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Elaine Noble
At the age of 31, Elaine became a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for 2 years as the only openly gay member at this time. She was later elected for the state legislature for Back Bay, Boston.
Elaine was important to this rights movement because she was one of the first leaders to lead a LGBT march on Washington to avocate for anti-discrimination laws based on sexuality. -
Elaine noble
Elaine Noble was born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Noble received college degree in Massachusetts. She earned her B.F.A. degree at Boston University in 1966, then went on to study speech and education at Emerson College and Harvard University. Between 1966 and 1974, she had many jobs as a speech instructor and worked for a time as an advertising manager for Sweetheart Plastics.
She was openly gay long before her professional career took off making her a knownly gay women in the workforce. -
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Major Accomplishments
The Year of Greatest Accomplishments
The LGBT community has faced many ups and downs throughout the years. They have faced discrimination, hatred, and the law. They have fought multiple times for equal rights and have succeeded in accomplishing their goals of equality. From court cases to marches, they have demonstrated their pride for who they are and show us that they will never give up. -
Lawerence vs Texas- arrested for being homosexual
Police were called to a sceen that was thought to have reported weapons disturbance. In actuality, two men were found sexually engaged in their own home which was against the statue in Texas. Both men were arrested and held over night. Lawence fought to change the law by making sexual relations between homosexual couples legal in Texas. This is foound to be a liberty under the 14th amendment, Due Process. -
Gay Liberation Front and Gay Activists Alliance
New York Gay Activists Alliance was the premier gay rights organization in the world. Its main founders were Arthur Evans, and Marty Robinson. They left the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) in November 1969 because they were dissatisfied with GLF's chaos and started their own alliance for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender rights. -
Stonewall Riots
Seven detectives and one uniformed officer raided a gay bar. They asked the guests for their paper work, and escorted them outside. The customers began to fight back as they were pushed against walls and cars, creating the riot. Coins, rocks, papers, and other items were thrown at the police. eople in the crowd started shouting “Gay Power!” And as word spread through Greenwich Village and across the city, hundreds of people of all races, religions, and sexualities stood against the police. -
Mental Disability
1974 homosexuality was a mental illness. Freud had concluded that paranoia and homosexuality were inseparable. As time went on, more people and more people started to come out of the "closet" the APA started to rethink their stance on homosexuality being a mental illness. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders was the book in which they would write the official definitions of mental disorders. this now means homosexuality was removed from the list of mental disablities. -
LGBT March on Washington
About 75,000 people participated in the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Washington, D.C., in October. It was the largest political gathering in support of LGBT rights to date. Read more: The American Gay Rights Movement: A Timeline http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0761909.html#ixzz3WpR82hcy -
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“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010This bill was created by the Clinton Administrations and went into effect on October 1, 1993. This policy basically lifted a ban on homosexuals in armed services that had been instituted during World War II, though in effect it continued a statutory ban. In December 2010 both the House of Representatives and the Senate voted to repeal the policy, and President Barack Obama signed the legislation on December 22. The policy officially ended on September 20, 2011. -
Defense of Marriage Act
This is a federal law that denies federal recognition of same-sex marriages and allows states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages licensed in other states. In addition, Congress did not want to grant same-sex couples the same federal benefits that are given to heterosexual couples who are legally married. In 1996, DOMA was introduced in the House of Representatives, passed, and President Bill Clinton signed the act into law on September 21, 1996. -
Defense of Marriage Act
Defense of Marriage Act of 1996Supporters of Gay and Lesbian Rights had no success in preventing DOMA, mostly because the vote became a referendum on the idea of "gay marriage." The words “marriage” and “spouse” not legally referred to legal unions between one man and one woman. -
Supreme Court Case: US v Windsor
Windsor and Spyer, two women, married in Canada in 2007. Their home state, New York, recognized the marriage. Spyer died in 2009 and left her estate to Windsor, who sought to claim the federal estate tax exemption for surviving spouses. Her claim was barred by section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), 28 U.S.C. 1738C, which defined “marriage” and “spouse” to exclude same-sex partners for purposes of federal law. -
Supreme Court Case: US v Windsor
United States v WindsorWindsor paid $363,053 in taxes and sought a refund, which the IRS denied. Windsor sued, challenging DOMA. The Supreme Court striked down DOMA and affirmed that all loving and committed couples who are married deserve equal legal respect and treatment from the federal government. -
Major Accomplishments
-In 2013, 37.7% of Americans live in marriage equality states
-The Senate passed ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act)
-“We can't tolerate the persistence of two Americas when it comes to equality. Right now, in one America, complete legal equality has finally been realized. But in the other America, even the most basic statewide legal protections are non-existent. Within 5 years, we will bring marriage equality to all 50 of our states. We will secure full equality everywhere, for everyone." -
Problems they continue to face
The right to for the LGBT community to marry is an issue they continue to face. Even though DOMA was reversed, it is the states right to decide whether or not to allow same-sex marriage, and many states have yet to approve of the idea. Many people are fighting for the right to be married, and many have been successful.
