Gay rights movement

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The gay rights movement is a subset of the Homosexual Agenda which asserts that homosexual behavior should be protected as a legal right. The movement has promoted hate speech rules to forbid criticism of homosexuality, even in general, on the spurious grounds that declaring homosexuality to be evil is hateful. It assumes incorrectly that passing on a moral commandment from the Bible is necessarily motivated by hatred, or that it can hurt someone's feelings so much that it ought to be forbidden, no matter how important it is for the hearer to understand the commandment.^{[Citation Needed]}

• Hate speech rules and political correctness were lampooned in a famous cartoon showing a person yelling "Duck!" at Donald Duck. He thought (with resentment) that he was being demeaned, i.e., called a duck. Actually, someone was warning him to avoid a hazard that was coming at him, which he only realized after he ignored the warning and was injured by the hazard.^{[Citation Needed]}

Homosexual Rights in America Timeline

• Henry Gerber starts Society for Human Rights under a State of Illinois charter for a non-profit organization for people with "mental abnormalities" on December 25, 1924. Several issues of Friendship and Freedom, the first American publication for homosexuals were printed but the organization was shut down by Chicago police. Gerber was arrested but not convicted of any crime. As a result of his efforts, Gerber lost his job as a post office clerk, his life savings, and found himself abandoned by his friends. ^[1]

• Alfred Kinsey publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Male in 1948, allegedly the first scientific body of work that examined the subject of homosexuality. Mainstream publications started printing their opinions about this formerly taboo subject. ^{[2] [3]}

• Rev. Elder Troy Perry founded the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches in 1968 which served as a specific outreach to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. ^[4]

• Stonewall Riots of 1969 marked a turning point within the Civil Rights Era of the United States. New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn and for the first time the gay patrons fought back which started several days of rioting.^[5] This bar had been operating illegally by bribing the police and was owned by the mafia. The riots occurred when the police finally came to shut down the illegal activities occurring at the site.

• American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses in 1973. ^[6]

• 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy as crafted by Gen. Colin Powell and approved by Pres. Clinton takes affect in 1993. This measure allows homosexuals to serve in the US military. Sexual orientation will not prohibit anyone from serving though they must not engage in homosexual conduct or openly say they are gay. ^[7]

• Gay marriage became legal in Massachusetts on May 17, 2004 when homosexual couples were granted the same right as heterosexual couples. This right was preceded by years of legal wrangling in the state courts. ^[8]

References

1. ↑ http://www.gayhistory.com/rev2/factfiles/ff1924.htm
2. ↑ http://www.indiana.edu/~kinsey/library/mediaresponses.html
3. ↑ http://www.indiana.edu/~kinsey/library/kinsey.html
4. ↑ http://www.mcccharleston.org/about/troyperry.htm
5. ↑ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/sw25/case1.html
6. ↑ http://archive.psych.org/edu/other_res/lib_archives/archives/197308.pdf
7. ↑ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE5D81F30F933A15754C0A965958260
8. ↑ http://www.hrc.org/issues/5489.htm