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The Start of the Lavender Scare
4,380 gays loss their jobs in Government -
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American gay rights movement
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President Eisenhower signs Executive Order 10450
This Executive Order bans all homosexuals from working for the Federal Government. -
One INC v. Olesen
1st time U.S Supreme Court ruled in favor of gays -
Illinois repeals its sodomy laws
Makes them the 1st state to decriminalize homosexuality -
Democrats Endorsed homosexual rights
The Democratic Rules Committee states that it will not discriminate against homosexuals. -
Wisconsi outs laws sexual orientation discrimination
They became the 1st state to out law discrimination based on sexual orientation -
Bowers v. Hardwick
Supreme Court held that Georgia's sodomy statute did not violate the fundamental rights of homosexuals. -
U.S Military - Don't Ask, Don't Tell
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Romer v. Evans
The United States Supreme Court decides that Colorado's 2nd amendment, denying gays and lesbians protections against discrimination, is unconstitutional -
President Clinton signs the Defense of Marriage Act into law
The law defines marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman and that no state is required to recognize a same-sex marriage from out of state. -
Verrmount Legalize Civil Unions
This makes them the 1st state to legalize Civil Unions -
Dale v. Boys Scout of America decided
Courts ruled in favor of the Boys Scout of America -
Lawrence v. Texas
U.S Supreme Court rules that sodomy laws are unconstitutional -
Bowers v. Hardwick overturned
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Massachusetts 1st to legalize gay marriage
The court finds the prohibition of gay marriage unconstitutional because it denies dignity and equality of all individuals. -
California voters approved Prop.8
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Pres. Obama same-sex memoranda for federal employes
President Obama signs a Presidential Memorandum allowing same-sex partners of federal employees to receive certain benefits. -
The Mathew Sheperd Act
The Matthew Shepard Act is passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama on October 28th. The measure expands the 1969 U.S. Federal Hate Crime Law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. -
Federal Judge decided prop.8 Unconstituitonal
A federal judge in San Francisco decides that gays and lesbians have the constitutional right to marry and that Prop 8 is unconstitutional. -
Don't Ask, DOn't tell policy repealed
The U.S. Senate votes 65-31 to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. Military -
Defence of Marriage Act becomes defenceless
President Obama states his administration will no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act, which bans the recognition of same-sex marriage. -
NY Passes the Mariage Equlity Act
New York State passes the Marriage Equity Act, becoming the largest state thus far to legalize gay marriage. -
United States v. Windsor
The Supreme Court held that Section three of Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and that the federal government cannot discriminate against married homosexual couples when determining federal benefits and protections. -
Hollingsworth v. Perry
The Supreme court ruled that the traditional marriage activists who put proposition 8 on California ballots in 2008 did not have the constitutional authority, or standing, to defend the law in federal courts.
