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Drawing some connection between homosexuality and anti-nationalism is fairly common, and was used in [[History of gays in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust|Nazi Germany]] and [[Gay rights in Russia|Soviet Russia]] as well.

===The so-called "LGBT civil rights movement"===

Beginning in the 20th century, so-called "[[Gay rights]] movements, as part of the broader [[civil rights movement]]s," have led to changes in social acceptance and in the [[media portrayal of homosexuality]]. The legalization of [[same-sex marriage]] and non-gender-specific [[civil union]]s is one of the major goals of gay rights activism. (See [[:Category:LGBT civil rights]].)

Many African Americans object to the the civil rights movement being linked to the so-called "gay civil rights movement". Jesse Jackson has said "Gays were never called three-fifths human in the Constitution." Gene Rivers, a Boston minister, has accused gays of "pimping" the civil rights movement. [http://www.blackcommentator.com/110/110_fr_gay_civil_rights.html][http://www.hrc.org/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=17806&TEMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm]

The change in attitudes of Western societies regarding homosexuality have led to a greater acceptance of gay men and women into both secular and religious institutions starting in the latter part of the [[20th Century]].

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