LGBTQ History Month is an annual month-long observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer history and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements. It was founded in 1994 by Missouri high school history teacher Rodney Wilson.
This year at SCG we are promoting the history of the LGBTQIA+ through past news headlines that are hard to believe!
A RAID ON A BAR WAS A CATALYST FOR THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
TRUE! On 28 June 1969 the Stonewall Riots took place following a raid by New York city police In 2016 the Stonewall Inn was made a national monument dedicated to LGBTQ rights.
IN 1988 TEACHING ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY IN A POSITIVE LIGHT WAS PROHIBITED.
TRUE! Section 28 was a piece of legislation introduced by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government, stating that local authorities were not allowed to "intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality".
GAY MEN COULD'T DONATE BLOOD IN THE UK UNTIL 2021
TRUE! Before June 2021, any male donor who'd had sex with another man in the previous three months couldn't give blood. The new rules meant that anyone who had the same sexual partner for three months or more was eligible to donate.