LGBT rights organization, the Glossary

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1. 40 relations: Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, BioScience, California, Chicago, Civil and political rights, Community organization, Daughters of Bilitis, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, Friendship and Freedom, Harry Hay, Harvey Milk, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, Healthcare and the LGBT community, Henry Gerber, History of HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS, Homophile movement, Human rights, Human Rights Campaign, Illinois, Imperial Court System, José Sarria, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Lavender Scare, LGBT community, List of LGBT-related organizations and conferences, Magnus Hirschfeld, Mattachine Society, McCarthyism, National Black Justice Coalition, Non-governmental organization, Public health, Red Scare, San Francisco, Scientific-Humanitarian Committee, Sexual minority, Sexual practices between men, Society for Human Rights, Stonewall riots, The Trevor Project.

Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club

The Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club (first known as The Alice B. Toklas Memorial Democratic Club and later the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club) is a San Francisco-based association and political action committee for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender and queer (LGBTQ) Democrats.

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BioScience

BioScience is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

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Community organization or community based organization refers to organization aimed at making desired improvements to a community's social health, well-being, and overall functioning.

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Daughters of Bilitis

The Daughters of Bilitis, also called the DOB or the Daughters, was the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States.

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Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon

Dorothy Louise Taliaferro "Del" Martin (May 5, 1921 – August 27, 2008) and Phyllis Ann Lyon (November 10, 1924 – April 9, 2020) were an American lesbian couple based in San Francisco who were known as feminist and gay-rights activists.

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Friendship and Freedom

Friendship and Freedom, published from 1924 to 1925, was a short-lived American gay-interest newsletter published by the Chicago-based Society for Human Rights (SHR), the first recognized homosexual rights organization in the United States.

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Harry Hay

Henry "Harry" Hay Jr. (April 7, 1912 – October 24, 2002) was an American gay rights activist, communist, and labor advocate.

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Harvey Milk

Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

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Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club

Based in San Francisco, California, the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club is a chapter of the Stonewall Democrats, named after LGBT politician and activist Harvey Milk.

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Healthcare and the LGBT community

Various issues in medicine relate to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

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Henry Gerber

Henry Gerber (June 29, 1892 in Passau, Bavaria– December 31, 1972) was an early homosexual rights activist in the United States.

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History of HIV/AIDS

AIDS is caused by a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which originated in non-human primates in Central and West Africa.

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HIV/AIDS

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system.

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Homophile movement

The homophile movement is a collective term for the main organisations and publications supporting and representing sexual minorities in the 1950s to 1960s around the world.

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Human rights

Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,.

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Human Rights Campaign

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is an American LGBTQ advocacy group.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Imperial Court System

The International Imperial Court System (IICS) also known as the International Court System is one of the oldest and largest LGBT organizations in the world.

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José Sarria

José Julio Sarria (December 13, 1922 – August 19, 2013), also known as The Grand Mere, Absolute Empress I de San Francisco, and the Widow Norton, was an American political activist from San Francisco, California, who, in 1961, became the first openly gay candidate for public office in the United States.

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Karl Heinrich Ulrichs

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (28 August 1825 – 14 July 1895) was a German lawyer, jurist, journalist, and writer who is regarded today as a pioneer of sexology and the modern gay rights movement.

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Lavender Scare

The Lavender Scare was a moral panic about homosexual people in the United States government which led to their mass dismissal from government service during the mid-20th century.

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The LGBT community (also known as the LGBTQ+ community, LGBTQIA+ community, GLBT community, or queer community) is a loosely defined grouping of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals united by a common culture and social movements.

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) related organizations and conferences range from social and support groups to organizations that are political in nature.

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Magnus Hirschfeld

Magnus T. Hirschfeld (14 May 1868 – 14 May 1935) was a Jewish German physician and sexologist, whose citizenship was later revoked by the Nazi government.

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Mattachine Society

The Mattachine Society, founded in 1950, was an early national gay rights organization in the United States, preceded by several covert and open organizations, such as Chicago's Society for Human Rights.

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McCarthyism

McCarthyism, also known as the Second Red Scare, was the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s.

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National Black Justice Coalition

The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) is an American civil rights organization serving primarily Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.

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Non-governmental organization

A non-governmental organization (NGO) (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government.

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Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".

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Red Scare

A Red Scare is a form of moral panic provoked by fear of the rise, supposed or real, of leftist ideologies in a society, especially communism.

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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Scientific-Humanitarian Committee

The Scientific-Humanitarian Committee (WhK) was founded by Magnus Hirschfeld in Berlin in May 1897, to campaign for social recognition of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and against their legal persecution.

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Sexual minority

A sexual minority is a demographic whose sexual identity, orientation or practices differ from the majority of the surrounding society.

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Sexual practices between men

Sexual activities involving men who have sex with men (MSM), regardless of their sexual orientation or sexual identity, can include anal sex, non-penetrative sex, and oral sex.

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Society for Human Rights

The Society for Human Rights was an American gay-rights organization established in Chicago in 1924.

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Stonewall riots

The Stonewall riots, also known as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall rebellion, or simply Stonewall, were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.

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The Trevor Project

The Trevor Project is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1998.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_organization

Also known as LGBT civil rights organization, LGBT organisation, LGBT organization, LGBT rights group, LGBT rights organisation, LGBT rights organizations, LGBTQIAP+ Rights Organization, LGBTQIAP+ Rights Organizations, Lesbian and gay rights organizations.