Study Guide for LGBT Studies Final Exam 2023

Havelock Ellis - Answer- write Sexual Inversion. -wanted to present fair and scientific representation of homosexuality -wanted to differentiate between "inversion" and other kinds of homosexuality. -naturalized hetero without condemning homo -though he rejected some ridiculous homo myths, he is doubted when looking at his description of gay people (actual physical differences he saw) -masturbating for women= inclined to inversion -legislature against gays seemed nonsensical to Ellis Perverse Presentism - Answer- A way to acknowledge that LGBT history cannot and should not be analyzed through contemporary perspectives. Moral Panic - Answer- The impulse to focus on an offending object in order to encourage and perpetuate public outcry against transgressive behavior. Gay Liberation Front (GLF) - Answer- Group of activists that took its activists energy from other left-leaning movements, specifically socialist organizations and those protesting the Vietnam War. Germany - Answer- Which country was the first to perform male to female sex reassignment surgery? Buggery Act - Answer- Outlawed sodomy in England in 1533. During the 16th century a few prosecutions took place. Inducing the patient with paroxysm - Answer- What was thought to be a effective treatment by Victorian-era doctors for hysteria in Europe and the United States? The Harlem Renaissance - Answer- Provided safe meeting places for African American Artists and writers and also served as a creative/sexual outlet. Don't ask, don't tell - Answer- Was the policy that restricted LGBT service people from serving in all branches/levels of military; was overturned in 2011. Krafft-Ebbing - Answer- -German psychiatrist -masochism, fetishism, sadism -homo= congenital (unfortunately born with it) -though of it as mental illness -eventually changed mind to idea that its a "manifestation of desire and not necessarily a mental disease." South Africa - Answer- Which country was the first in the world to specifically prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual preference? Intersex - Answer- is the new term to identify a group of people born with both male and female genitalia or sex organs or with indeterminate genitalia Ally - Answer- Someone from the dominant social group who supports and speaks out for the non-dominant group. The Hayes Code - Answer- The first attempt at introducing film censorship in the US through laying down a series of guidelines to film producers. Heavily Influenced the presence of LGBT people in the film industry during the early 20th century Pederasty - Answer- In Greece, this was known as a same sex pairing between an older man and a youthful boy. Stonewall Riots - Answer- Took place in New York City, June 1969. It is marked as the beginning of the gay rights movement. Ancient Egypt - Answer- In what culture were same sex course, after death, buried together in the manner of married couples? Boston Marriages - Answer- In New England in the early 20th century, many women lived together as independent of me. And supposedly as roommates, but were in fact said to be in a lesbian relationship. The Kinsey Scale - Answer- Provided a scale 1-6 ranking individuals sexual orientation from 1-6 exclusively heterosexual to 6- exclusively homosexual. Greek Poet Sappho - Answer- Best known for her works featuring women in relationships with other women, although only a few whole poems have been recovered. Termed the term Lesbian Harvey Milk - Answer- First openly gay man elected to public office in California. Censorship - Answer- Desire to protect the innocent from sexual libertarianism, sexual freedom, and even transcendence or obliteration of sexual boundaries. Urnings - Answer- Is a term invented by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs to describe a !!third sex!!! comprised of homosexuals, whom he theorized displayed visible physical differences from heterosexuals; product of heredity The Mattachine Society - Answer- Was the first known social organization in the IS for gay men during the 1950s to organize gays about discrimination against queer people. Defense of Marriage Act - Answer- Defines marriage as a legal Union of 1 man and 1 woman and was enacted in 1996 in response to increase agitation regarding same sex marriage. Karl Westphal - Answer- German physician, noted "effeminate men" and "mannish women"-- inversion Banned all sexual activity between men - Answer- What was Germany's Paragraph 175? Radclyffe Hall - Answer- Wrote the first novel about a lesbian, The Well of Loneliness. Banned in Britain and subject of a censorship trial in the U.S.