Civil War

The LGBTQ+ community in the United States had been active for several decades long before the famous Stonewall Riots of 1969. The McCarthy era was not kind to them according to this article about what was called "the lavender scare":

https://daily.jstor.org/the-lavender-scare/

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Before the Riots launched the movement on a more public scale, check out what they were up to during the decade:

https://daily.jstor.org/the-stonewall-riots-didnt-start-the-gay-rights-movement/

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Fascinating, no? Now let's answer some questions based on these two articles:

1. In the first article "The Lavender Scare," author Mathew Wills gives several reasons for why homosexuals were prosecuted during the 1950s. What were those reasons? (Give at least three)

2. In the second article, what did members of the LGBTQ+ community do in the following cities: San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia?

3. According to the last article, why did the Stonewall Riots become so famous? Why do we commemorate that event and not the others?