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* TransTribulations: The hardships of trans and gender nonconforming people are shown in ''Transgender Pioneers''. So-called "masquerade" laws dictated that people couldn't wear any clothing not associated traditionally with their assigned sex. Many trans and gender nonconforming people were arrested on charges of violating them, being harassed frequently as a result, while living as their gender through things such as marrying opened them to charges as well. Trans people were in danger of transphobic hate crimes as well if discovered, with murders included. Many had to keep their gender status a secret for fear or legal or extralegal consequences. Even laws which weren't aimed at gender nonconformity specifically are used this way such as one which prohibited traveling when disguised on public roads invoked to arrest trans people wearing clothing matching their gender. A few of the brave souls who defied this though are shown, paving the way for greater rights, including in a protest/riot that predated the infamous Stonewall uprising, but is far less known.
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* TransTribulations: The hardships of trans and gender nonconforming people are shown in ''Transgender Pioneers''. So-called "masquerade" laws dictated that people couldn't wear any clothing not associated traditionally with their assigned sex. Many trans and gender nonconforming people were arrested on charges of violating them, being harassed frequently as a result, while living as their gender through things such as marrying opened them to charges as well. Trans people were in danger of transphobic hate crimes as well if discovered, with murders included. Many had to keep their gender status a secret for fear or legal or extralegal consequences. Even laws which weren't aimed at gender nonconformity specifically are got used this way such as one which prohibited traveling when disguised on public roads invoked to arrest trans people wearing clothing matching their gender. A few of the brave souls who defied this though are shown, paving the way for greater rights, including in a protest/riot that predated the infamous Stonewall uprising, but is far less known.
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* CastFullOfGay: As the series chronicles the early LGBT+ rights movement in the US, naturally it focuses on them. The majority among its characters are LGBT+, with several activists being highlighted.
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* TransTribulations: The hardships of trans and gender nonconforming people are shown in ''Transgender Pioneers''. So-called ''masquerade'' laws dictated that people couldn't wear any clothing not associated traditionally with their assigned sex. Many trans and gender nonconforming people were arrested on charges of violating them, being harassed frequently as a result, while living as their gender through things such as marrying opened them to charges as well. Trans people were in danger of transphobic hate crimes as well if discovered, with murders included. Many had to keep their gender status a secret for fear or legal or extralegal consequences. Even laws which weren't aimed at gender nonconformity specifically are used this way such as one which prohibited traveling when disguised on public roads invoked to arrest trans people wearing clothing matching their gender. A few of the brave souls who defied this though are shown, paving the way for greater rights, including in a protest/riot that predated the infamous Stonewall uprising, but is far less known.
* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: Gay bars are {{discussed}} as havens for LGBT+ people, though the police frequently would raid them. Naturally the famous uprising at the Stonewall Inn, along with less known protests/riots at other LGBT+ establishments or hangouts are showcased.
* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: Gay bars are {{discussed}} as havens for LGBT+ people, though the police frequently would raid them. Naturally the famous uprising at the Stonewall Inn, along with less known protests/riots at other LGBT+ establishments or hangouts are showcased.
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* TransTribulations: The hardships of trans and gender nonconforming people are shown in ''Transgender Pioneers''. So-called ''masquerade'' "masquerade" laws dictated that people couldn't wear any clothing not associated traditionally with their assigned sex. Many trans and gender nonconforming people were arrested on charges of violating them, being harassed frequently as a result, while living as their gender through things such as marrying opened them to charges as well. Trans people were in danger of transphobic hate crimes as well if discovered, with murders included. Many had to keep their gender status a secret for fear or legal or extralegal consequences. Even laws which weren't aimed at gender nonconformity specifically are used this way such as one which prohibited traveling when disguised on public roads invoked to arrest trans people wearing clothing matching their gender. A few of the brave souls who defied this though are shown, paving the way for greater rights, including in a protest/riot that predated the infamous Stonewall uprising, but is far less known.
* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: Gay bars are {{discussed}} as having existed as havens for LGBT+ people, though the police frequently would raid them. Naturally the famous uprising at the Stonewall Inn, along with less known protests/riots at other LGBT+ establishments or hangouts are showcased.
* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: Gay bars are {{discussed}} as having existed as havens for LGBT+ people, though the police frequently would raid them. Naturally the famous uprising at the Stonewall Inn, along with less known protests/riots at other LGBT+ establishments or hangouts are showcased.
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* PoliceBrutality: The police were highly prone to beating up LGBT+ people when raiding their bars and other hangouts, even threatening them with death when asked for identification. Abuse by the police inspired some to riot and protest however, for instance with the famous Stonewall Uprising. The most extreme examples were cops who [[KillerCop murdered gays]] with impunity.
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* HomophobicHateCrime: Being gay-bashed was a constant threat in the early 1950s. The police were at the time no help whatsoever, very often targeting gay men to arrest and ruin them.
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* HomophobicHateCrime: Being gay-bashed was a constant threat in the early 1950s. The police were at the time no help whatsoever, very often targeting gay men to arrest and ruin them. Some homophobes even went so far as to murder gays, as did [[KillerCop some cops]].
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* DirtyCop: Police were paid by [[TheMafia the Genovese crime family]] who owned some gay bars like Stonewall to only arrest a few people and let it them remain open in return exchange for bribes.
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* ChummyCommies: Harry Hay was a communist, and some of the other early gay rights activists were at least leftists, which is portrayed sympathetically.
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* ChummyCommies: Harry Hay was a communist, and some of the other early gay rights activists were at least leftists, which is portrayed sympathetically. This was deemed a liability as the LGBT+ rights groups got more popular in the Cold War though, so they were voted out by a more conservative set.
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* TheBeard: Many gay men in the early 1950s were married to women. One activist from then says he knew more in this situation than the opposite, since it was good cover. Harry Hay, one of the gay rights' movement's founders, himself was married twice and had children. This was also the case for lesbians, with Lorraine Hansberry focused on.
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* ClosetGay: Most gays and lesbians were closeted when the gay rights groups started in the early 1950s, because of the huge social stigma against them, along with legal persecution. They could be fired and disowned when found out, if not arrested. Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin however is noted as being unusual as he was quite openly gay. This made him (along with having previously been convicted on a ''morals charge'' "morals charge" for sex with other men) viewed as a liability to the movement, thus his role was often downplayed or kept firmly in the background. He was even temporarily banished from the movement for this. The hyper segregationist leader Senator Strom Thurmond attempted to use Rustin against them, but he remains an effective leader nonetheless.
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: The majority attitude was homophobic/transphobic in the US when the LGBT+ rights groups began. LGBT+ people were viewed as deviants, social threats, criminals or at best mentally ill across society. They were disowned, fired, blackballed, arrested and sent to mental institutions commonly. The worst cases however were beatings and even murders committed with impunity by homophobes who targeted gays. Police either [[PoliceAreUseless]] didn't help or in a few cases had [[KillerCop killed gays themselves]].
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: The majority attitude was homophobic/transphobic in the US when the LGBT+ rights groups began. LGBT+ people were viewed as deviants, social threats, criminals or at best mentally ill across society. They were disowned, fired, blackballed, arrested and sent to mental institutions commonly. The worst cases however were beatings and even murders committed with impunity by homophobes who targeted gays. Police either [[PoliceAreUseless]] [[PoliceAreUseless didn't help help]] or in a few cases had [[KillerCop killed gays themselves]].
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/equal.jpg]]
A 2020 {{docudrama}} miniseries, ''Equal'' chronicles the beginning of the LGBT+ rights movement, starting in the early 1950s up to the famous Stonewall uprising from 1969. The miniseries highlights many instrumental figures in the movement and others who were precursors to its activism, including some who have long been mostly overlooked. Consisting of four episodes (''The Birth of a Movement'', ''Transgender Pioneers'', ''Black Is Beautiful, Gay is Good!'' and ''Stonewall: From Liberation to Rebellion''), premiering on October 22, 2020 from Creator/HBOMax.
!Tropes:
* AutoErotica: Bayard Rustin was convicted on a ''morals charge'' for having sex with two men in a parked car.
* TheBeard: Many gay men in the early 1950s were married to women. One activist from then says he knew more in this situation than the opposite, since it was good cover. Harry Hay, one of the gay rights' movement's founders, himself was married twice and had children.
* ButchLesbian: Stormé [=DeLarverie=], a lesbian with short hair who wore nice men's suits, is highlighted as being the probable [[SparkOfTheRebellion spark]] of the Stonewall Uprising. After being arrested and manhandled by the police (who initially took her for [[LadyLooksLikeADude a gay man]], she angrily asked why other people didn't do something, causing them to fight back.
* ChummyCommies: Harry Hay was a communist, and some of the other early gay rights activists were at least leftists, which is portrayed sympathetically.
* ClosetGay: Most gays and lesbians were closeted when the gay rights groups started in the early 1950s, because of the huge social stigma against them, along with legal persecution. They could be fired and disowned when found out, if not arrested. Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin however is noted as being unusual as he was quite openly gay. This made him (along with having previously been convicted on a ''morals charge'' for sex with other men) viewed as a liability to the movement, thus his role was often downplayed or kept firmly in the background. He was even temporarily banished from the movement for this. The hyper segregationist leader Senator Strom Thurmond attempted to use Rustin against them, but he remains an effective leader nonetheless.
* DirtyCop: Police were paid by [[TheMafia the Genovese crime family]] who owned some gay bars like Stonewall to only arrest a few people and let it remain open in return for bribes.
* DisproportionateRetribution: The absurdly harsh laws against gay sex are described, for instance ranging up to a life sentence, permanent confinement in a mental institution and [[GroinAttack castration]] depending on the state.
* DragQueen: Many are featured, including with a gay ball staged in 1965. Harry Hay says in the 1920s being feminine, including by doing drag, was more common in gay circles than not.
* GayngstInducedSuicide: It's mentioned that some gay men {{forced out of the closet}} by the police killed themselves as this would usually ruin them.
* GoodShepherd: Early gay rights activists enlisted sympathetic clergy to support them, not only forming a committee but publicly attacking police harassment.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: The majority attitude was homophobic/transphobic in the US when the LGBT+ rights groups began. LGBT+ people were viewed as deviants, social threats, criminals or at best mentally ill across society. They were disowned, fired, blackballed, arrested and sent to mental institutions commonly. The worst cases however were beatings and even murders committed with impunity by homophobes who targeted gays. Police either [[PoliceAreUseless]] didn't help or in a few cases had [[KillerCop killed gays themselves]].
* HomophobicHateCrime: Being gay-bashed was a constant threat in the early 1950s. The police were at the time no help whatsoever, very often targeting gay men to arrest and ruin them.
* LipstickLesbian: Many of the lesbians shown have a feminine style indistinguishable from the norm in the 50's and 60's. Lorraine Hansberry is a famous example shown, with the lesbians she befriended or had relationships having the same style.
* OutOfTheClosetIntoTheFire: The police routinely printed the names of gay men whom they arrested, ruining them by doing so as they'd often be fired, evicted or also disowned by their families, and this sometimes caused their [[GayngstInducedSuicide suicides]].
* PoliceBrutality: The police were highly prone to beating up LGBT+ people when raiding their bars and other hangouts, even threatening them with death when asked for identification. Abuse by the police inspired some to riot and protest however, for instance with the famous Stonewall Uprising.
* RedScare: Homophobic hysteria came up along with the anti-communist paranoia when the second Red Scare enveloped the US in the early 1950s. President Truman ordered that all LGBT+ people in federal service be fired as alleged security threats, in the so-called Lavendar Scare. Only a few like Frank Kameny ever fought back and appealed their dismissals.
* StraightGay: Many of the gay men who are shown in the series had the same conventional looks as the straight guys from the 50's and 60's (at least publicly [[ClosetGay for cover]].
* TransEqualsGay: The confusion of being transgender with gay is {{discussed}} in ''Transgender Pioneers'', which trans people interviewed refute, explaining the difference.
* TransTribulations: The hardships of trans and gender nonconforming people are shown in ''Transgender Pioneers''. So-called ''masquerade'' laws dictated that people couldn't wear any clothing not associated traditionally with their assigned sex. Many trans and gender nonconforming people were arrested on charges of violating them, being harassed frequently as a result, while living as their gender through things such as marrying opened them to charges as well. Trans people were in danger of transphobic hate crimes as well if discovered, with murders included. Many had to keep their gender status a secret for fear or legal or extralegal consequences. Even laws which weren't aimed at gender nonconformity specifically are used this way such as one which prohibited traveling when disguised on public roads invoked to arrest trans people wearing clothing matching their gender. A few of the brave souls who defied this though are shown, paving the way for greater rights, including in a protest/riot that predated the infamous Stonewall uprising, but is far less known.
* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: Gay bars are {{discussed}} as havens for LGBT+ people, though the police frequently would raid them. Naturally the famous uprising at the Stonewall Inn, along with less known protests/riots at other LGBT+ establishments or hangouts are showcased.
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A 2020 {{docudrama}} miniseries, ''Equal'' chronicles the beginning of the LGBT+ rights movement, starting in the early 1950s up to the famous Stonewall uprising from 1969. The miniseries highlights many instrumental figures in the movement and others who were precursors to its activism, including some who have long been mostly overlooked. Consisting of four episodes (''The Birth of a Movement'', ''Transgender Pioneers'', ''Black Is Beautiful, Gay is Good!'' and ''Stonewall: From Liberation to Rebellion''), premiering on October 22, 2020 from Creator/HBOMax.
!Tropes:
* AutoErotica: Bayard Rustin was convicted on a ''morals charge'' for having sex with two men in a parked car.
* TheBeard: Many gay men in the early 1950s were married to women. One activist from then says he knew more in this situation than the opposite, since it was good cover. Harry Hay, one of the gay rights' movement's founders, himself was married twice and had children.
* ButchLesbian: Stormé [=DeLarverie=], a lesbian with short hair who wore nice men's suits, is highlighted as being the probable [[SparkOfTheRebellion spark]] of the Stonewall Uprising. After being arrested and manhandled by the police (who initially took her for [[LadyLooksLikeADude a gay man]], she angrily asked why other people didn't do something, causing them to fight back.
* ChummyCommies: Harry Hay was a communist, and some of the other early gay rights activists were at least leftists, which is portrayed sympathetically.
* ClosetGay: Most gays and lesbians were closeted when the gay rights groups started in the early 1950s, because of the huge social stigma against them, along with legal persecution. They could be fired and disowned when found out, if not arrested. Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin however is noted as being unusual as he was quite openly gay. This made him (along with having previously been convicted on a ''morals charge'' for sex with other men) viewed as a liability to the movement, thus his role was often downplayed or kept firmly in the background. He was even temporarily banished from the movement for this. The hyper segregationist leader Senator Strom Thurmond attempted to use Rustin against them, but he remains an effective leader nonetheless.
* DirtyCop: Police were paid by [[TheMafia the Genovese crime family]] who owned some gay bars like Stonewall to only arrest a few people and let it remain open in return for bribes.
* DisproportionateRetribution: The absurdly harsh laws against gay sex are described, for instance ranging up to a life sentence, permanent confinement in a mental institution and [[GroinAttack castration]] depending on the state.
* DragQueen: Many are featured, including with a gay ball staged in 1965. Harry Hay says in the 1920s being feminine, including by doing drag, was more common in gay circles than not.
* GayngstInducedSuicide: It's mentioned that some gay men {{forced out of the closet}} by the police killed themselves as this would usually ruin them.
* GoodShepherd: Early gay rights activists enlisted sympathetic clergy to support them, not only forming a committee but publicly attacking police harassment.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: The majority attitude was homophobic/transphobic in the US when the LGBT+ rights groups began. LGBT+ people were viewed as deviants, social threats, criminals or at best mentally ill across society. They were disowned, fired, blackballed, arrested and sent to mental institutions commonly. The worst cases however were beatings and even murders committed with impunity by homophobes who targeted gays. Police either [[PoliceAreUseless]] didn't help or in a few cases had [[KillerCop killed gays themselves]].
* HomophobicHateCrime: Being gay-bashed was a constant threat in the early 1950s. The police were at the time no help whatsoever, very often targeting gay men to arrest and ruin them.
* LipstickLesbian: Many of the lesbians shown have a feminine style indistinguishable from the norm in the 50's and 60's. Lorraine Hansberry is a famous example shown, with the lesbians she befriended or had relationships having the same style.
* OutOfTheClosetIntoTheFire: The police routinely printed the names of gay men whom they arrested, ruining them by doing so as they'd often be fired, evicted or also disowned by their families, and this sometimes caused their [[GayngstInducedSuicide suicides]].
* PoliceBrutality: The police were highly prone to beating up LGBT+ people when raiding their bars and other hangouts, even threatening them with death when asked for identification. Abuse by the police inspired some to riot and protest however, for instance with the famous Stonewall Uprising.
* RedScare: Homophobic hysteria came up along with the anti-communist paranoia when the second Red Scare enveloped the US in the early 1950s. President Truman ordered that all LGBT+ people in federal service be fired as alleged security threats, in the so-called Lavendar Scare. Only a few like Frank Kameny ever fought back and appealed their dismissals.
* StraightGay: Many of the gay men who are shown in the series had the same conventional looks as the straight guys from the 50's and 60's (at least publicly [[ClosetGay for cover]].
* TransEqualsGay: The confusion of being transgender with gay is {{discussed}} in ''Transgender Pioneers'', which trans people interviewed refute, explaining the difference.
* TransTribulations: The hardships of trans and gender nonconforming people are shown in ''Transgender Pioneers''. So-called ''masquerade'' laws dictated that people couldn't wear any clothing not associated traditionally with their assigned sex. Many trans and gender nonconforming people were arrested on charges of violating them, being harassed frequently as a result, while living as their gender through things such as marrying opened them to charges as well. Trans people were in danger of transphobic hate crimes as well if discovered, with murders included. Many had to keep their gender status a secret for fear or legal or extralegal consequences. Even laws which weren't aimed at gender nonconformity specifically are used this way such as one which prohibited traveling when disguised on public roads invoked to arrest trans people wearing clothing matching their gender. A few of the brave souls who defied this though are shown, paving the way for greater rights, including in a protest/riot that predated the infamous Stonewall uprising, but is far less known.
* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: Gay bars are {{discussed}} as havens for LGBT+ people, though the police frequently would raid them. Naturally the famous uprising at the Stonewall Inn, along with less known protests/riots at other LGBT+ establishments or hangouts are showcased.
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