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Thomas Jefferson proposed that male homosexuals shall be castrated and female homosexuals shall have the their nose cartilage mutilated. Argued in the Lawrence v. Texas in 2003 in Texas
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Thomas Jefferson's Mutilation proposal
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In Chicago, the 1st gay organiztion was created in the U.S.
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TIME MAGAZINE
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"U.S. Secretary of War Harry Stimson ordered a review of gay discharges during World War II, with the aim of "reinducting" men who hadn't committed any in-service homosexual acts." (TIME:Magazine)
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Harry S. Truman signs the "Uniform Code of Justice"- discharge rules for homosexual service members
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Joseph McCarthy targeted homosexuals during rooting of Communist spies. Gay men and lesbians were regularly subjected to police harassment and dismisal from their jobs.
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Adds homosexuality to the list of mental disorders
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Many gay activist felt the desire to create an organized movement
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1st State to decriminalize private homsexual acts between concenting adults
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Dr. Frank Kameny, launched the first public protests by gays and lesbians with a picket line at the White House in April, 1965
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Columbia University1st known gay student organization was founded at Columbia University in New York City.
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The summer of love was the migration of a large group of hippies that came to San Francisco, California for a spiritual awakening. Harvey Milk was apart of the Ashbury and Haight District.
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Three-day protest that took place when gay, lesbian and transgendered patrons resisted a police raid on a New York bar
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American Pyschiatric SocietyClassified gay as a disease, 1973 the Association removed homosexuality from the offical list of mental disorders.
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Harvey Milk, openly gay polictian was elected to the San Francisco board of Supervisors
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Rainbow Flag1st used as a symbol of the Gay Right's Movement
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Killed by fellow city supervisor Dan White.
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1st march.Draws more than 100,000 people.
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Democratic PartyDemocratic leaders had everything to gain and little to lose by supporting gay rights, so they inserted a new plank in the party platform: "All groups must be protected from discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, language, age, sex or sexual orientation." Three years later, Gary Hart became the first major-party presidential candidate to address an LGBT organization
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Bowers v. HardwickU.S. Supreme Court
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"And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic" book is published. This books depicts the AIDS epidemic that was rushing through the gay community due to the neglect.
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Passedpasses in California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Vermont, and Wisconsin
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President Bill Clinton used this policy to override the UCMJ Policy. Compromise, members will not be asked about their orientation, and service member should not tell or engage in any homosexual activity while in service for the U.S.A.
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Step back"The U.S. Defense of Marriage Act is signed into law. It means that no state (nor the Federal Government) needs to treat a relationship between persons of the same sex as a marriage, even if it's considered so in another state".
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Matthew Shepard
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Mass became the 1st state in the Country to allow same-sex marriage.
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Same StoryIowa, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire
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President Obama signs the repeal for DADT policy
