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New York Times- the first publication to use the word "homosexuality." (exact date unknown)
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U.S. Secretary of War Harry Stimson ordered a review of gay discharges during WWII, in order to reinstate men who hadn't committed any in-service homosexual acts.
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The first known gay student organization was founded at Columbia University in New York City.
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Riots follow a police raid on the gay bar Stonewall Inn, in Greenwich Village, New York. This is the beginning of the gay rights in the U.S.
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Harvey Milk, an openly gay politician, encouraged the gay community- Within a year he had been killed by fellow city supervisor Dan White.
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President Clinton passed the "don't ask; don't tell" policy, although many were opposed to it.
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DOMA is signed into law.
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The newly-elected San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom issues the first same-sex marriage certificates in the U.S.
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California and Connecticut's Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage
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Iowa cannot ban same-sex marriages.
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Obama endorses same-sex marriage
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US Supreme Court rules that DOMA is unconstitutional.
