This training will provide attendees with the opportunity to understand the social. cultural and political influences that contributed to the Stonewall Riots, which laid the foundation for the modern-day Pride movement in the United States, as well as contemporary events that continue to inspire and motivate LGBTQ+ activists in the United States.
Attendees will gain an understanding of how anti-sodomy laws, which outlawed homosexual behavior until 2003, following the Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas, as well as the Lavender Scare and the categorization of LGBTQ+ people as pathologized by the field of psychiatry, contributed to the Gay Liberation movement of the 1970s which ultimately culminated in the modern day Pride movement. Attendees will also gain a rudimentary understanding of terminology and the overall experiences of LGBTQ+ people.
The content included in this training is apolitical and does not endorse any specific political party or candidate for public office; nor does it undermine or discount any individual's expressed political and or religious beliefs.
Presented by Jason Van Ness
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