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American Psychiatric Association lists homosexuality as a sociopathic personality disturbance. Until 1974 it is no longer under there. -
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order to ban gays from working for fed government. -
The first lesbian rights organization in the U.S forms. Formed in San Francisco. -
The first openly LGBTQ American elected to any public office when she wins a seat on the Ann Arbor, Michigan City Council. -
The first federal gay rights bill is introduced to address discrimination based on sexual orientation. But it was never brought to consideration. After being gay wasn't considered a sociopathic disturbance it came to be classified as a sexual orientation.
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Tennis player Renee Richards is banned from competing in the women's US Open because of her gender reassignment surgery. "Women-born-women" rule didn't allow her to play. -
Gilbert Baker designed and stitched the first rainbow flag. To symbol pride and hope for LGBTQ. In the original eight-color version, pink stood for sexuality, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for the sun, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony and violet for the soul. -
President Bill Clinton signs a military policy directive that prohibits openly gay and lesbian Americans from serving in the military, but also prohibits the harassment of “closeted” homosexuals. Military applicants were not to be asked about their sexual orientation. -
First same sex legal marriage happens in Mass. Tanya McCloskey and Marcia Kadish. -
President Joe Biden repeals Trump's 2019 ban on transgender Americans joining the military.