Counter Culture Movement Flashcards
What were the types of counter cultures
Gays
Feminists
Hippies
What kick started the Gay rights movement?
Stonewall riots - 28th June 1969
What happened at Stonewall
Popular gay nightclub raided by police
Discrimination against trans, drag and cross dressers
Assaulted lesbian females
Led to riots
When and where was the first Gay parade
NYC - June 1970
Significant about 1973?
American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from their list of mental disorders
Gay Liberation newspapers
The Gay Liberation Front
Iconic moments from feminist end counterculture
Betty Friedan
-Wrote the female mystique about women being more than a house wife
Griswold V Connecticut
- Chemist giving out birth control pills, knew they would be arrested, done to raise awareness
Roe V Wade
-Supreme court ruled that the constitution protects women right for abortion
Who opened their doors to females?
Ivy League colleges
-Women could now get a proper degree
Who were the hippes?
A group opposing commercialism, and societal norms
What was the Music festival and what happened?
Woodstock
Massive gathering of hippies
Lots of drugs taken (LSD and Cannabis)
Psychedelic rock shows
Why did the government oppose the hippies?
As they had left wing views
- lived in communes
- anti-commercialism
Area of San Francisco and Why important
Haight-Ashbury (Hashbury) - lots of hippies lived in a commune -notable people such as: •Jimi Hendrix •Janis Joplin
Feminist, Gays and Hippies all agreed on?
- Sexual freedom
* No further involvement in Vietnam War
Lasting impacts from Gay Rights
Gay people can now marry
Not considered a mental disorder
Considered brave to come out
Lasting impact from feminist movement
Females now have more equal pay
Females now able to get senior ranking jobs
Equal opportunities for females
