Interconnectedness of the gay rights movement and the civil rights movement

Interconnectedness of the gay rights movement and the civil rights movement

1. The climax of the black civil rights movement and ground zero at the time for the gay rights movement

   • The election of Barack Obama
   • One of the most painful defeats of the lesbian and gay community in Caliphornia

2. Competition between the gay rights movement and the civil rights movement

   • The wrong idea of pervasive black homophobia
   • A higher level of support for marriage equality in the African-American community

3. Use of the same tactics and strategies

   • "I'm tired of your foot on my neck" strategy
     • the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott
     • Stonewall in 1969
   • "We are visible and many in numbers" strategy
     • the 1963 March on Washington
     • A series of marches, gaining the momentum of the gay freedom struggle
   • "Loving" strategy
     • Invalidation of all laws that prohibited interracial mariage in 1967
     • Throwing the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) out