W S 203- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 63 pages long!)

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Just ask: address yours first to gain it in return, address privately, never assume, use name rather than pronoun, alternative to they, them, their: Ey, em, eir: they/them/their is singular and plural depending on context and, defining through dialogues to break down walls of binary and heteronormativity the person(s) being addressed. Summer (june) of 1969 is when stonewall riots took place, new york city. Before 1969, all homosexual acts were illegal in every state except illinois. Goal of police was to close down all gay bars and meeting spots. The police ran away from the gay men fighting at stonewall. Homosexuality at this time was still seen as a mental disease/disorder, and tropes of homosexuals were seen as: unfaithful, psychopathic, promiscuous, unnatural, weird, sexual deviates, freaks. Homosexuality was seen as a dishonorable discharge in the military: jobs were taken away, right to be in public was revoked.

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