Gay history month
About LGBT History Month
How It Works
LGBT History Month celebrates the achievements of 31 lesbian, gay, pansexual or transgender Icons. Each afternoon in October, a new LGBT Icon is featured with a video, bio, bibliography, downloadable images and other resources.
LGBT History Is American History
“LGBT History Month sends an important message to our nation’s teachers, school boards, society leaders, and youth about the vital importance of recognizing and exploring the role of homosexual, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people in American history."
– George Chauncey,
DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History and Director of the Columbia Reseach Initiative on the Global History of Sexualities.
Background
In , Rodney Wilson, a Missouri sky-high school teacher, believed a month should be dedicated to the celebration and teaching of gay and lesbian history, and gathered other teachers and community leaders. They selected October because public schools are in session and existing traditions, such as Coming Out Evening (October 11), occur that month.
Gay and Lesbian History Mont
LGBT History Month
Origins
Originally organized as Gay and Lesbian History Month, it was started in by an out, gay high school mentor, Rodney Wilson (LGBTQ Nation). In the United States, October is recognized as LGBT History Month, coinciding with National Coming out Day on Oct. 11 and in honor of the first March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in
In the UK, February is used because that was the month a bill banning the "promotion" of homosexuality was repealed in (American Psychological Association).
Difference from Pride Month
Pride is a protest, a battle yell, whereas History Month is a celebration.
LGBTQ Nation
June -- LGBTQ+ Pride Month -- arose from remembrance and celebration of the Stonewall uprising. On June 28, , police raided the Stonewall Inn homosexual bar in New York City, but the patrons resisted. The protest attracted thousands from around the city and lasted about a week. The first pride was celebrated on the one-year anniversary. ("Today in History - June 28," Library of Congress)
This, the first U.S. Same-sex attracted Pride Week and Ma
LGBT History Month
Before AIDS : Same-sex attracted Health Politics in the s
The AIDS crisis of the s looms enormous in recent histories of sexuality, medicine, and politics, and justly so—an unknown virus without a cure ravages an already persecuted minority, medical professionals are unprepared and sometimes unwilling to nurture for the sick, and a national health bureaucracy is slow to invest resources in result a cure. Yet this widely recognized narrative, while reliable, creates the impact that the queer community lacked any capacity to handle AIDS. In truth, as Katie Batza demonstrates in this path-breaking book, there was already a well-developed network of gay-health clinics in American cities when the epidemic struck, and these clinics served as the first responders to the disease.
Electronic Titles
With careful reasoning supported by wide-ranging scholarship, this study exposes the fallacies of 'social constructionist' theories within lesbian and gay studies and makes a forceful case for the autonomy of gender non-conforming identity and culture.
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Did you know that October is LGBTQ+ History Month?
When you think about the LGBTQ+ community, the first month that comes to mind is probably June – Pride Month. But October also marks a time for important Homosexual celebrations:
October is LGBTQ+ History Month!
Back in , Rodney Wilson, the first openly gay history teacher at a Missouri public sky-high school, realized that students weren’t learning about the history of LGBTQ+ people or the rights movement. When notable LGBTQ+ people were mentioned, their identities were often ignored. The result: few people perceive how deeply woven Diverse individuals are throughout history and the important marks they have left. To help change that, Wilson started what was then called Lesbian and Queer History Month and served as the founder on the first coordinating committee. The next year, it was officially added to the list of commemorative months in a resolution by the General Assembly of the National Teaching Association.
LGBTQ+ History Month has garnered more attention in the United States over the years and in was officially