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The beginning of Gays Right movement
Homosexual and bisexual men and women were given voice in 1897 with the founding of the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee (Wissenschaftlich-humanitäres Komitee; WhK) in Berlin. The committee published emancipation literature, sponsored rallies, and campaigned for legal reform throughout Germany as well as in the Netherlands and Austria, and by 1922 it had developed some 25 local chapters. (“Gay Rights Movement | Definition & History | Britannica”) -
Institute for Sexual Science Opened
One of the founders of WhK was Magnus Hirschfeld, who opened the Institute for Sexual Science (Institut für Sexualwissenschaft), which anticipated by decades other scientific centres (such as the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, in the United States) that specialized in sex research. (“Gay Rights - Movement, Marriage & Flag”) -
The First Documented Gay Right Organisation
Henry Gerber, a German immigrant, founded in Chicago the Society for Human Rights, the first documented gay rights organisation in the United States. (Blakemore) -
World League of Sexual Reform
Magnus Hirschfeld helped sponsor the World League of Sexual Reform, which was established at a conference in Copenhagen. (“Gay Rights - Movement, Marriage & Flag”) -
Signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
This landmark document enshrines the rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being -
The article promotes unrestricted marriage rights with the statement: “Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family.” In essence, it asserts that individuals of any gender can marry across races and religions without limitations, highlighting the author's support for marriage equality. Article 16 (human rights). -
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“sip-in”—A Twist
members of the Mattachine Society in New York City staged a “sip-in”—a twist on the “sit-in” protests of the 1960s—in which they visited taverns, declared themselves gay, and waited to be turned away so they could sue. (“Gay Rights - Movement, Marriage & Flag”) -
Gay Right In 1960s
Illinois became the first state to do away with its anti-sodomy laws, effectively decriminalizing homosexuality, and a local TV station in California aired the first documentary about homosexuality, called The Rejected. (“Gay Rights - Movement, Marriage & Flag”) -
Dr. John Oliven
Dr. John Oliven, in his book Sexual Hygiene and Pathology, coined the term “transgender” to describe someone who was born in the body of the incorrect sex. (“Gay Rights - Movement, Marriage & Flag”) -
Stonewall Inn
Police raid the Stonewall Inn in New York City. Protests and demonstrations begin, and it later becomes known as the impulsion for the gay civil rights movement in the United States. (“LGBTQ Rights Milestones Fast Facts”) -
Mental Disorder
By a vote of 5,854 to 3,810, the American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its list of mental disorders in the DSM-II Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. (“LGBTQ Rights Milestones Fast Facts”) -
Same-Sex Marriage
The first legal same-sex marriage in the United States takes place in Massachusetts. (“LGBTQ Rights Milestones Fast Facts”) -
First Same Sex Marriage
The California legislature becomes the first to pass a bill allowing marriage between same-sex couples. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoes the bill. (“LGBTQ Rights Milestones Fast Facts”) -
New Jersey
The New Jersey Supreme Court rules that state lawmakers must provide the rights and benefits of marriage to gay and lesbian couples. (“LGBTQ Rights Milestones Fast Facts”) -
Proposition 8
Voters approve Proposition 8 in California, which makes same-sex marriage illegal. The proposition is later found to be unconstitutional by a federal judge. (“LGBTQ Rights Milestones Fast Facts”) -
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is repealed, ending a ban on gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the military. (“LGBTQ Rights Milestones Fast Facts”) -
First US President to Support LGBTQ
In an ABC interview, Obama becomes the first sitting US president to publicly support the freedom for LGBTQ couples to marry. (“LGBTQ Rights Milestones Fast Facts”) -
Governor Andrew Cuomo
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signs a law banning the use of the so-called gay and trans panic legal defense strategy. The tactic asks a jury to find that a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity is to blame for a defendant’s violent reaction. New York follows California, Rhode Island, Illinois, Nevada and Connecticut as the sixth state to pass such a law. (“LGBTQ Rights Milestones Fast Facts”) -
Billy Porter First Openly Gay Black Man Actor
Billy Porter becomes the first openly gay Black man to win the Emmy for best lead actor in a drama series. (“LGBTQ Rights Milestones Fast Facts”) -
X Gender
The State Department announces that the US has issued the first US passport with an X gender marker. “As the Secretary announced in June, the Department is moving towards adding an X gender marker for non-binary, intersex, and gender non-conforming persons applying for a U.S. passport or CRBA,” State spokesperson Ned Price says in a statement. (“LGBTQ Rights Milestones Fast Facts”) -
Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration announces that people can now choose their sex marker in their Social Security records. (“LGBTQ Rights Milestones Fast Facts”) -
The 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
This remains one of the world's most groundbreaking global pledges but still some people still thinks that being LGBTQ is wrong which tells us that we have to help make it better