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Was founded by Henry Gerber in Chicago. This was the first gay rights organization dated in the United States.
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A gay rights activist named Harry Hay founded America's first national gay rights organization, hoping to shift the public's view on LGBT.
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The article, "Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government," stated that homosexuality is a mental illness. This caused over 4,500 gay men and women to be discharged from the military and also 500 fired from their jobs.
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The American Psychiatric Association listed homosexuality as a sociopathic personality disorder. After this release, many professionals in medicine criticized this statement because of the lack of scientific evidence/data.
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Staged the first day of "Reminder Day". Picketers called attention to the public to the lack of rights the LGBT community had. These continued for 5 years.
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Christopher St. Liberation Day memorializes the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall riots. In Central Park in New York City, thousands of members of the LGBT community marched. In the coming years, this spreads to many countries around the world.
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The board of the American Psychiatric Association votes to remove homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.
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Harvey Milk introduced a gay rights ordinance that protected gays and lesbians from being fired from their jobs.
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The democrats became the first political party to advocate gay rights.
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President George Bush federally funded a program called the Ryan White Care Act. This helped people living with AIDS. This sprouted from Ryan White, who was contracted with AIDS.
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Vermont legalized civil unions and marriage of same-sex couples.
