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[2017]., Grey House Publishing Grey House Publishing Call No: Ref 306.76 LGB Edition: [New edition]. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Series Title: Great events from history. Volume: vol. 1 & 2Summary Note: This GLBT series chronicles important historical events that have identified, defined, and legally established the rights of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities. This new edition in the Great Events series chronicles important historical events that have identified, defined, and legally established the rights of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities. In the last ten years alone, the world has witnessed significant events that have broken down barriers, both socially and legally, making enormous strides to end discrimination against the LGBTQ community. Just some of these events include: 2011 - "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is repealed; 2012 - Barack Obama becomes the first sitting US president to publicly support the freedom for LGBT couples to marry; 2013 - The US Supreme Court rules that legally married same-sex couples are entitled to federal benefits; 2015 - The Supreme Court rules that states cannot ban same-sex marriage; 2016 - Pentagon lifts the ban on transgender people serving openly in the US military. In-depth, yet accessible essays provide a summary of the event and discuss the event's significance and historical impact. Entries are supplemented with sources for further reading, cross-references to other material in the series, maps, quotations from primary source documents, timelines, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations. - Publisher.
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2020., General Call No: 306.76 HAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: LGBTQ Social Movements in America looks at social change movements in the country's LGBTQ history, including the Stonewall riots that started the modern gay rights movement and die-ins that pressured the US government to take note of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Features include a glossary, further readings, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
