Gay Rights

A Primer on Gay Rights

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Stonewall. Gay manifesto. Gay pride. HIV/AIDS. Hate crimes. Anti-sodomy laws. Employment non-discrimination. Don't ask, don't tell. Equality. Rights. Same-sex marriage.

The history of gay rights, known more commonly as LGBT (or GLBT) rights is rife with buzzwords that have emerged into the popular lexicon to describe lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) causes and movements. LGBT rights have been debated nationally and internationally for centuries, with activism taking on monikers as varied as homosexuality and free love to the homophile movement, gay liberation, same-gender loving and more. Though not agreed upon by everyone, the phrase LGBT rights was coined in recent decades as a means of creating a term of inclusion that spoke of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people as part of a unified movement for rights pertaining to sexual orientation and/or sexual identity.

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Michael Jones Michael Jones
Boston, MA

Michael is the Communications Director for the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School, and previously was Communications Director for Pax Christi USA, a progressive Catholic human rights organization. Prior to his life in communications, Jones worked for the late Senator Paul Wellstone as a field organizer. In addition to blogging, Michael also writes sketch comedy for Improv Boston, where he is a member of the Ruckus sketch troupe.

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