Test Bank

Chapter 5: “LGBTQ Mobilization and Activism”

Multiple Choice

1. Sociologists define a social movement as something that is

a. the activism of the religious right

b. the activism of the left-wing

c. small groups of people making big changes

d. Organized sustained activism

2. The Stonewall riots are the most well-known example of

a. the activism of the religious right

b. the activism of the left-wing

c. violence-based activism

d. collective behavior

3. What factors contribute to the emergence of a social movement?

a. relative depravation

b. inequality

c. economic growth

d. all of these

4. Gay enclaves played a significant role in the mobilization of social movements. Gay enclaves describe

a. gay urban neighborhoods

b. gay-oriented laws

c. homophobia

d. social activism

5. Seeing oneself as belonging to a larger political group is called

a. assimilationist strategy

b. collective identity

c. coming out

d. homophile movement

6. The ______ was characterized by gay men and lesbians beginning to see that they were not sick, that instead they were an oppressed minority and, as such, they should challenge their oppression and seek societal acceptance.

a. Kinsey study

b. urbanization movement

c. culture war

d. homophile movement

7. The Gay Liberation Front was

a. developed before the Mattachine Society

b. developed before the Stonewall Riots

c. developed in response to the Stonewall

d. considered more right-wing than other social movements

8. What social issue triggered significant movement organization in the gay community in the 1980s?

a. AIDS epidemic

b. Queer Nation movement

c. marriage equality

d. workplace discrimination

9. Civil unions provide legal protection to a couple at the state level, but do not

a. provide them with access to federal protections or federal benefits

b. grant a legally recognized marriage

c. both a and b

d. neither a or b

10. Transgender movement refers to

a. a fight for transgender rights only

b. a collection of diverse groups of people

c. gay rights activism

d. None of these

True/False

1. Agency refers to the extent to which institutions have the ability to change people’s lives.

2. Sex-negative policies oppose same-sexuality.

3. Lesbian feminists in the 1960s often felt that men in the gay rights movement were too sexist.

4. The federal government was quick to address the public health threat of AIDS.

5. Some bisexual activists fight for the right to a legitimate sexual identity.

Short Answer

1. Describe the difference between a right-wing movement and a left-wing movement.

2. Describe the difference between the assimilationist strategy and the liberationist strategy.

3. Describe the difference between a social movement organization (SMO) and a radical social movement organization (RSMO).

4. What is one of the most significant differences between gay activism and transgender activism?

5. Why is Coming Out significant in LGBTQ activism?

Essay

1. Identify and explain the social and cultural conditions that facilitated the emergence of the modern gay rights movement. Explain the factors that contributed to the shifts in goals, strategies, and the agenda of the gay rights movement in the 1980s and 1990s. Compare the modern gay rights movement to another social movement of the post-World War II era.

2. Differentiate between a social movement and collective behavior. Explain the role episodes of collective behavior play in the modern gay rights movement, providing detailed examples of such episodes.

3. Explain the ways that transgender activism overlaps with lesbian and gay activism and instances where it is distinct.

4. Describe the Gay Liberation Front. Describe its strategy and how it was similar and different from previous and other social movements at the time.