Summary: The Gay Rights Movement
Previous social movements have successfully led to progress in the past, as historians and history itself have proven. Although these movements of the past have ended, their legacies have been carried on by modern movements such as Black Lives Matter and the Gay Rights Movement. The BLM movement is the heir to the Civil Rights Movement; its main purpose is to call out police brutality and combat racism in the modern day. The gay rights movement, although the only gay rights movement in history, combats homophobia and fights for equality socially and economically for members of the LGBT+ community. Each of these movements have progressed In summary, a climate of injustice led to social progress in the 20th and 21st century America and has continued
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This event alone catalyzed the start of the modern gay rights movement, although there were many events that are important in the fight for LGBT+ rights, such as in 1962 when Illinois became the first state to decriminalize “homosexual acts” between two consenting adults. However, the most important advances in equality for the LGBT+ community occurred after Stonewall. In 1980 the Democratic party came out and supported rights for the LGBT+ community, and has continued to fight for LGBT+ rights to the current day. In June of 2015, the Supreme Court ruled five to four to grant same-sex couples the right to marry in the landmark court case Obergefell v. Hodges. Even though this was a key moment in LGBT+ history, the movement still faces many issues. A Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act was passed in North Carolina in early 2016. This act is about and has remained in effect despite major protests and even presidential involvement. Biphobia is present, and the community overall tends to ignore the issues of people of color, especially trans people of color. Despite this, the movement has succeeded in many other ways. The gay rights movement has brought LGBT+ issues into the spotlight, and has advanced the fight for equality. The LGBT+ community will continue to fight for the rights of gay, bisexual, and trans people and will continue to give LGBT+ people a
This event alone catalyzed the start of the modern gay rights movement, although there were many events that are important in the fight for LGBT+ rights, such as in 1962 when Illinois became the first state to decriminalize “homosexual acts” between two consenting adults. However, the most important advances in equality for the LGBT+ community occurred after Stonewall. In 1980 the Democratic party came out and supported rights for the LGBT+ community, and has continued to fight for LGBT+ rights to the current day. In June of 2015, the Supreme Court ruled five to four to grant same-sex couples the right to marry in the landmark court case Obergefell v. Hodges. Even though this was a key moment in LGBT+ history, the movement still faces many issues. A Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act was passed in North Carolina in early 2016. This act is about and has remained in effect despite major protests and even presidential involvement. Biphobia is present, and the community overall tends to ignore the issues of people of color, especially trans people of color. Despite this, the movement has succeeded in many other ways. The gay rights movement has brought LGBT+ issues into the spotlight, and has advanced the fight for equality. The LGBT+ community will continue to fight for the rights of gay, bisexual, and trans people and will continue to give LGBT+ people a