Deck 5: Lgbtq Mobilization and Activism

Question 1

What factors contribute to the emergence of a social movement?

A)relative depravation
B)inequality
C)economic growth
D)all of these

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The federal government was quick to address the public health threat of AIDS.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The ______ was characterized by gay men and lesbians beginning to see that they were not sick,that instead they were an oppressed minority and,as such,they should challenge their oppression and seek societal acceptance.

A)Kinsey study
B)urbanization movement
C)culture war
D)homophile movement

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Gay enclaves played a significant role in the mobilization of social movements.Gay enclaves describe

A)gay urban neighborhoods
B)gay-oriented laws
C)homophobia
D)social activism

Question 5

Describe the difference between a right-wing movement and a left-wing movement.

Question 6

Describe the difference between a social movement organization (SMO)and a radical social movement organization (RSMO).

Question 7

The Gay Liberation Front was

A)developed before the Mattachine Society
B)developed before the Stonewall Riots
C)developed in response to the Stonewall
D)considered more right-wing than other social movements

Question 8

Lesbian feminists in the 1960s often felt that men in the gay rights movement were too sexist.

Question 9

Seeing oneself as belonging to a larger political group is called

A)assimilationist strategy
B)collective identity
C)coming out
D)homophile movement

Question 10

Agency refers to the extent to which institutions have the ability to change people's lives.

Question 11

Civil unions provide legal protection to a couple at the state level,but do not

A)provide them with access to federal protections or federal benefits
B)grant a legally recognized marriage
C)both a and b
D)neither a or b

Question 12

Sociologists define a social movement as something that is

A)the activism of the religious right
B)the activism of the left-wing
C)small groups of people making big changes
D)Organized sustained activism

Question 13

Transgender movement refers to

A)a fight for transgender rights only
B)a collection of diverse groups of people
C)gay rights activism
D)None of these

Question 14

Sex-negative policies oppose same-sexuality.

Question 15

What social issue triggered significant movement organization in the gay community in the 1980s?

A)AIDS epidemic
B)Queer Nation movement
C)marriage equality
D)workplace discrimination

Question 16

The Stonewall riots are the most well-known example of

A)the activism of the religious right
B)the activism of the left-wing
C)violence-based activism
D)collective behavior

Question 17

What is one of the most significant differences between gay activism and transgender activism?

Question 18

Some bisexual activists fight for the right to a legitimate sexual identity.

Question 19

Describe the difference between the assimilationist strategy and the liberationist strategy.

Question 20

Why is Coming Out significant in LGBTQ activism?
Essay

Question 21

Differentiate between a social movement and collective behavior.Explain the role episodes of collective behavior play in the modern gay rights movement,providing detailed examples of such episodes.

Question 22

Describe the Gay Liberation Front.Describe its strategy and how it was similar and different from previous and other social movements at the time.

Question 23

Identify and explain the social and cultural conditions that facilitated the emergence of the modern gay rights movement.Explain the factors that contributed to the shifts in goals,strategies,and the agenda of the gay rights movement in the 1980s and 1990s.Compare the modern gay rights movement to another social movement of the post-World War II era.

Question 24

Explain the ways that transgender activism overlaps with lesbian and gay activism and instances where it is distinct.