people influential to the LGBT community 

Alan Turing was a computer scientist who worked for the government in his later years culminating in one of the greatest creations of all time, the Turing device which was the first ever computer and was capable of cracking the Germans enigma code. however after this it was discovered that he was gay and after divorcing his wife he was subjected to chemical castration and eventually he allegedly took his own life but this was never confirmed as no preliminary investigation was conducted and the apple which was suspected of poisoning him was never tested for traces of cyanide, the poison which killed him.      

Ellen DeGeneres is a talk show host for the Ellen DeGeneres show which has been running since 2003 and is a very open supporter of the LGBT group and came out as being a lesbian in 2001 and then her show “the Ellen show” was cancelled. After her first show was cancelled a year later she started her new show “the Ellen DeGeneres show” which began in 2003 and still continues to this day with over 2200 episodes.  

Sylvia Rivera was a transgender and gay rights activist who was a founding member of the gay liberation front, gay activist alliance and the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries. thought early her life she was frowned apon by her disapproving grandmother who she lived with for her feminine ways which resulted in her becoming homeless at the age of 11 and as a result she began working as a prostitute until she was taken in by a group of drag queens, throughout the rest of her life she fought and campaigned for equal rights and non discrimination acts for transgender and ethnic people, while at many points being homeless and struggling with substance abuse and loosing a few friends along the way. eventually she died in 2002 from liver cancer   

 

Audre lorde was a poet from Harlem new York who wrote many letters and poems about feminism and racism against black people from both outsiders and from other feminists, she clammed that white feminists not including or campaigning for black feminists was just replacing on system of patriarchy with another and while alot of feminists saw and accepted this view some didn’t and argued back against her. durring her life she helped found a number of organisations which helped rasie issues of sexism, racism and homophobia these were the Che Lumumba School for Truth, Women’s Coalition of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sisterhood in Support of Sisters in South Africa, and Doc Loc Apiary. she died in 1992 from liver cancer after surviving a bout with breast cancer.  

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violence throughout history 

Neanderthal period

Violence in this time period was perpetrated more out of necessity than cruel desire, in this very broad time period and the early humans were surrounded by a large amounts of threats including dangerous predators, natural disasters and threat of other humans needing land and food for their various families and clans, gathering food in this time was also dangerous because of a large amount of competition and the difficulty of hunting animals at the time, added to this was the primitive nature of their weaponry which was constructed from rocks, sticks, bones and lashings taken from plants and hair, however it was this weaponry which game them an advantage over the other animals in the world.           

Medieval period

Violence in the Medieval period was very high because of the belief in the church and the belief in witchcraft. People were accused and executed due to flimsy evidence and the belief of them doing magic. People were also executed if they did not believe in the church or went against people’s belief or command. Torture and harsh punishments were mainly used in these times such as burning, drownings, hangings, executions, stretching and other types of gruesome torture.

Industrial period

Violence in the industrial period can mostly be attributed to greed and desire for power, such as the British, french, Spanish and Portuguese empires which were at a constant land and arms race with one another, all of them wanted to be the main world super power at the time and would accomplish this by Waring with one another and other countries for land, many notable wars took place in this tie and countless lives were lost    

 

Modern period

In the modern period, violence has mainly lowered due to the increase in laws and peace. However, there are still bombings and attacks to cities, as well as violence using the internet and social media. Terrorism has been very modern due to extreme beliefs.

Back in the start of the 1900’s, we have had two world wars, with a few other wars near that time. Due to the rise of technology, people have been able to use the internet and can now also use it to harm others