Gay protesters
Written by: Jim Downs, Connecticut College
By the end of this section, you will:
- Explain how and why various groups responded to calls for the expansion of civil rights from 1960 to 1980
After World War II, the civil rights movement had a profound impact on other groups demanding their rights. The feminist movement, the Ebony Power movement, the environmental movement, the Chicano movement, and the American Indian Movement sought equality, rights, and empowerment in American society. Gay people organized to resist oppression and demand just treatment, and they were especially galvanized after a New York City police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar, sparked riots in 1969.
Around the matching time, biologist Alfred Kinsey began a massive explore of human sexuality in the United States. Prefer Magnus Hirschfield and other scholars who studied sexuality, including Havelock Ellis, a prominent British scholar who published research on trans psychology, Kinsey believed sexuality could be studied as a science. He interviewed more than 8,000 men and argued that sexuality existed on a spectrum, saying that it could not be confined to simple categories of lgbtq+ and heterosex
By Emily Sullivan, Historian
June is Pride Month, a celebration of the LGBTQ+ society and the release of LGBTQ+ individuals to be themselves. While the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the cancellation of most Pride events, we can still take time to reflect on the history of Celebration, and how members of the Homosexual community have fought for their rights and visibility.
The Stonewall Inn. Marsha P. Johnson, a prominent activist in Recent York City’s homosexual community, is credited by some as one of the first people to throw a projectile during the Stonewall Riots, although Johnson personally denied the claim. Learn more about her existence and legacy here. Source: Wikimedia
Pride is held in June to commemorate the Stonewall Uprising, a series of riots that began on June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in Modern York City’s Greenwich Village. Prior to the riots, American gay rights activists favored methods that emphasized nonviolence and education on how gay people could assimilate into American society. By the late 1960s, the atmosphere was ripe for change. Years of Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War protests, combined with the rising popularity of counterculture, prompted gay people f
LGBTQ+ community in Kenya defies anti-gay protests
The LGBTQ+ community in Kenya is fighting back against recent anti-gay protests pushing for the curtailment of their rights as they search recognition and acceptance.
Recently, anti-gay protests include taken place accompanying a court decree last month by Kenya's Supreme Court to reaffirm the LGBTQ+ community's right of association.
Kenya's laws outlaw same-sex relationships, but the court reaffirmed an earlier decree that the Non-Governmental Organization Board in Kenya discriminated against LGBTQ+ people when it refused to register their association.
Anti-gay protesters have since taken to the streets to call for the removal of judges they deem to have relaxed specific laws on Diverse rights.
Mohammed Ali, a Kenyan lawmaker who was one of the organizers of the anti-gay protests, told DW that there should be no room for LGBTQ+ activities and associated rights in Kenya.
"We do also call upon the head of mention, his Excellency President William Ruto, to come out strongly against LGBTQ machination," Ali said.
Street Debate: Queer rights in Kenya
LGBTQ+ community fights back
Following the Supreme Court ruling, the
'Save Kiwi kids': New Zealand's indigenous Maoris protest LGBT, request government to curb X-rated content
KARACHI, Pakistan
A group of New Zealand's original Maori people held a protest demonstration against LGBT in Auckland on Sunday, demanding the government “address the excessive spending on borderline pornography and perversion targeting our innocent Kiwi kids.”
Dozens of Destiny Church's Man Up and Legacy groups broke through police barricades at Auckland's Rainbow Parade, performing a haka, a traditional Maori dance, the local English daily New Zealand Herald reported.
However, the police dispersed them without making any arrests.
Earlier, protesters stormed a community center to protest another event billed by Auckland Pride as a "musical, magical adventure exploring the science of the skies" and unlock to all ages.
The organizers claimed that 50 to 60 protesters forced their way into the facility, with some pushing and intimidating our council staff, volunteers, and community members.
The police said they are investigating the allegations of assault during the incident.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said it is important to respect people&