Stonewall riots

the Stonewall Inn. The lead…

One of the groups formed due to the Stonewall Inn was called the Gay Liberation Front (G.L.F), it was named after the National liberation front of South Vietnam. The members of the Front felt that they were part of the movement that was antiwar, liberation, and collation of the new left. "The current system," wrote one Front member in a 1970 flyer entitled "What is Gay Liberation," "denies us our basic humanity in much the same way as it is denied to blacks, women, and other oppressed…

there still a negative stigma. This disease has affected a lot people but the one that is mostly affected is homosexual males. They showed the rallies that people had to try and heighten HIV/AIDs study and research but a couple of them turned into riots which helped people put a negative outlook on the homosexuals and aids rights activists. There were a lot of Aids rights artist that had amazing works that were shown in the media. Keith haring had AIDs and he had many pro gay art works…

They would make wide assumptions about people in order to properly arrest them, and sometimes they would find an excuse to have gay people put in jail- An example would be stonewall riots, were they originally were sent to the Stonewall Inn to look at bottle of alcohol to see if they were bootlegged, but used that as an excuse to arrest and harass queer people. This is a lot like Thomas Putnam making wide claims about people he disagrees with in order…

documentary that exposes an event that was lost in history. Not a lot of people have heard the story of the riot at Compton’s Cafeteria. This event has been overshadowed by others such as Stonewall, but that does not make it any less significant or important. It took one determined woman, Susan Stryker to track down and uncover the true story of what happened one night in August 1996. The riot took place at Gene Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco. Compton’s was a sort of safe haven for drag…

When first hearing the word “equality” what comes to mind? Equality, in moral and definitive standards, is the equal status, rights, and opportunities that all citizens should have upon being born. Our basic human rights should not be abnegated upon the basis of someones race, religion, sex, or sexual preferences. Throughout history, homosexuals — one sexually attracted to people of one’s own gender — have always been discriminated upon. For the past century homosexuals have protested and stood…

In the futuristic, dystopian novel, Feed by M. T. Anderson, a world is depicted in which people have the internet, known as “feeds,” installed into their brain. In the book, the topic of knowledge, or lack thereof, is an important one. As people have an infinite, immediate access to information in their heads, they do not see education as a priority, and consequentially become less intelligent as the feed becomes more widely used. Within the first few pages, the reader can already see how…

This research will encompass male homosexuality within the United States as a contemporary culture. The gay male culture within the United States has vastly changed from an underground movement to full weeklong celebrations within major cities. In a country built on the backbone of religions such as Christianity that oppose any homosexual activities how was a culture able to survive? Have the American values of freedom, individuality, and community allowed this once taboo culture to grow? How…

” this emphasizes how this was not the first time that the African American community was discriminated against (Castro). The discharge of the four officers lead to riots all over Los Angeles. These riots led to the destruction of homes and businesses in the area. A number of people died and many were arrested, the scenes of the riot show the utmost indignation towards the way African Americans were being treated. People were angered that crimes like this were still occurring 127 years after the…

The Worldwide Contrast on Gay Rights Imagine, a person trying to get married to their closest lover: you see them every day, that is until they are killed for their love. Around the world, gay people have been struggling to live, not having any sort of movement until recent centuries. This movement has started in a couple of countries; however, in comparison countries without a movement have terrible conditions for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transexual (LGBT) people. Gay rights have generally been…