Module 3: U.S. Queer History

Module 3: U.S. Queer History

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How are you feeling this morning?

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What are you most excited to learn about this week?

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Do you have any questions?

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Where have you learned about queer history?

Homophile to Gay Liberation

• Gay and lesbians organized

• Mattachine Society in 1951 -> secret society -> Marxist theory and black civil right tactics

• earliest queer organizations

• New pride in belonging

• Compton Cafeteria and Stonewall Rebellion

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How has drag impacted queer history?

Responding to AIDS

• Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome

• 100% mortality rate in the beginning

• Blaming gay men and fueled hate and policies

• Crackdown on bars and bathhouses

• Critiques of health care system and government response and support

• Employment discrimination based on status and no funds for AIDS education

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What did you learn from the video?

Legal Rights

• Constitution

• Marriage

• Employment

• Military

• Medical industry

Hate Crimes

• Criminal acts motivated by bias towards victims

• Institutionalized hate crimes

• Criminalization of hate crimes

Queer Goals

Focus on liberation from heteronormativity instead of assimilating

Word Cloud

What key terms stood out to you the most from this chapter?