Dbq March On Washington

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The 1987 LGBT (stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) March on Washington was the second march on Washington for LGBT rights. The first march on Washington took place in 1979, although, the 1987 LGBT March has often been called “The Great March” due to its high turnout and conclusion. The LGBT 1987 March on Washington was one of the largest and most important march of all the LGBT marches there has been. The march helped the LGBT community’s needs get noticed by important officials.

The march took place on October 11th, 1987, near the White House and the Capitol. October 11th has now come to be known as “National Coming Out Day”, because of this important march that positively affected the LGBT+ community. More than 1,000 elected officials had endorsed the march, including about 100 members of Congress (Williams). Roughly around 500,000 people marched, although the number is indefinite. (D’Emilio). The marchers had a range of different religions, races, sexualities, and political views.

There were many issues addressed at the march. One of the main issues being, wanting an end to LGBT discrimination. Specifically, equal rights for LGBT+ people, including “ the legal recognition of same-sex relationships and marriage” (Kohler). One of the other issues that was discussed at the march was wanting the Federal …show more content…

Cesar Chavez, “Union President and Latino civil rights figure” (Kohler), spoke to the marchers. He had spoken in favor of the LGBT+ community many times before. Jesse Jackson was an African-American civil rights leader. He was also a democrat who was running for president at the time. He spoke about his support for LGBT rights and brought up how AIDS education and research needs more funding. Eleanor Smeal, the former president of the National Organization for Women, two gay members of congress: Gerry E. Studds and Barney Frank (Williams), and Whoopi Goldberg (Kohler) were other speakers at the

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