Backgrounds:Minority group is a term referring to a category of people differentiated from

the social majority, i.e., those who hold the majority of positions of social power
in a society, and may be defined by law. Rather than a relational "social group",
as the term would indicate, "minority group" refers to the above-described. The
differentiation can be based on one or more observable human characteristics,
including: ethnicity, race, religion, caste, gender, wealth, health or sexual
orientation. Usage of the term is applied to various situations and civilizations
within history, despite its popular mis-association with a numerical, statistical
minority. In the social sciences, the term "minority" is used to refer to categories
of persons who hold fewer positions of social power.
The term "minority group" often occurs alongside a discourse of civil rights and
collective rights which gained prominence in the 20th century. Members of
minority groups are prone to different treatment in the countries and societies in
which they live. This discrimination may be directly based on an individual's
perceived membership of a minority group, without consideration of that
individual's personal achievement. It may also occur indirectly, due to social
structures that are not equally accessible to all. Activists campaigning on a range
of issues may use the language of minority rights, including student rights,
consumer rights, and animal rights.
In the United States, few attempts were made to create advocacy groups
supporting gay and lesbian relationships until after World War II, although
prewar gay life flourished in urban centers such as Greenwich Village and Harlem
during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. The disruptions of World War II
allowed formerly isolated gay men and women to meet as soldiers, war workers,
and other volunteers uprooted from small towns and posted worldwide. Greater
awareness, coupled with Senator Joseph McCarthy's investigation of
homosexuals holding government jobs during the early 1950s, led to the first
American-based political demands for fair treatment in mental health, public
policy, and employment.

In 1965, as the civil rights movement won new legislation outlawing

racial discrimination, the first gay rights demonstrations took place in
Philadelphia and Washington, DC, led by longtime activists Frank Kameny and
Barbara Gittings. The turning point for gay liberation came on June 28, 1969,
when patrons of the popular Stonewall Inn in New York's Greenwich Village
fought back against ongoing police raids of their neighborhood bar. Stonewall is
still considered a watershed moment of gay pride and has been commemorated
since the 1970s with "pride marches" held every June across the United States.
Recent scholarship has called for better acknowledgement of the roles that drag
performers, minorities, and transgender patrons played in the Stonewall Riots.

Facts:-LGBT movements in the United States comprise an interwoven history of

lesbian, gay, bisexual movements in the United States of America, beginning in
the early 20th century.
-They have been influential worldwide in achieving social progress for lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender and transsexual people.
-Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) social movements is a political
ideology and social movement that advocate for the full acceptance of LGBT
people in society (Gayism).
-A commonly stated goal among these movements is social equality for LGBT
people
-LGBT movements organized today are made up of a wide range of political
activism and cultural activity, including lobbying, street marches, social groups,
media, art, and research.
-Political goals include changing laws and policies in order to gain new rights,
benefits, and protections from harm.
-LGBT movements have often adopted a kind of identity politics that sees gay,
bisexual and/or transgender people as a fixed class of people; a minority group
or groups.
-Those using this approach aspire to liberal political goals of freedom and equal
opportunity, and aim to join the political mainstream on the same level as other

groups in society.
-In arguing that sexual orientation and gender identity are innate and cannot be
consciously changed, attempts to change gay, lesbian and bisexual people into
heterosexuals ("conversion therapy") are generally opposed by the LGBT
community.
-Such attempts are often based in religious beliefs that perceive gay, lesbian and
bisexual activity as immoral.
Conversion therapy is psychological treatment or spiritual counseling designed
to change a person's sexual orientation from homosexual or bisexual to
heterosexual. Such treatments are controversial and have been criticized as a
form of pseudoscience.

Here are some of the battles LGBT advocates will continue to face, even if the
Supreme Court legalizes gay marriage:

1. Workplace discrimination
2. Lack of gender-neutral restrooms in public
places
3. Gay conversion therapy(Forced, not a choice)
4. Housing discrimination
5. Acceptance
in sports, politics, entertainment, business and
more(Alienated)
6. Health risks, and education about how to lower
them
7. Restrictions on gay men giving blood(sexual
intercourse-AIDS)

8. Jury selection(In January 2014, the U.S. 9th

Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that gay people cant be
excluded from a jury based on sexual orientation.)
9. Transgender military service(Cause disturbance)
10. Youth homelessness(Rejection from family
members)
11. Adoption, custody, surrogacy and other
parenting issues
12. Discrimination of youth in foster care

Quotes:It is estimated that 2.4 million LGBT older adults over 50 live in the United States,
Ilan H Meyer, Ph.D., Williams