User:JTorre23/Societal attitudes toward homosexuality

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Since the Stonewall Riots that occurred in the summer of 1969, there have been varying views and opinions on the LGBT community and homosexuality. Along with the riots, there have been other historical events that have had a negative impact on society’s attitudes towards homosexuality, which includes the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, which heavily affected the public’s opinions on the community.

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Following the events in 1969, there wasn’t much of a difference of thought with 70% of the public disagreeing with it not only in the US but in countries like the United Kingdom, France, Denmark, the Netherlands and more. With the percentages staying under the 50% mark during the 1960s and 1970s showing that the public saw it as a “vice” or “disease” which also matched with decreasing approval percentage during the 1970s. But as the 1970s continued, there were changes in the approval percentages with an even 43% for yes and no for a survey asking the general public. These numbers kept on changing with a chart showing the percentage difference between not only the public but also what the general public is thinking about homosexuality. Going into the 1980s there was even more of a change from society's point of view with various tables showing the uptake of homosexuality. These numbers were also changing due to the politics that were being discussed at the time like communism and libertarianism.