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The creation of the Society for Human Rights in Chicago. The earliest known ogranization advocating gay rights.
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Alfred Kinsey publishes a book shwoing that homosexuality is a lot more prominant than many people thought.
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Earliest known lesbian rights organization was founded in San Francisco
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Illinois is officially the first state to legalize homosexual acts between two individuals in private.
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Changes the movement from just a few people fighting for what they believed was right to a full blown revolutions in quest of equality and equal opportunity for all no mater what.
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Harvey Milk becomes the first openly gay city official. He was on the board of permit appeals in San Francisco.
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The largest gathering and protest from the LGBT community to date, over 75,000 people marched in Washington D.C.
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Vermonts is the first state to legalize civil unions between to people of the same gender. They are entitiled to the same rights as a heterosexual couple, however it never mentions that it is a marriage between the two persons.
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A revolutionary change in the tide, for the president to come out and say, "It is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married," is a huge victory for the LGBT community to know that they are backed by the President of the United States.