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34th President Dwight d. Eisenhower discriminates against homosexuals.
Eisenhower issued executive order 10450 on April 27, 1953. It was effective on May 27,1953. It revoked Presidents Truman's Executive Order 9835 of 1947, and dismantled its Loyalty Review Board Program. This executive order banned homosexuals from working in the federal government. -
Stonewall Riots
Stonewall riots, also called Stonewall Uprising, was a series of violent confrontations that began in the early hours of June 28, 1969-July 3rd,1969, between police and gay rights activists outside the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in the Greenwich section of New York City.This event took place due to the police raiding the gay club. One of the key figures in the StoneWall Riot was drag queen Marsha P. Johnson. As the riots progressed an international gay rights movement began. -
Gay Rights Flag
Gilbert Baker was an American artist, gay rights activist, and designer of the rainbow flag. "Baker drew inspiration from the U.S national flag. He assigned a meaning for each color: hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, turquoise for magic, blue for harmony, and violet for spring. After the successful debut, Baker removed turquoise and pink to make it easier to mass produce"(cnn.com). -
United States Military discriminates against gay and lesbian Americans
"The United States Military excludes gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals from service. In 1993, the U.S congress passed and President Clinton signed a law referred to as "Don't ask, don't tell" which allowed gay, lesbian, and bisexual people to serve as long as they did not reveal their sexual orientation"(en.wikipedia.org). -
Defense of Marriage Act
Defense of Marriage Act, law in force from 1996 to 2013 that specifically denied to same-sex couples all benefits and recognition given to opposite-sex couples. Those benefits included more than 1,000 federal protections and privileges, including the legal recognition of relationships"(Britannica.com). -
Hate Crime Prevention Act
Hate Crime Prevention Act of 1997 amends the federal code to set penalties for persons who, whether or not acting under color of law, willfully causes bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, firearm, or explosive device, attempt to cause such injury because of the actual or perceived "religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of any person"(congress.gov). -
Matthew Shepard
Matthew Wayne Shepard was a gay American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die. The suspects Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson were arrested shortly after the attack and charged with first degree murder. Matthew did not die right away but after being taken by rescuers to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado he died six days later from severe head injuries. -
Vermont gives final approval to Same-sex Unions.
"The Vermont House of Representatives gave its final approval today to a bill creating same-sex marriages in almost everything but the name. The bill was a response to a court ruling in December by the Vermont Supreme Court, which found that gay and lesbian couples denied the right to marry ere suffering from unconstitutional discrimination"(nytimes.com). -
First Legal Same sex Marriage in Massachusetts
"On May 17,2004 Marcia Kadish,56, and Tanya McCloskey,52, of Malden, Massachusetts, were married at Cambridge City Hall-becoming the first legally married same sex partners in the United States. On the same day 77 other same-sex couples were ed across the state, while hundreds more applied for marriage licenses"(Politico.com). -
Hate Crime Prevention Act(2009)
The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, also known as the Matthew Shepard Act of Congress,passed on October 22,2009, and signed into law by President Barack Obama on October 28,2009, as a rider to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010. -
U.N gave members of the LGBTQ communities their rights
In June 2011, the U.N endorsed the rights of gay, lesbian, and transgender people for the first time. -
Obergefell v. Hodges
In this court case groups of same sex couples sued their relevant state agencies because they argued that each state (O.H, M.I, K.Y, and T.N) violated the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause under the 14th amendment.The U.S Supreme Court held in a 5-4 decision that the Fourteenth Amendment requires all states to grant same-sex marriages and recognize same sex marriage granted in other states. The court overruled its prior decision in Baker v. Nelson.