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The Beginning: American Gay Movement
The Society for Human Rights in Chicago becomes the country's earliest known gay rights organization -
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LGBT CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
A brief presentation of the LGBT Civil Rights movement from 1924 until Now.
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Fearless Gay Activists Who Fought for Freedom and Equality
A gallery of men and women who helped make LGBT rights a reality.
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1st National Gay Rights Organization
The Mattachine Society, the first national gay rights organization, is formed by Harry Hay, considered by many to be the founder of the gay rights movement. -
National Lesbian Organization
The Daughters of Bilitis, a pioneering national lesbian organization, is founded. -
Decriminalizing...
Illinois becomes the first state in the U.S. to decriminalize homosexual acts between consenting adults in private. -
The Stonewall Riots
The Stonewall riots transform the gay rights movement from one limited to a small number of activists into a widespread protest for equal rights and acceptance. Patrons of a gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village, the Stonewall Inn, fight back during a police raid on June 27, sparking three days of riots. -
Making Sexual Orientation Discrimination Illegal...
Activists in Miami, Florida pass a civil rights ordinance making sexual orientation discrimination illegal in Dade County. Save Our Children, a campaign by a Christian fundamentalist group and headed by singer Anita Bryant, is launched in response to the ordinance. In the largest special election of any in Dade County history, 70% vote to overturn the ordinance. It is a crushing defeat for gay activists. -
National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Washington, D.C.
About 75,000 people participated in the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Washington, D.C., in October. It was the largest political gathering in support of LGBT rights to date. -
Democratic National Convention
At the 1980 Democratic National Convention held at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Democrats took a stance supporting gay rights, adding the following to their plank: "All groups must be protected from discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, language, age, sex or sexual orientation." -
The “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” Policy
The “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy is instituted for the U.S. military, permitting gays to serve in the military but banning homosexual activity.
On April 25, an estimated 800,000 to one million people participate in the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation. -
...Legally recognize civil unions between gay or lesbian couples...
Vermont becomes the first state in the country to legally recognize civil unions between gay or lesbian couples. The law states that these “couples would be entitled to the same benefits, privileges, and responsibilities as spouses.” It stops short of referring to same-sex unions as marriage, which the state defines as heterosexual. -
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Relevant Laws: from 2003 to 2016
