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Mar 22, 1111
Leviticus
Condems homosexuals to death as committing an abomination. -
Mar 22, 1112
Sodom and Gomorah
Homosexuality is associated with the destruction of entire cities. -
French Revolution
Revolutionary government first to decriminalize homosexual intercourse. -
Karl-Maria Kertbeny
Coined the term homosexuality to replace terms refering to sexual acts associated them. -
American Psychiatric Association
Lists homosexuality as a mental illness. Found inconclusive in 1954, remained in until 1973 -
Proposition 6
Orange County California proposition that would ban any lgtb or pro lgtb person from working in public schools. -
Rent
Broadway musical depicting life in the lgtb community during the AIDS/HIV epidimic in the early 1980's. -
Massachusetts
First US state to legalize same sex marriage. -
Obergefell v. Hodges
Supreme court case to legalize same sex marriage in United States after -
1950
Senator Clyde Hoey and Joseph McCarthy associate homosexuality with lacking emotional stability. -
ONE Publications
USPS refused to ship a paper concealed magazine concerning homosexual marriage. SCOTUS decided in favour of freedom of press in 1958. -
Stonewall Riots
Mark of modern LGTB movement, after tensions of legal discrimination for centuries built, police raid on Stonewall Inn, violent protests against actions. -
Netherlands
First country to legalze same sex marriage -
FDA Lifts lifetime blood donating ban
Marks the end of the 1983 decision at the face of the AIDS scare.