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1924 the first gay right group is established. “Friendship and Freedom,” was the United States’ first recorded gay rights publication. -
1969 police performed a raid of stonewall Inn, a New York city gay bar and the customers and their supporters took a stand. -
1973 Homosexuality is no longer declared a mental illness. after a lot of study it was removed from the list of mental illness. -
1996 defense of marriage could not get benefit like social security and health insurance but straight could until 2013 -
2000: vermont takes huge step toward same sex marriage legalization. vermont become the first state in the country to give same sex couples the right to enter into civil union
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2009 the matthew shepard and james Byrd jr. Hate crimes prevention act becomes a law. President Obama signed the hate Crime prevention act into law. the new law expanded previous hate crime legislation to officially categorize. -
2015 love wins. the supreme court finally and officially declared same sex marriage a constitutional right nationwide, meaning all state all American to get marriage, regardless of their gender or sexual. -
2015 Obama calls for end to conversion therapy. after someone died the president had to end it. -
2015 allowing transgender American to serve openly in the military. this rule went into effect, but now-President Donald Trump rescinded this right, again banning transgender people from the military as of April, 2019. -
2016 Obama publicly supports transgender student.President Obama said bathroom uses reflect their gender identity. Again, President Trump has reversed these gains, enacting and proposing numerous anti-trans policies