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2900 BCE
the first recorded same-sex couple in history.
Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum, when discovered by Scholars They proposed romantic relationship between Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum is based on depictions of the two men standing nose to nose and embracing in their tombs. -
Period: 700 BCE to
Same sex slave
In the millennium era many male slaves of the Egyptian emperor would get highly close when sever their leader. They would form secret sexual performances for one another. once caught they and who ever knew of these acts were sentenced to death or prison with no questions asked. -
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WW1
World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe -
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WWI German Soldiers
soldiers who had to keep his relationship hidden from those around them, was just one of the approximately two million German men killed in World War I -
Henry Gerber
the founder of the Society for Human Rights in Chicago, an LGBT Rights organization founded in 1924. It was the first gay rights organization in the United States. -
Harry Hay
founded The Mattachine Society, the first national gay rights organization in 1951. He is considered to be the founder of the gay rights movement. -
José Sarria
In 1961, José Sarria became the first openly gay candidate for office when he ran for and won San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He also founded the Imperial Court System, the second largest LGBT organization in the world. -
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Discrimination of homosexuality
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Stonewall riot
a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBT) community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. -
The First Ever Gay Pride Parade
People march into New York's Central Park during the nation's first gay pride parade on June 28, 1970. The event was held on the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall riots, when members of the gay community clashed with police who had raided the Stonewall Inn in Manhattan. -
William R. Johnson
the first openly gay person to be ordained in a mainline Protestant denomination, the United Church of Christ, and the first such person ordained in the history of Christianity. -
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Dont Ask, Dont Tell Policy
"Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was the official United States policy on military service by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians, instituted by the Clinton Administration on February 28, 1994, when Department of Defense Directive 1304.26 issued on December 21, 1993, took effect, lasting until September 20, 2011. -
Lawrence v . texas
Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003) is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court. The Court struck down the sodomy law in Texas in a 6–3 decision and, by extension, invalidated sodomy laws in 13 other states, making same-sex sexual activity legal in every U.S. state and territory. -
The end of the D.A.D.T. Policy
"Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was the official United States policy on military service by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians, instituted by the Clinton Administration on February 28, 1994, when Department of Defense Directive 1304.26 issued on December 21, 1993, took effect, lasting until September 20, 2011. By The Obama Administration. -
Same sex marriage is legalized in the U.S.
Prior to the Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015, the VA and SSA could provide only limited benefits to married same-sex couples living in states where same-sex marriage was not legal. -
The Pulse Club Shooting
On June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old security guard, killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a terrorist attack inside Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States.
