Central Ideas in the Stonewall Era of Gay & Lesbian Liberation, Urvashi Vaid PRINCIPLE #4
Principle 4:
Gay/Lesbian Counterculture is seen as an essential part of Establishing Gay/Lesbian Identity
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Stonewall, in the "Stonewall Era", refers to the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village New York.
On June 27, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn where it was the first time gays and lesbians had fought back against the police harassment of the time. By fighting back, and with the support of the stonewall Inn neighborhood, things began to change. Urvashi Vaid demonstrates the psychological process in his four central ideas of the Stonewall Era.
Urvashi Vaid
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Urvashi Vaid is CEO of the Vaid Group LLC, which works with social justice organizations to address inequalities based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, gender and economic status. Furthermore, she was director of the Engaging Tradition Project at Columbia Law School which focused on the way tradition is used in social engagements to inform, enable or limit the social movement.
Works Cited:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urvashi_Vaid
http://urvashivaid.net/wp/?page_id=2
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"We need to accept them as they are NOT as we think they should be. We need to insure that we all have the freedom to live our lives as we see fit. If it harm none, do as you will. Let LOVE will out!"
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