May 23, 2009 · gay rights movement: civil rights movement that advocates equal rights for gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transsexuals; seeks to eliminate sodomy laws barring

Leading U.S. Social Justice Organizations (including civil rights, immigrant rights, community organizing groups)

The beginning of the modern gay rights movement began at New York City’s Stonewall Inn in 1969. Relive the history of the gay rights movement in New York City on the

In the early hours of 28 June 1969 a relatively unassuming gay bar in the West Village of Manhattan became the epicentre of an event that changed the course of LGBT

LGBT, or GLBT, is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the term is an adaptation of the initialism LGB

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Gay and Lesbian Rights. The goal of full legal and social equality for gay men and lesbians sought by the gay movement in the United States and other Western

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) social movements are social movements that advocate for the equalized acceptance of LGBT people in society.

Jul 02, 2015 · LGBT rights have been inspired by the earlier civil rights movement. Some LGBT advocates say gay rights are the new civil rights, offending some African

Travis Salway, a researcher with the BC Centre for Disease Control in Vancouver, has spent the last five years trying to figure out why gay men keep killing themselves.