GAY RIGHTS

Allyson Reichert
Professor vonSchlichten
Composition and Culture Part A
1 November 2016
 GAY RIGHTS

• Gay Rights Movement can be traced back to 1969

• Stonewall Riots
• 1970’s
• Gay Rights Activism fought for personal liberation
• American Psychiatric Association declassified homosexuality as a mental
disorder.
• 1980’s
• AIDS epidemic
• Gerry Studds
 GAY MARRIAGE DEBATE
• 1993
• Gay marriage debate began
• 1996
• Defense of Marriage Act
• 1999
• Baker v. Vermont
• 2000
• Institution of Civil Unions in Vermont
 GAY MARRIAGE DEBATE
• 2003
• Massachusetts legalizes same sex marriage
• 2004
• First same sex marriage
• 2011
• Repeal of DOMA
• 2012
• Obama supports gay marriage
 LEGALIZATION OF GAY MARRIAGE
• 2015
• “The court, in this decision, holds same-sex couples may exercise the
fundamental right to marry in all states.” –Anthony Kennedy
 HOMOSEXUAL DISCRIMINATIONS
• County Clerk Kim Davis
TODAY
• 19 out of 194 countries allow same sex marriage worldwide

• Still so many discriminations

• Orlando Nightclub Shooting
 SUICIDE AND VIOLENCE
• Increased suicide rate

• Harassment

• Physical Violence

• Hate crimes
 WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP?
• Lend a hand

• Give knowledge to the younger generations

• Open our minds

 SOURCES
• 2015. ThyBlackMan. Web. 26 Oct. 2016.
<http://thyblackman.com/2015/06/26/america-the-new-homosexual-
babylon/>.

• 2015. List Ovate. Web. 26 Oct. 2016. <http://listovative.com/15-countries-

where-same-sex-marriage-is-legal/>.

• 2016. Life Site News. Web. 26 Oct. 2016.

<https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/the-lgbt-juggernaut-threatens-the-
very-existence-of-our-entire-human-rights>.