Sce the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wa, anti-gay rhetoric and lls to roll back L.G.B.T.Q. rights have grown bolr among Republin elected officials and ndidat.
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- BARILLA GO OM WORST TO FIRST ON GAY RIGHTS
- AFTER ROE, REPUBLINS SHARPEN ATTACKS ON GAY AND TRANSGENR RIGHTS
BARILLA GO OM WORST TO FIRST ON GAY RIGHTS
Read CNN’s Fast Facts on lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer or qutng ton the Uned Stat, and learn more about their stggle for equal rights. * cnn lgbt *
Speakg on homophobia the sport a lengthy statement 2021, Henrson said: “My view on this is very much the same as on any other form of discrimatn the game, whether relat to race, relig tolerance, disabily or any other. 1950 - The Mattache Society is formed by activist Harry Hay and is one of the first staed gay rights groups the Uned Stat.
April 1952 - The Amerin Psychiatric Associatn’s diagnostic manual lists homosexualy as a socpathic personaly disturbance. Eisenhower signs an executive orr that bans homosexuals om workg for the feral ernment, sayg they are a secury risk. Protts and monstratns beg, and later be known as the impet for the gay civil rights movement the Uned Stat.
AFTER ROE, REPUBLINS SHARPEN ATTACKS ON GAY AND TRANSGENR RIGHTS
For the first time s four- history, Ameri’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer civil rights anizatn has clared a natnal state of emergency for members of the LGBTQ+ muny, the Human Rights Campaign said Tuday. * cnn lgbt *
1973 - Lambda Legal be the first legal anizatn tablished to fight for the equal rights of gays and lbians. March 26, 1973 - First meetg of “Parents and Friends of Gays, ” which go natnal as Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG) 1982. December 15, 1973 - By a vote of 5, 854 to 3, 810, the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn remov homosexualy om s list of mental disorrs the DSM-II Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs.
1974 - Elae Noble is the first openly gay ndidate elected to a state office when she is elected to the Massachetts State legislature. January 14, 1975 - The first feral gay rights bill is troduced to addrs discrimatn based on sexual orientatn. January 9, 1978 - Harvey Milk is gurated as San Francis cy supervisor, and is the first openly gay man to be elected to a polil office California.
Feral civil rights law protects gay, lbian and transgenr workers, the Supreme Court led Monday. * cnn lgbt *
November 30, 1993 - Print Bill Clton signs a ary policy directive that prohibs openly gay and lbian Amerins om servg the ary, but also prohibs the harassment of “closeted” homosexuals. December 3, 1996 - Hawaii’s Judge Chang l that the state do not have a legal right to prive same-sex upl of the right to marry, makg Hawaii the first state to regnize that gay and lbian upl are entled to the same privileg as heterosexual married upl.
Adult Amerins who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr experience higher rat of food and enomic secury than their non-LGBT unterparts, acrdg to the fdgs of a key ronavis panmic survey released Wednday by the Cens Bure. * cnn lgbt *
June 2003 - The US Supreme Court strik down the “homosexual nduct” law, which crimaliz same-sex sexual nduct, wh their opn Lawrence v. October 25, 2006 - The New Jersey Supreme Court l that state lawmakers mt provi the rights and benefs of marriage to gay and lbian upl.
September 20, 2011 - “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is repealed, endg a ban on gay men and lbians om servg openly the ary.
November 6, 2012 - Tammy Baldw be the first openly gay polician and the first Wisns woman to be elected to the US Senate.
The most clicked on queer stori of 2021 clu a transgenr Miss USA nttant, gay emperors, a nonbary Olympian, lbian bars and more. * cnn lgbt *
June 9, 2015 - Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announc that the Milary Equal Opportuny policy has been adjted to clu gay and lbian ary members. July 27, 2015 - Boy Suts of Ameri Print Robert Gat announc, “the natnal executive board ratified a rolutn removg the natnal rtrictn on openly gay lears and employe.
Two years after the Whe Hoe was adorned rabow lors to memorate the Supreme Court's lg legalizg same-sex marriage natnwi, gay rights activists and lawmakers are preparg to march on Washgton aga, sayg the current Print threatens to erase those gas. * cnn lgbt *
May 17, 2016 - The Senate nfirms Eric Fanng to be secretary of the Army, makg him the first openly gay secretary of a US ary branch.
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June 24, 2016 - Obama announc the signatn of the first natnal monument to lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBTQ) rights. The Human Rights Campaign timat that there are at least 41 openly lbian, gay and bisexual Olympians – up om 23 that participated London 2012. November 6, 2018 - Democratic US Reprentative Jared Polis ws the Colorado ernor’s race, beg the natn’s first openly gay man to be elected ernor.