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The LGBT movement began in New York City, with the march that followed the so-called Stonewall riots.
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Christopher Street and the first gay pride march in history, which traveled 51 blocks to Central Park
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about thirty homosexuals participated, identifying themselves as members of the Homosexual Liberation Front of Mexico.
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During this decade, LGBT groups fought above all against discrimination
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Homosexuality was decriminalized in Colombia, since it was considered as a crime, and new collectives emerged as: Movement for Homosexual Liberation, Study Group and Gay Liberation, Collective Landa and Heliogábalos
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Homosexuality is removed from the World Health Organization (WHO) list of mental illnesses.
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Mexico became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage in Latin America
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Currently being gay is criminalized in 72 countries in the world, according to the ONU
