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Police raid a gay bar in Greenwich Village known as the Stonewall Inn. Hundreds took to the streets in protest. Riots ensued.
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The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) successfull lobbied the US Civil Service Commission to allow gay people to serve in public employment.
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Currently has over 700,000 members. It seeks passage of an employment nondiscrimination act to prevent US citizens from being fired from their jobs for being gay.
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Founded to work for progressive legislation at both the federal and state levels.
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The US Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts could remove James Dale from their organization because they believed that homosexual conduct was inconsistent with its mission.
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The Massachusetts Supreme Court held that same-sex couples have a state constitutional right to marry. A proposed constitutional amendment would negate that right.
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The California Supreme Court held that gay marriage was legal in California only to have the ruling overturned by an initiative that defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman.