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The Society for Human Rights is founded by Henry Gerber in Chicago. It is the first documented gay rights organization.
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The Society for Human Rights is founded by Henry Gerber in Chicago. It is the first documented gay rights organization.
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The first known lesbian rights organization in the United States forms in San Francisco. Daughters of Bilitis (DOB). They host private social functions, fearing police raids, threats of violence and discrimination in bars and clubs.
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The “Los Angeles Advocate,” founded in 1967, is renamed “The Advocate.” It is considered the oldest continuing LGBTQ publication that began as a newsletter published by the activist group Personal Rights in Defense and Education (PRIDE) in 1966.
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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.
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Same-sex marriage is made legal nationwide with Obergefell v. Hodges decision.
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