Civil Rights Movement's Contribution To The Civil Rights Movement

Civil rights movement contribution to LGBTQ Movement
Martin Luther King JR once said, “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” His statement can’t be any more truthful in the context of the United States and its painfully slow movement towards equality and equal protection of its citizens. As a nation, we still struggle with racial tensions as a result of slavery as well as a confliction in belief and ideology, which is apparent in our treatment of non-Christians most specifically Muslims. Nonetheless, in the last 150 years the moral compass has steadily been moving towards justice. We have seen the abolishment of slavery; the federal government has passed legislation such as the 14th amendment (1868) and civil
They even have been punished for their decision not to conform to the mainstream heterosexual and patriarchal society. Punishment has resulted in imprisonment, mental asylums, physical and psychological bullying all because of once innate sexual orientation. The Right Side of History: 100 years of LGBTQI Activism is a compilation of narratives about both heroic and ordinary individuals that have willingly and unknowingly contributed to the LGBT movement within the last century. My purpose for writing this paper is first is to examine the historical leaders in the LBGTQ beginning in the early 20th century. Secondly is to understand the civil rights movement contribution to the LGBTQ movement. Finally, my purpose is to understand how the movement has evolved and where it currently is
The New York time didn’t bother to acknowledge the event of Stonewalls and it’s true nature. Instead, they published on a 5-inch story on page 33 with the headline read "Four Policemen Hurt in Village Raid". In our democratic society, most people live with the assumption that citizens have equal access to the flow of unbiased information. “In fact access both to information and to the means of production of information is limited in our society.” The marginalized communities often struggle to receive recognition because they simply can’t partake in decision making because of political, economical, and social barriers. Coalitions and other organized groups help penetrate those socially constructed oppressive berries because such collective effort can represent a political cause, which is essential. The LGBT started receiving public attention during the AIDs and HIV epidemic because the disease ravaged the gay population. Media coverage of Gays and lesbians community was inspirable from that of AIDS. This form of publication was extremely negative for it stereotyped those particular populations as being effected by AIDS, on top of the public opinion that homosexuals were inherently