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Gay group is Established.
1924 the first gay right group is established. “Friendship and Freedom,” was the United States’ first recorded gay rights publication. -
raid bar in New York
1969 police performed a raid of stonewall Inn, a New York city gay bar and the customers and their supporters took a stand. -
1973 Homosexuality is no longer declared a mental illness
1973 Homosexuality is no longer declared a mental illness. after a lot of study it was removed from the list of mental illness. -
No benefit for sex marriage in 1996
1996 defense of marriage could not get benefit like social security and health insurance but straight could until 2013 -
first state allow same sex marrige
2000: vermont takes huge step toward same sex marriage legalization. vermont become the first state in the country to give same sex couples the right to enter into civil union -
President Obama signed the crime prevention
2009 the matthew shepard and james Byrd jr. Hate crimes prevention act becomes a law. President Obama signed the hate Crime prevention act into law. the new law expanded previous hate crime legislation to officially categorize. -
Love wins
2015 love wins. the supreme court finally and officially declared same sex marriage a constitutional right nationwide, meaning all state all American to get marriage, regardless of their gender or sexual. -
The end of conversion therapy
2015 Obama calls for end to conversion therapy. after someone died the president had to end it. -
Transgender allowed in Military
2015 allowing transgender American to serve openly in the military. this rule went into effect, but now-President Donald Trump rescinded this right, again banning transgender people from the military as of April, 2019. -
Transgender being supported publicly by President.
2016 Obama publicly supports transgender student.President Obama said bathroom uses reflect their gender identity. Again, President Trump has reversed these gains, enacting and proposing numerous anti-trans policies