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Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Lavender Panthers
Article Evaluation: Two sentences that roughly defines group and time period.
Sources: Leighton, Jared. "“All of Us Are Unapprehended Felons”: Gay Liberation, the Black Panther Party, and Intercommunal Efforts Against Police Brutality in the Bay Area." Journal of Social History 52.3 (2019): 860-885. -This journal article addresses the fact that Lavender Panthers did not ally themselves with the Black Panthers and provides more details about how they patrolled the streets.; Safe Space by Christina Handart; Provide context on street patrols in the 70s and why they were created.; Dodge, Kirstin S. "Bashing back: gay and lesbian street patrols and the criminal justice system." Law & Ineq. 11 (1992): 295.; Can be used to talk about how policing led to the creation of street patrols such as the Lavender Panthers

Lesbian Mothers Unit
Article Evaluation: Does not include specific changes in divorce laws that made it easier for judges to discriminate against lesbian mothers. Could add in how the creation of no-fault divorces made it both easier and harder for lesbians to leave their husbands.
Sources: Brumbaugh, Stacey M., et al. "Attitudes toward gay marriage in states undergoing marriage law transformation." Journal of Marriage and Family 70.2 (2008): 345-359.; Cites specific divorce law changes that had direct negative impacts on gay mothers and how judges could discriminate even more.