1. Scientific Humanitarian Committee
Started by Magnus Hirschfeld, Germany (1919), An outspoken advocate for sexual minorities
Researched the physiology of homosexuals
All documents lost when the Nazi’s took power

2. Equal Rights Amendment
Proposed by Alice Paul in 1923
Sought equality for all
Wanted to end discrimination based on gender, race and sexuality
Had a resurgence in interest in the 1970’s
Three votes shy of being passed
Equal Rights Amendment

3. Henry Gerber Founded the Society for Human Rights (1924)
Followed the teachings and research of Magnus Hirschfeld
Was a WWI and WWII veteran
Henry Gerber

4. Society of Human Rights
First LGBT Rights group in the United States, established in Chicago in 1924
Created publications, Freedom and Friendship
Lasted less than 6 months because organizers were arrested for publishing obscene articles
Despite its short existence and small size, the Society has been recognized as a precursor to the modern gay liberation movement
Society of Human Rights

5. Old Maid/Spinster
Confirmed Bachelor
Boston Marriages
LGBT Code Names

6. Blue Discharges Military discrimination against homosexuals
Solders were released—not honorably or dishonorably
Received no GI benefits because they were Gay
1916 The United States military begins issuing blue discharges, a form of Military discharge that was neither honorable nor dishonorable. During World War II the blue discharge became the discharge of choice for commanders seeking to remove homosexuals from the ranks.
Continues through WWII, Korean War, Vietnam
Modified with “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in the 1990’s
Blue Discharges

7. Gay Rights Movement 1950’s to the present
Fought for equality in all aspects of public and private life
Worked hand in hand with the Women’s Movement and Civil Rights Movement
Proponents of the 1970’s Equal Rights Amendment— same one Alice Paul proposed in 1923
Gay Rights Movement

8. Bar was targeted due to suspected homosexual activity and Transgender cross dressing
Public outcry against police discrimination
stonewall-riots
President Barack Obama declared the Stonewall area a historic site in 2016 because it mitigated substantial change for the Gay Rights Movement
Stonewall Riots 1969

9. Harvey Milk San Francisco, California politician
1st openly gay elected official
Outspoken proponent for Gay Rights
Was murdered along with San Francisco Mayor Geoge Moscone for his liberal government politics regarding Gay Rights
Harvey Milk

10.  a student at the Universiity of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on the night of October 6, 1998
Murdered because he was gay
Shepard Byrd Hate Crime Law also (named for James Byrd who was lynched by dragging in 1998) was signed into law by Barack Obama in 2009
Matthew Shepard

11. California Proposition 8
a California ballot proposition and a state constitutional amendment passed in the November California state elections to ban same sex marriages
The Superior Court based their decision on the previous Marriages Cases
That same day, proponents of Prop. 8 filed an emergency appeal with the state appeals court.
California Proposition 8

12. Federal Government rules to pass Same Sex Act as supported by the Supreme Court 2015
Marriage rights to homosexual couples
Still disputed in some states
Same Sex Marriage Act

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