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Story Archives of 'Gay and Lesbian Issues'
Gay Rights 40 Years After Stonewall
By Laura Knoy on Monday, June 29, 2009.In July of 1969, gay men and women fought back against police raids at New York City’s Stonewall Inn, an event often called the birth of the gay rights movement. Four decades later, many activists say enormous progress has been made, but others feel full equality is still far away. We’ll see where the gay rights movement stands today.
Guests
- Dudley Clendinen, former national reporter and editorial writer for The New York Times and author of several books including Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America
- Irene Monroe, Baptist minister, coordinator of the African-American roundtable of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (CLGS) at the Pacific School of Religion, and gay rights blogger at the Huffington Post
We'll also hear from
- Genny Beemyn, director of the Stonewall Center at UMass Amherst and a board member at the Transgender Law and Policy Institute
Old vs. Young in Gay Movement
By Virginia Prescott on Monday, June 29, 2009.
Thousands marched yesterday in gay pride parades across the country. It’s a significant anniversary. Forty years ago, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York’s Greenwich Village. The riots that followed sparked the gay rights movement. Four decades later, there’s no question that gay people enjoy a degree of freedom unknown to their ancestral brothers-in-arms.
Television shows and movies featuring openly gay people no longer raise eyebrows. Gay marriage is now legal in New Hampshire and five other states. And the severe homophobia surrounding the AIDS crisis has subsided. Ironically, acceptance has created a rift between older gay men, who grew up hiding their sexual preference out of fear of persecution; and younger men who benefit from the struggles that took place before they were born.
Forty years after Stonewall, writer Mark Harris noticed that few of the gay men he knew associated with people 20 years younger or older than themselves. He writes about the gay generation gap in New York Magazine.
New York Magazine: The Gay Generation Gap
(Photo by Rene Bach via Flickr/Creative Commons)
Same-Sex Marriage Becomes Law
By Josh Rogers on Thursday, June 4, 2009.Governor Lynch signs bills to legalize gay marriage before cheering crowd, and calls for Washignton to extend more rights to same-sex couples.
Governor Signs Gay Marriage into Law
By Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, June 3, 2009.As promised, Governor John Lynch has signed gay marriage into law.
New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.
Gay Marriage Law Cuts Deep
By Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, June 3, 2009.A wave of emotion flooded the statehouse yesterday as a couple hundred residents watched the House pass gay marriage legislation.
New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein has more.
Lawmakers Compromise on Gay Marriage
By Dan Gorenstein on Friday, May 29, 2009.Gay marriage continues to inch closer to becoming a reality in the state.
New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein has more.
Finding Gay Leaders
By Virginia Prescott on Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
Advocates and opponents of gay marriage are anxiously waiting to see if New Hampshire will follow Vermont, Iowa and Maine in legalizing gay marriage. The House and Senate passed a bill legalizing same sex marriage onto Governor John Lynch. Lynch sent it back, threatening a veto unless lawmakers made clear that religious organizations and businesses who oppose gay marriage won’t be forced to take part.
Legislators revised the language, but the new bill lost by two votes, with some legislators accusing the governor of sanctioning discrimination. Now negotiators are scrambling to get it back on Lynch’s desk. Political reporter Matt Bai wrote about shifting attitudes on gay marriage and the search for political leaders in the gay rights movement for The New York Times Magazine.
The New York Times Magazine: Queer Developments
(Photo by bobster885 via Flickr/Creative Commons)
Gay Marriage Bill Puts Focus On Lynch
By Josh Rogers on Monday, May 4, 2009.While the same-sex marriage debate has involved the 400+ lawmakers and hundreds of members of the general public, its fate may rest with one man, Governor John Lynch. Lynch was in a near-identical situation two years ago when lawmakers passed same-sex civil unions.
Lynch: I Haven't Looked at Gay Marriage Bill
By Josh Rogers on Thursday, April 30, 2009.Governor says his exclusive focus at the moment is swine flu, and that he’ll read senate-backed same-sex marriage bill in the next few days.
Senate Same-Sex Marriage Hearing Draws A Crowd
By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, April 15, 2009.Supporters and opponents were out in force as Senators take testimony on House-backed bill to legalize same sex marriage.
