Discuss the different types of abuse experienced by the elderly.
Discuss the significance of the Stonewall Riots.
According to Diana Gustafson, who has been defined as a bad mother?
What are some of the reasons that cohabitation is becoming so popular among young people? Does this indicate a shift in family values?
What were the Stonewall Riots?
What did Claire Potter mean that “the police did not get their payoff”?
Can you draw any parallels between the Stonewall Riots as a movement and the protests that are
occurring today?
How is the Stonewall Riots a marker for the Gay Rights period?
What were the challenges of “coming out”?
What is the significance of the Stonewall Inn today?
What is outhistory.org?
Consider the arc of gay history over the last fifty years. List two changes that Claire Potter mentioned
about that arc of history.
How would you compare the relationship of the LGBT community during the Stonewall era with the
relationship of today?
https://www.c-span.org/video/?456730-9/1969-stonewall-riots
Then answer the questions
1. What were the Stonewall Riots?
2. What did Claire Potter mean that “the police did not get their payoff”?
3. Can you draw any parallels between the Stonewall Riots as a movement and the protests that are occurring today?
4. How is the Stonewall Riots a marker for the Gay Rights period?
5. What were the challenges of “coming out”?
6. What is the significance of the Stonewall Inn today?
8. What is outhistory.org?
9. Consider the arc of gay history over the last fifty years. List two changes that Claire Potter mentioned about that arc of history.
10. How would you compare the relationship of the LGBT community during the Stonewall era with the relationship of today?
