New York City is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ rights movement and home to world-famous gay-friendly neighborhoods from Greenwich Village to Chelsea to the Lower East Side in Manhattan to Brooklyn's Park Slope. Head to the Stonewall Inn, the site of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, in ...
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, worldwide federation of individuals and nonprofit organizations seeking to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and intersexual persons and to raise awareness of
Pride Month is celebrated in June each year to commemorate the Stonewall riots, which took place in New York City in June 1969 and are considered a pivotal moment in the LGBTQ+ rights movement. Pride Month is a time for LGBTQ+ communities and allies to come together, raise awareness, celebr...
legal debate, social justice and the evolution of LGBT rights, in India and beyond. The playwright clearly frames his motivation and inspiration for the writing of these plays in his introduction, while a timeline and an extensive resource list round out the supporting material. But most ...
Being the figurehead of a movement isn’t something Tara’s interested in. She’d rather read old speeches and hang out with the Sibyls who are on her side—especially Felicity, a new friend she thinks could turn into something more. Then the club’s sponsor, a famous alumna, attacks her...
identity itself, including psychological, sociological, and philosophical theories of its nature and origins,seegender identityandgender continuum. The historical and contemporary struggles of LGBTQ communities for equal legal andcivil rightsare discussed in the articlegay rights movement;see alsosame-sex ...
I saw movement out of the corner of my eye and looked up to find Roger standing next to Dad. “I want to see the lights,” he said. Dad smiled at him. “Sure, kiddo. Right after Molly and I finish up these cookies we’ll go.” He ruffled Roger’s hair. “Why don’t you go...
While openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender world leaders are still a rarity, there are a few who are breaking barriers.
“Save the Eighth,” a Black-led organizing movement fighting for the neighborhood. At first, she’s only focused on keeping her band together and getting closer to Red, their reckless and enigmatic lead guitarist. But working with Save the Eighth forces Maddie to reckon with the harm she ...
June 28, 1969 -Police raid theStonewall Inn in New York City.Protests and demonstrations begin, and it later becomes known as the impetus for the gay civil rights movement in the United States. 1969 -The “Los Angeles Advocate,” founded in 1967,is renamed “The Advocate.” It is consider...