History Gay Rights Movement

Covers U.S. and European history before the 19th century, the 1950s and 1960s, the gay liberation movement of the 1970s, and the 1980s through today.

Gay rights movement: Gay rights movement, civil rights movement that advocates equal rights for gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transsexuals; seeks to eliminate sodomy laws barring homosexual acts between consenting adults; and calls for an end to discrimination against gay men and lesbians in employment, credit

A comprehensive timeline of the U.S. gay rights movement.

Living the Legacy: The Women’s Rights Movement (1848-1998) “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.

Linda Hirshman’s new book tries to uncover how the LGBT movement accomplished so much in such a short span of time.

Gay Rights Movement – The campaign for sexual equality – BBC Archive

History of the Gay Rights Movement in the United States, from Life in the USA: The Complete Guide for Immigrants and Americans

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) social movements are social movements that advocate for the equalized acceptance of LGBT+ people in society. In these movements, LGBT people and their allies have a long history of campaigning for what is now generally called “LGBT rights”, sometimes also called “gay rights” or “gay …

The Stonewall riots (also referred to as the Stonewall uprising or the Stonewall rebellion) were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBT) community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New