Essay On The LGBTQ Community

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The status of the LGBTQ community has changed over the course of the years. There was a high lack of acceptance in earlier years, with the community having a low status in the beginning. There was high chance of being forced into mental asylums, in order for one to become “better”. Simply having a rumor, and not proof, about homsexuality, was enough to have someone committed to a mental institution. There were not even words or language to describe people. Words like “sweetheart” and “temperamental” were used to describe people who were gay or lesbian, as there was to appropriate language for them. There was heavy repression of gay feelings and homosexual presence in society. In the 1920s and 1930s, there was some kind of acknowledgement happening. People There was a search for any kind of deviant in the 40s, putting the LGBTQ community at risk once again. In 1948 - 1949, people were being eliminated from the state department for being gay. There was a connection being made between communists and gay people, threatening their livelihood and demonizing them. Executive order 10450 negatively impacted nearly 1,000 gays and lesbians. The period of the 1940s was quite regressive for the LGBTQ community. The 1950s - 60s had a growing LGBTQ community which was making strides of sucsess, despite unrest. The 1950s was a period of intense severe political and social repression which catapulted the first organization of homosexuals, The Mattachine Society. The Daughters of Bilitis was established in 1955, offering a supportive atmosphere for lesbians. In 1958, there was a case won against the U.S. postal service which allowed gay publications’ use of the U.S. mail system which influenced the brie of the lesbian paperback originals. Books like Odd Girl Out, 1957, became paperback classics. In the 1959 race for mayor, Wolde attacked Russel for allowing the city to become “a homosexual haven”. With the loss of Jose Sari, the run,

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