LGBTQ/Cold War Quest

Cesar Chavez

advocate for farm workers. C- improved pay + safety for farm workers

Equal Rights Amendment

women should have all rights (not limited) because they are women. C- not ratified by states even now, proposed in 1923

Title 9

fed law passed in 1972 that prohibited sex discrimination in colleges that receive fed aid. C- college athletics, admissions, dorms

Stonewall Riots

intense protests in NYC in 1969. C- often considered a catalyst for the gay rights movement in America

Harvey Milk

\- the first openly gay elected official in the United States. C-the FIRST, 1951

Anita Bryant

homophobic leader who used religiousness to challenge homosexuals. C- led a movement that prohibited homosexuals from being teachers

Ryan White

teenager w AIDs who was straight. C- kicked out of school bc of it

Don’t ask, don’t tell

new gov’t policy under Clinton, repealed in 2010. C- you won’t get in trouble for being gay if you don’t say you are