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1970
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1972
Dade County, FL gay rights ordinance sparks opposition form
Anita Bryant, resulting in national attention.
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1973
American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from
its list of mental disorders.
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1973
Founding of the National Gay Task Force, later called the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
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1975
US Civil Service Commisson announces it will no longer exclude
homosexuality from government employment.
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1980
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1981
CDC reports on 5 men with rare pneumonia, later issues warning
on Kaposi’s Sarcoma.
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1982
AIDS is named.
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1983
The cause of aids (HIV) is discovered
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1985
Rock Hudson dies of AIDS.
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1985
Gay and Lesbian Anti-Defamation League (later GLAAD) is
formed.
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1987
The AIDS quilt is laid on the Capital Mall.
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1989
Gallup Poll show that though most Americans think homosexuality
is immoral, 71% believe government should have equal opportunity.
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1989
The City College of San Francisco establishes the first Gay
and Lesbian studies department.
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1990
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1990
Reform Judaism votes to accept gays as rabbis.
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1991
Organizers of NYC's St. Patrick's Day Parade tell an Irish
American gay group they can't march.
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1993
Clinton appoints lesbian Roberta Achtenberg as Asst.Secretary
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1996
Candace Gingrich, half-sister of Newt Gingrich and a lesbian
is grand marshal of Long Beach gay pride parade. |
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1996
Chastity Bono, lesbian daughter of Sonny and Cher, becomes
Media Director of GLAAD. |
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1998
Matthew Shepherd is murdered for being gay, prompting national
demonstrations.
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2000
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2000
In Boy Scouts of America vs. Dale, the U.S. Supreme Court
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2002
Rosie O'Donnell comes out on prime time television to Diane
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2003
In Lawrence vs. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a
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