glimpse into gay activism in the 70s

Why our time period is convenient

When we got into groups with other students, one of the students,Alyssa, did some research on gay activism in the 70's when I told her that my film takes place in that time period.She pointed out that gay activism was very relevant in this time and there were many protests. An article states that ,"The Stonewall riots, which occurred in New York City in June 1969, are generally considered to have ignited the modern gay rights movement in the United States (Canada, England and Wales had already discriminated homosexuality in 1967)". Another source about the Stonewall riots in New York states that, "Those years that followed, the decade of the 1970's, represent a remarkable period of transformation for gays and lesbians, particularly those living in America's coastal cities."

stonewall riots poster

Now that we are aware of these gay activism riots, we are even more excited for making it take place in the 70's. At first I was little worried about the time period because of the technology;  how we weren't able to use the vlog camera. Now that we figured out how we are going to document Lana's  thoughts with an alternative, and we know that this is the perfect time period for this film, I am so excited to film it.