbian. Thousands and thousands of federal workers lost their jobs during this hunt for homosexuals. Many homosexuals that were found out either resigned when they were revealed whereas other homosexuals wouldn’t resign and the government would bring removal charges. This further emphasises that the government viewed homosexuality as an inconvenience to them and society. Homosexuals were advertised as having a mental disability through the 1950s boys beware anti-gay and anti gay posters, this type of treatment resulted in an overwhelming 71.4% rate of suicides from gay and lesbian men and women (UCALGARY, March 2000). The government to some extent controlled the general public’s view on homosexuality, the government further encouraged the public to exclude …show more content…
The Australian government convicted men such as Jack McEwan for caressing another man behind some bushes on Brighton Beach in 1967, men and women were suspected to be homosexual and men who were openly homosexual, the government would often charge people in situations like Tom Anderson 1977 who were victims of sexual abuse by other men, victims were often charged with 2 accounts of gross indecency and buggery. It is evident that the government disapproved of homosexuality and they did everything in their power to ensure that homosexuals did not live a comfortable life but rather an uncomfortable and difficult life, the government invalidated their humanity but jailing them unjustly, victimised and undermining child sexual abuse. These laws; Buggery act of 1533 and gross indecency, Buggery was unlawful, people caught were prosecuted under section 61 of the offences against the Person act 1861 and section 12 of the sexual offences Act 1956. Both buggery and gross indecency are now known as Sodomy law is defined as sexual acts as crimes, the term sodomy is typically understood by courts to be deemed as “unnatural” or immoral. This implies that the government viewed homosexuality as an unnatural way of living and was immoral and that they shouldn’t be permitted into