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LGBTQ timeline

  • Stonewall riots

    Stonewall riots
    After a police raid to place at the Stonewall Inn, a popular safe space for the lgbtq community at the time, riots broke out demanding for america to deliver on its promise of "equality for all" to the gay community
  • Harvey Milk Sworn In

    Harvey Milk Sworn In
    Harvey Milk mad history for the lgbtq community after becoming the first ever openly gay official to be elected in California in 1977. Harvey would be sworn in early of the next year and from there he would help pass gay rights bills for the city of San Francisco
  • National March on Washington

    National March on Washington
    One of the first marches on Washington by the lgbtq community, the leaders of this rally called for the repeal of anti-lesbian/gay laws, the end of discrimination towards lesbian-mothers and gay fathers in custody cases, and to protect gay and lesbian youth from any discriminatory laws that may be used against them
  • Lawrence vs Texas

    Lawrence vs Texas
    In this court case the Texas statue, which gave the state the ability to criminalize gay individuals for taking part in consensual sexual conduct, was challenged and overturned because it was rules the "adult individuals should be allowed to their privacy without interference from the government"
  • Obergefell vs Hodges

    Obergefell vs Hodges
    In this case, the all district courts involved found in favor of the plaintiffs and deemed the states' bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional which mad gay marriage legal in all 50 states