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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A lot has changed throughout the history of the gay rights movement. In 1969, the Stonewall Riots brought light to a movement that would later establish gay pride parades and persist in the fight for same-sex marriage. But allies and LGBTQ+ community members are still fighting for progress today. What are the gay rights movement's main concerns today? And what challenges has the movement faced? Learn about the key people and events that have paved...
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Come out for freedom! Come out now! Power to the people! Gay power to gay people! Come out of the closet before the door is nailed shut!" -Come Out! magazine, November 14, 1969 On the night of June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City. They intended to shut the bar down-part of the mayor's order to clean up illegal businesses. The cops didn't expect much trouble, especially not from the gay men and women dancing and...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Why should Americans who are not gay care about gay rights? In Created Equal, Michael Nava and Robert Dawidoff argue that the movement for gay equality is central to the continuing defense of individual liberty in America. Beginning with an examination of the determined assault on gay issues by the religious right, the authors show how this sectarian movement to legislate private religious morality into law undermines the purpose of American constitutional...
13) Gay rights
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history and importance of the struggle for gay rights in such areas as the military, the workplace, the family, and the treatment of AIDS.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Everyone covers. To cover is to downplay a disfavored trait so as to blend into the mainstream. Because all of us possess stigmatized attributes, we all encounter pressure to cover in our daily lives. Given its pervasiveness, we may experience this pressure to be a simple fact of social life. Against conventional understanding, Kenji Yoshino argues that the demand to cover can pose a hidden threat to our civil rights. Though we have come to some...
16) LGBTQIA+ rights
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Since the Stonewall Riots in 1969, the LGBTQIA+ experience has changed dramatically. Progress, while remarkable, has not been quick or expansive enough. And now, fears arise that advances to established rights could be rolled back. What rights do these Americans enjoy, and in what ways do they continue to be discriminated against? Do anti-LGBTQIA+ policies put lives at risk? What are the issues that matter most to these individuals in pursuit of...
19) Gay rights
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of the gay rights movement in America, from the Stonewall riots to the legal and societal status of gay rights at the turn of the century.