THE QUEER ERA BY JASZI ALEJANDRO

QUEER ERA TIMELINE

Highlighting NYS & Major ERA’s Across The United States

By Jaszi Johnathan

In your hiSTORY… How you would tell it… On your timeline…

Which time periods do you cover & which exact years would you choose to capture? What historical moments have you lived through? Who were you back then? What things have you witnessed with your own 2 eyes? Who have you left behind and why do they still come to mind? When was it that you realized who you’ve become? What have you left to get done?

How many obstacles have you overcome to be where you are today? What kinds of changes would you still like to make? Where are you going? & why?

There have been countless moments throughout our history where one person made one choice, one move, on one day– that changed the course for everything to go a different way.  Let's embark on a quest and travel through time, from the progressive era to the modern era to the queer era and beyond, to see what we learn, to see what we find So let's pay homage to those that came before us, those that moved mountains for us to walk the cleared paths we walk today

ERA QU E E R E R A T I M E L I N E

1840-1920

WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT

THIS MOVEMENT FOUGHT FOR AND SUCCEEDED IN GRANTING WOMEN THE LEGAL RIGHT TO VOTE IT BEGAN WITH GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY AND CULMINATED WITH THE PASSING OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT TO THE U S CONSTITUTION IN 1920 THE MOVEMENT INCLUDED A VARIETY OF STRATEGIES FROM LOBBYING AND PROTEST TO CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.

1890-1915

CONCEPTION OF GAY IDENTITY

EARLY 20TH-CENTURY VIEWS ON HOMOSEXUALITY OFTEN ASSOCIATED IT WITH GENDER INVERSION THEORY, WHERE GAY MEN WERE SEEN AS HAVING FEMININE TRAITS THE TERM "FAIRY" WAS USED TO DESCRIBE SUCH INDIVIDUALS, HIGHLIGHTING THE PERIOD'S RUDIMENTARY UNDERSTANDING OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY.

1914-1945

WORLD WARS AND INTERWAR PERIOD

THIS PERIOD COVERS BOTH WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II, WHERE GLOBAL CONFLICTS RESHAPED ECONOMIES, BORDERS, AND SOCIETIES THE INTERWAR PERIOD, PARTICULARLY THE 1920S AND 1930S, WAS MARKED BY SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND CULTURAL SHIFTS, INCLUDING THE GREAT DEPRESSION.

1954-1968

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

A PIVOTAL MOVEMENT AIMED AT ENDING RACIAL SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AFRICAN AMERICANS, IT EMPLOYED STRATEGIES OF NONVIOLENT PROTEST AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE KEY EVENTS INCLUDED THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT, THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, AND THE PASSAGE OF CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION IN 1964 AND 1965 1969.

1969

STONEWALL

MARKING A MAJOR TURNING POINT IN THE MODERN LGBTQ+ RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THE STONEWALL RIOTS WERE A SERIES OF SPONTANEOUS DEMONSTRATIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE GAY COMMUNITY IN RESPONSE TO A POLICE RAID AT THE STONEWALL INN IN NEW YORK CITY THESE RIOTS SPURRED THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE ORGANIZED ADVOCACY FOR LGBTQ+ RIGHTS.

1970-Present

THE WAR ON DRUGS

INITIATED BY PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON IN 1971, THIS CONTROVERSIAL POLICY AIMED AT REDUCING ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE USES MEASURES SUCH AS INCREASED POLICING AND HARSHER SENTENCES FOR DRUG OFFENSES IT HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR ITS EFFECTIVENESS AND IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF COLOR.

1970 -Present

LGBTQ+ PRIDE AND CULTURAL SHIFTS

EMERGING FROM THE STONEWALL RIOTS, THE PRIDE MOVEMENT CELEBRATES LGBTQ+ IDENTITIES AND PUSHES FOR LEGAL AND SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE OVER THE DECADES, IT HAS EXPANDED GLOBALLY AND INCLUDES A BROAD ADVOCACY FOR RIGHTS RELATED TO HEALTH, WORK, FAMILY, AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATION.

2000-PRESENT

MODERN ERA

THIS PERIOD HAS SEEN SIGNIFICANT ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATION, AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE, INFLUENCING ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE INCLUDING POLITICS, CULTURE, AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS KEY EVENTS INCLUDE THE RISE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, GLOBAL ACTIVISM, AND ONGOING DEBATES OVER PRIVACY, SECURITY, AND THE ROLE OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE.