he also talks about different groups within the gay rights movements which is focused on more specific issues, like removing the ban on lesbians and gays from holding governmental jobs. his class is about one hour. professor heap: so welcome back to class. today our topic is going to be gay and lesbian liberation. i want to spend a bit of time setting that up for you and we will move right into discussion of some of the issues. for the last couple weeks we have been talking about the ways that cold war conformity gave rise to new forms of sexual and social order in the first decade or two after the second world war. we talked about how the cold war conformity established a white suburban, middle class heterosexuality as the domestic ideal and norm in america, and how nuclear families came to be the kind of central calling card of american normalcy. that in turn of course, as we have discussed before, left a lot of other people outside that norm, especially those left behind i
that cold war conformity gave rise to new forms of sexual and social order in the first decade or two after the second world war. we talked about how the cold war conformity established a white suburban, middle class heterosexuality as the domestic ideal and norm in america, and how nuclear families came to be the kind of central calling card of american normalcy. that, in turn of course, as we have discussed before, left a lot of other people outside that norm, especially those left behind in american cities, including people of color, and those who are choosing not to get married in what was the most marrying generation in american history. namely lesbians and gay men, but not exclusively so. those groups, as we talked about before, came to be seen as socially and sexually deviant, as threats to american family and democracy, and as people who should be excluded from society and the abundance of the postwar economic order. now we are moving into the late 1960 s and early 19
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world, every night he came home to me. police hunt for the illinois cop killer. she claims two men approached her car. it turned out to be a lie. they allowed thousands of budapests to enter the train station. many hope to resettle to germany. the problem is a german problem. nobody would like to stay in hungary. the rnc circulating a loyalty pledge asking candidates to rule out a third-party bid. it seems to be solely pointed at donald trump. all eyes are on vice president joe biden. she ll be in court this morning. she needs to be taken out of here in handcuffs. president obama won the votes needed to secure an iran nuclear deal. every death that iran causes is now on barack obama s head. 3,000 people were evacuated from the airport because of a fire. today the bridge in san francisco backed up for miles. highway workers and police trying to catch a chicken running loose. all that this massive animal charges a truck. and all that matters