The Gay Is Good Campaign - 1580 Words

America, in some way or another, has always had obstacles with segregation. It’s been happening since the beginning of time, but the biggest one was with black rights. In the mid-19th century, the â€Å"Jim Crow† law mandated the â€Å"separate but equal† status. African American’s had separate schools, churches, bathrooms, sections in restaurants, and they sat in different parts of the bus than Caucasians. Blacks were treated unfairly, and finally, after a hundred years of standing up for themselves, they administered justice. After that, many people had the courage to stand up for what they believed in. Stopping the war, Feminism, Religion, and what’s most popular today, Homosexuality. In late 1960’s, activists started the â€Å"Gay is good† campaign.†¦show more content†¦There’s also transsexual, transvestite, and androgynous/gender queer. Transsexual is when you seek medical attention to the transition from one sex to the other. That way your appearance outwards is more like how you feel on the inward. A transvestite is someone who cross-dresses, much like a drag queen, but for their own pleasure instead of performance pleasure for others. Androgynous, or genderqueer, is a mix of both masculine and feminine. Sometimes they roll between male and female, depending on their mood. They also sometimes explain that they re genderless: therefore, you would call them, â€Å"they† or â€Å"it†. They are simply independent of sexual orientation. In the past few weeks, talk of transgenders has been on the rise. America is considering whether or not transgenders should be able to use the restroom they most feel comfortable in instead of what they were born as biologically. It’s as if our society is running in circles when it comes to segregation and human rights. The same thing problem occurred during the Jim Crow era. Bathrooms were usually marked with â€Å"white people only† signs. And not only blacks but women and handicapped people were fighting for equality. Now transgenders are fighting for their rights. Recently North Carolina decided to create a new law called the â€Å"bathroom bill†, that limits bathroom access to transgenders. The Justice Department warned the state that it violates their civil rights, and this