The term (counterculture) mean to me, a culture with a lifestyle that is opposed to the prevailing culture. For example, the Vietnam era was a time when the country was in shambles as a result of the Vietnam War, thousands of young men and women took their stand through rallies, protests, and concerts. A large number of young Americans opposed the war; with a common feeling of anti-war, thousands of youths united as one. This new culture of opposition spread like wild fire with alternative lifestyles blossoming, people coming together and reviving their communal efforts, demonstrated in the Woodstock Art and Music festival. The use of drugs, mainly marijuana, became a staple in the community of anti-war youths. The countercultures’ radical views and actions caused American society to turn its head and look to the young. They set themselves out as a group and were going to stand up for their rights as well as the rights of mankind.
Examples of people of counterculture. One Example of people of counterculture is Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender also now as (LGBT). It was a very hard time for Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, at the time the would war 2 was going on, and millions of American men & women were uprooted from their homes, and relocated to large port cities, such as New York City and San Francisco, either en route to tours of duty in Europe or to the Pacific, or to serve in the home-front war effort. Being somewhat anonymous in the large urban areas and separated from ’shaming’ societal figures, many gay men and lesbians who otherwise would have spent their lives closeted were exposed to nascent gay culture. When the war ended, many of these people chose to permanently settle in New York and San Francisco and live more openly gay lives.
A genuine gay culture began to take root, albeit very discreetly, with its own styles, attitudes and behaviors. And numerous industries began catering to this growing demographic group. By the early 1960s, openly gay political organizations such as the Mattachine society were formally protesting abusive treatment toward gay people, challenging the entrenched idea that homosexuality was an aberrant condition, and calling for a different way for homosexuality. Some people during that time believed the homosexuals where evil, they also believed that God would send them to hell for their sins, I believe that the world is scared of something that is different then what they are.
