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LGBTQ+ History Sources

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Research Question: "What lessons can we learn from the fight for LGBTQ+ rights over the years? What strategies were used and what lessons can we learn from how this group has fought for its rights since the 1960s, and how can present-day LGBTQ+ civil rights advocates combat businesses, people and institutions that continue to openly discriminate?"

Secondary Source List

Review the following secondary sources on LGBTQ+ History and select two that most closely support your research question.

Ball, Molly. (2015, July 1). How Gay Marriage Became a Constitutional Right. The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/gay-marriage-supreme-court-politics-activism/397052/
History of Gay Marriage. (2019, June 13). ProCon.org. gaymarriage.procon.org/history-of-gay-marriage/
Hunt, Jerome. (2011, July 19). A History of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Center for American Progress. www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbtq-rights/news/2011/07/19/10006/a-history-of-the-employment-non-discrimination-act/
Milestones in the American Gay Rights Movement. (n.d.). American Experience, PBS. www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/stonewall-milestones-american-gay-rights-movement/
Stonewall Riots. (n.d.). History.com. www.history.com/topics/gay-rights/the-stonewall-riots
Totenberg, Nina. (2020, June 15). Supreme Court Delivers Major Victory to LGBTQ Employees. NPR. www.npr.org/2020/06/15/863498848/supreme-court-delivers-major-victory-to-lgbtq-employees
Walsh, Colleen. (2019, June 27). Stonewall Then and Now. The Harvard Gazette. www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/06/harvard-scholars-reflect-on-the-history-and-legacy-of-the-stonewall-riots

Primary Source List

Review the following primary sources on LGBTQ+ History and select two that most closely support your research question.

Freedom to Marry Oral History Project. (2017, April 10.) Berkeley Library, University of California. update.lib.berkeley.edu/2017/04/10/freedom-to-marry/
Interviews. (n.d.). ACT UP Oral History Project. www.actuporalhistory.org/numerical-interviews
Miller, Jacob. (n.d.). 25 Photos from The March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation of 1993. History Collection. www.historycollection.com/25-photos-march-washington-lesbian-gay-bi-equal-rights-liberation-1993/
Rustin, Bayard. (1986). From Montgomery to Stonewall. Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin. www.brotheroutsider.org/_files/ugd/4e1f04_a79d9626f6fd4a6e8a13e29846b696f3.pdf?index=true
Stonewall and Its Impact on the Gay Liberation Movement. (n.d.). Digital Public Library of America. www.dp.la/primary-source-sets/stonewall-and-its-impact-on-the-gay-liberation-movement
Who Was at Stonewall? (n.d.). American Experience, PBS. www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/stonewall-participants/

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If you are not finding a secondary or primary source that has the information you need, you are welcome to use sources from outside of this list.

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