1. Civil Rights in the LGBT Community in the United States Kayla Shackleton Social Movements July 3, 2011

2. The Beginning 1972: A perfect record teacher of twelve years in Washington State was deemed “immoral” and “unfit” to teach because he was homosexual and therefore could not be trusted with teaching children. 1972: Minnesota ruled denying a civil marriage license to a same-sex couple is not unconstitutional. (Baker v. Nelson) 1982: Wisconsin is the first state to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation.

5. Moving into a New Century 1998: Federal law banned on-the-job sexual harassment ,even between two people of the same sex. (Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services) 1999: Vermont rules that the state had to give the same rights to same-sex unions and civil marriage. (Baker v. Vermont) 2000: Boy Scouts of America was ruled to be allowed to refuse membership to anyone based on sexual orientation.

6. The Last Decade 2003: Bowers v. Hardwick is overturned in Lawrence v. Texas, ruling sodomy laws cannot be directed at homosexuals alone. 2004: Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriage under Goodridge v. Department of Public Health 2007: Vermont introduced a bill to legalize same-sex marriage and became effective September 1, 2009. 2007: Michigan ordered protection of the rights of Transgender men and women.

7. The Last Decade 2009: Iowa passed same-sex marriage law effective April 2009. 2009: Maine passed a marriage equality bill, but was repealed later that year. 2009: US Legislature passes numerous Anti-Hate Crime bills that include race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability. 2010: Washington, D.C. passes marriage equality bill.

8. Today 2010: Military policy “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is voted to be repealed 2011: New York passes bill that legalizes same-sex marriage

9. Laws regarding same-sex partnerships in the United States Same-sex marriage (dark blue) Civil Unions (light blue) Legislation Granting (aqua) Same-sex marriage performed elsewhere recognized (dark gray) No specific prohibition/recognition of same-sex marriage(gray) Statute bans same-sex marriage (pink) Constitution bans same-sex marriage (red) Constitution bans same-sex marriage and other kinds of same-sex unions (maroon)

11. Works Cited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_States http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/civil-rights/ http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/13/the_fight_for_equality_a_look http://scm-l3.technorati.com/10/05/08/12609/best-teacher.jpg http://images.vizworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/texas-anm.gif http://madisoncountycourier.com/files/2010/06/Boy_Scouts_of_America.jpg http://www.siue.edu/lgbt/img/diversity_rainbow_people.jpg