LGBTQIA+Civil+Rights+Movement

Dramatic Event, Special Topic Pages and Historical Biography Pages

 * The Lavender Scare**


 * The Stonewall Uprising**


 * The AIDS Epidemic in the US and the World**


 * LGBTQ Court Cases**


 * Bayard Rustin, Civil Rights and Gay Rights Activist**


 * [[image:Screen Shot 2017-02-24 at 12.30.24 PM.png link="@https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=education_honors"]]Incorporating LBBTQ and Gender Studies into Grade 9-12 History Curriculum. Saran Pesaturo, 2016 University of Massachusetts Amherst Undergraduate Honors Thesis**

__**Important Gay Rights Organizations:**__


 * The Society for Human Rights** was founded in 1924 by Henry Gerbert in Chicago, becoming the first gay rights organization in the United States. This is a __link__ to a podcast about Gerber and The Society for Human Rights.


 * Mattachine Society** was founded in 1950 in Los Angeles by Harry Hay and became an important gay organization. [|Here] is a link to a podcast about the Mattachine Society.
 * The Daughters of Bilitis (DOB)** was the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States. It was founded in 1955 in San Francisco by Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin.
 * Here is a [|link] to an interview with Barbara Gittings.
 * Gittings founded the first New York DOB chapter in 1958.



Curious about the history of the gay flag and what each color represents? Click [|here] to read all about it!

Elaine Noble became the first openly gay person to be elected to a state office in the United States in 1974. She was elected to the Massachusetts State Legislature. [|Here]is a link to an interview with her.

Coretta Scott King speaks out supporting gay rights. In [|this] video she discusses how Martin Luther King Jr.'s fight for civil rights applies to gay rights as well.

California becomes the first state to require that LGBTQ history be included in curriculum. Here is a [|link] (and [|another]) to an article explaining why this law is important and how it is being implemented in schools.


 * [[image:timeline2_rus.svg.png link="@https://www.cnn.com/2015/06/19/us/lgbt-rights-milestones-fast-facts/index.html"]]LGBT Rights Milestones**: Fast Facts, CNN