Stonewall and the Emergence of Radical Gay Liberation
Problems : Society’s hostility against homosexuals and the penalties attached to exposure.Ü denunciation of how gays and lesbians are a mistreated, persecuted minority. Ü dialogue opened in the scientific and religious communities, Ü first employment discrimination cases won, Ü right to publish gay and lesbian magazines, Ü “unbiased” information about homosexuality. Ü equal treatment and equal rights under the law, The homophile movement remained small and relatively marginalized.Government and police harassment, persecution, and investigation of gays.Growth in the urban subculture of gay men and lesbians.The Homophile Years (1940s-60s – WWII, Cold War, McCarthyism ):
