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The term "gay agenda" or "radical gay agenda" has been used by members of the Christian right to refer to efforts to change government policies and laws on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues, for example, same-sex marriage and civil unions, LGBT adoption, recognizing sexual orientation as a protected civil rights minority classification, LGBT military participation, inclusion of ...
Due to the nature of LGBTQ+ laws around the world, almost all queer activism that took place before the decriminalization of gay marriage can be considered radical action. [2] The history of queer radicalism can be expressed through the many organizations and protests that contributed to a common cause of improving the rights and social ...
Russell John Rickford (born c. 1975 [1]) is an American scholar and activist who is an associate professor in the History Department at Cornell University.He has written the only in-depth biography on Betty Shabazz, the wife of Malcolm X.
Outside of the conference, however, reactions were more mixed. More conservative lesbian newsletters at the time such as Lesbian Tide and The Ladder rejected the notions of the manifesto and saw it too radical. Other lesbians rejected the woman-identified label expressing their discomfort in it blurring lines of heterosexual and homosexual ...
Even before the counterculture movement reached its peak of influence, the concept of the adoption of socially-responsible policies by establishment corporations was discussed by economist and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman (1962): "Few trends could so thoroughly undermine the very foundation of our free society as the acceptance by corporate ...
The autism rights movement, also known as the autistic acceptance movement, is a social movement allied with the disability rights movement. It emphasizes the neurodiversity paradigm , viewing autism as a set of naturally occurring variations in human cognition , a disability with both strengths and weaknesses, rather than as a disease to be ...
Hutchins has since become a certified meditation teacher — and serves as an example that busy, restless people who try once should try again. If you’ve tried meditating but can’t sit still ...
Violent extremism is a form of extremism that condones and enacts violence with ideological or deliberate intent, such as religious or political violence. [6] Violent extremist views often conflate with religious [12] and political violence, [13] and can manifest in connection with a range of issues, including politics, [1] [4] religion, [7] [14] and gender relations.