The Gay Rights Movement And The Feminist Movement

Do you feel that the gay rights movement and the feminist movement changed the minds of the American people? I feel that the gay rights movement and the feminist movements changed America the way I look at things today. While researching for this essay I already knew that being gay or having gay thoughts does not make any man less of a man in the American society that we all live in. But the label of being gay did not happen overnight it was a series of men who fought for the right to be accepted in the American society. In the opposite gender had problems and solutions of there-own but one of them was not the right to be openly gay in american society. It was the fight to be more indipendent from there own husbands and the american society. …show more content…
Harry Hay was a man who was not a force to be recon with due to his colorful record in American historical movements. Harry had strong and meaningful contributions in almost every social movement in American history since his birth. Harry was one of many activists who fought for the American right to be publicly gay only for congress to shut it down. It was at the break of 1951 when congress decided to pass a bill titled "Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government". This bill was distributed amongst government officalls which stated that the act of being gay was considered to be a mental illness, a dessees which needed to be dealt with. The bill also stated if any person engaged in this perverted action is considered emotionally unstable. Even though men and women like Harry Hay did not approve of this bill they still fought for their right to express their love interests. Harry was strong and steadfast on his goal of gay rights acceptance in congress and American society slowed down when Dwite Eisenhower signed an executive order number 10450 which placed homosexuals at the same security treat as drunks …show more content…
Even though women were strong and open minded to new opertunities in the work force which gave them a new hope but it was not as straight forward as the gay rights movement. The men and women who took part in the gay rights movement dealt with multiple sources of criticism ranging from congress men to the American public. Due to the multiple sources of criticism the gay community had to deal with compared to the feminist movement. Women eventually got the right to work in major industries meant for men only after a few short years. The gay rights movement took decades until it was nationally accepted by the president. Due to the amount of time it took to get this law passed by congress and the president which in my