In chapter 4 of Eaklor’s “Queer America”, we start to delve more into the social and political challenges faced by the queer community during this time period. The queer community was still facing acts of discrimination, the denial of health resources, struggling with visibility and acceptance from the society around them. This would kick start activist movements among the communities and spark the beginning of the modern gay rights movement. With the emergence of these movements came the queer community’s influences on American culture. Such influences they had were on literature, art, music, fashion, and media. This goes hand in hand with the Harlem Renaissance that was going on at the same time. Both movements allowed these groups to combine their efforts of fighting for equal rights in the form of producing pieces of poetry, literature (especially from people like Langston Hughes), and arts that will go on to be preserved in American history. Introducing their cultures into the American media went on to shape the queer community’s identity which still holds up today.
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