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First Pride
The first ever Pride Parade happened in June of 1969 where the LGBT community began rioting against police officers after a raid on the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. -
First March
One year after the Stonewall incident, the LGBT community began planning the first actual march for pride. On June 28, 1970, a parade commenced. -
Homosexuality is not a Disorder
The American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from it's list of mental disorders. -
Milk for Supervisor!
Harvey Milk runs for city supervisor in San Fransisco. A major opponent to government messing in personal sexual matters, with a liberal platform. -
Harvey Milk is the First
San Francisco Mayor George Moscone appoints Harvey Milk to the Board of Permit Appeals, making Milk the first openly gay city commissioner in the United States. Milk decides to run for the California State Assembly and Moscone is forced to fire him from the Board of Permit Appeals after just five weeks. Milk loses the State Assembly race by fewer than 4,000 votes. -
Huge Success
About 75,000 people participated in the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Washington, D.C., in October. It was the largest political gathering in support of LGBT rights to date. -
Democratic Help
At the 1980 Democratic National Convention held at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Democrats took a stance supporting gay rights, adding the following to their plank: "All groups must be protected from discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, language, age, sex or sexual orientation. -
Go Berkley!
The city of Berkeley, California, becomes the first city to offer its employees domestic-partnership benefits. -
Major March on Washington
an estimated 800,000 to one million people participate in the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation. Several events such as art and history exhibits, public service outings and workshops are held throughout Washington, DC leading up the event. Jesse Jackson, RuPaul, Martina Navratilova, and Eartha Kitt are among the speakers and performers at a rally after the march. -
First State
Same sex marriages are now allowed in Massachusettes.
