NEW YORK — Despite major progress in recent years in the fight for LGBTQ equality, older LGBTQ activists say the country is seeing increased political pushback against the LGBTQ communities, reminiscent of past anti-LGBTQ movements they lived through during the 20th century.
When Ellen Ensig-Brodsky, 89, first began embracing her identity as a lesbian, she said meeting other women was done in secret.
"It's fearmongering, which I think is really very dangerous," said Green."They want to take us back ... I have to say -- confidently -- I don't think people are gonna go for it."Last weekend, a LGBTQ community center in Gainesville, Florida, claimed on social media that it was vandalized when a perpetrator allegedly threw a rock through the front door and window, accompanied by a hateful note.
For instance, in the 1970s, then-popular singer Anita Bryant created the"Save Our Children" movement in opposition of a local ordinance in Florida that protected LGBTQ people from discrimination. Presently, legislators in support of anti-LGBTQ legislation often claim their efforts are to protect children and ensure parents' rights.
In a statement to ABC News, Deputy Communications Director for Gov. Youngkin, Rob Damschen, said critiques of the policy changes are"disingenuous" and that schools will ensure that trans students are treated with"respect, compassion and dignity."Shaffer, a historian, said this kind of rhetoric has been used to mask anti-LGBTQ efforts.
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