The LGBTQ+ community in the United States had been active for several decades longbefore the famous Stonewall Riots of 1969. The McCarthy era was not kind to themaccording to this article about what was called "the lavender scare":
https://daily.jstor.org/the-lavender-scare/
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Before the Riots launched the movement on a more public scale, check out what theywere up to during the decade:
https://daily.jstor.org/the-stonewall-riots-didnt-start-the-gay-rights-movement/
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Fascinating, no? Now let's answer some questions based on these two articles:
1. In the first article "The Lavender Scare," author Mathew Wills gives severalreasons for why homosexuals were prosecuted during the 1950s. What werethose reasons? (Give at least three)
2. In the second article, what did members of the LGBTQ+ community do in thefollowing cities: San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia?
3. According to the last article, why did the Stonewall Riots become so famous?Why do we commemorate that event and not the others?