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Discuss The Key Events Of The Civil Rights Movement

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Since the 1950’s, the Civil Rights Movement has been one of the most influential and pivotal movements in American history. They helped a lot of marginalized communities have more rights and freedom and not be discriminated against. If it wasn’t for the movement, society wouldn’t have been the same as it is today. However, the struggle for civil rights did not end there, it continued to evolve and shape society in the later decades. In the 1980’s and 1990’s, the Civil Rights Movement was still confronting ongoing prejudice and hate in America. This essay will explore multiple key events of the Civil Rights Movement during this period. In the 1980’s and 1990’s, people with mental and physical disabilities faced widespread discrimination in …show more content…

During this time, a disease called AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) was spreading like wildfire in the United States. Hundreds of thousands of people were diagnosed with AIDS during this period and the disease became one of the leading causes of death globally. Sadly, this disease affected the LGBTQ+ community since people used the disease as a way to be discriminatory and hateful towards people in the community. Many people wrongly believed AIDS was a “gay disease” since at first the people who were receiving the disease were gay men, leading to increased homophobia and discrimination against LGBTQ+ people. Many people who were in the community felt ill due to the disease, causing grief and loss. Amidst the crisis, the LGBTQ+ community showed resilience against the hate and discrimination and performed activism. An action group called “ACT UP”, was founded in New York City (NYC) in 1987 in response to the aid crisis. They believed the government wasn't doing enough to fund research, provide treatment, or raise awareness about aid. The group’s first action, in spring 1987, was a march on Wall St. in NYC to protest the high cost and lack of availability of HIV treatment, since it was very expensive and was out of reach for many people living with HIV. Another action group called the Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) that was founded in 1981 also was formed in response to the aid crisis. Even

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The Stonewall Riots were the spark for the LGBTQ+ rights movement, affecting the social and political environments for people of the LGBTQ+ community. It took decades of organized struggle to get the political and social environment for queer people to where it is today. The watershed moment for that struggle was started in the early morning of June 28, 1969 The Stonewall Riots were an uprising against the prosecution of queer people. They started at around 1:20am on June 28, 1969 when police raided the popular gay bar the Stonewall Inn on Christopher street.

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“A group of people decided they’d had enough. They took a stand and in doing so began the New York Gay Activist movement. Which eventually spread to other parts of the country…. I very much doubt they know the impact of their decision to stand firm that day in 1969, but it’s because of those people that gay rights exist in this country today,” Lynley Wayne, LGBT Writer. Everyday people are trying to stand up for themselves.

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The stonewall riots had a moderate impact on the political and social landscape of America. Historical evidence exhibits that although the stonewall uprising did not change the trajectory of gay rights, it acted as a catalyst for de-stigmatization of LGBTQ+ members. The Stonewall uprising was a 6 day political protest and riot in response to the highly restrictive laws and policies promoting homophobia within America. With politicians and laws promoting homophobia within America from 1950 to 1969, systematic oppression forced queer persons to the outskirts of society. Subsequently, underground organizations became affiliated with queer communities to provide spaces to be openly gay.

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Before becoming an established LGBT community, people in these sector fought a long way in order to give themselves an identity and a space on society. During the 1950’s wherein the LGBT community weren’t brave enough to voice out there concern, they were only called as “third gender”. A lot of social movements like African-American Civil Rights Movement, Counterculture of the 1960s and Opposition to United States involvement to Vietnam war occurred during the 1960’s which made the LGBT community to fight their own call to end discrimination. The Stonewall Riots is the most important event of the gay community in fighting their own rights which led to a massive gay liberation movement. It was held on June 28, 1969 in Stonewall Inn at Greenwich Village at Manhattan City, New York.

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