BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Demco Software//Event Management System//EN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20221104T202718Z DTSTAMP:20221104T202718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230413T194512Z DESCRIPTION:Since the 1950s\, massive change has occurred in the lives of LGBTQ people in the United States and in the social and institutional responses to them. This talk will trace the history of LGBTQ activism from its start in the 1950s\, when the oppression was most harsh and pervasive\, to the early 21st century\, when LGBTQ people were more visible and more integrated into society than ever before. It will explore the impact of the 1960s and the Stonewall Uprising that gave birth to a “gay liberation” movement\; the dramatic increase in mobilization sparked by the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s\; and the growing presence in popular culture that emerged in the 1990s. Presented by John d'Emilio\, a professor emeritus of history and of women's and gender studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.REGISTER HERE \;for this Zoom program. The program will be recorded and available on the library's YouTube channel for a limited time. Register prior to the program to have a link to the recording emailed to you.Want to receive the library's email newsletter? Brief-and-breezy GPL Weekly delivers library news--with handy program registration links--to your inbox every Monday morning.\n \n \n \n \nImage URL: https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.evanced.info/Customer/glencoepubliclibrary/STONEWALL_8060307E.JPG X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Since the 1950s\, massive change has occurred in the lives of LGBTQ people in the United States and in the social and institutional responses to them. This talk will trace the history of LGBTQ activism from its start in the 1950s\, when the oppression was most harsh and pervasive\, to the early 21st century\, when LGBTQ people were more visible and more integrated into society than ever before. It will explore the impact of the 1960s and the Stonewall Uprising that gave birth to a “gay liberation” movement\; the dramatic increase in mobilization sparked by the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s\; and the growing presence in popular culture that emerged in the 1990s. Presented by John d'Emilio\, a professor emeritus of history and of women's and gender studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
REGISTER HERE \;for this Zoom program. The program will be recorded and available on the library's YouTube channel for a limited time. Register prior to the program to have a link to the recording emailed to you.
Want to receive the library's email newsletter? Brief-and-breezy GPL Weekly delivers library news--with handy program registration links--to your inbox every Monday morning.