LGBT movements in the United States comprise an interwoven history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender social and political movements in the United States of America, beginning in the early 20th century. They have been influential worldwide in achieving social progress for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and transsexual people.
Read more about LGBT Movements In The United States: Daughters of Bilitis, Mattachine Society, ONE, Incorporated, Student Rights Movements, Gay Liberation Fronts, Queer Nation, Identity Politics, History of The Movement in The United States, Opposition Throughout Movements History, 1920s, Mid-twentieth Century Advocacy, Militancy in 1960s San Francisco, Transgender Activism, The 1980s and The Emergence of The FTM Community, GenderPAC, LGBT Rights and The Supreme Court, LGBT Rights and State Courts
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—Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)
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—James Madison (1751–1836)