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.
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
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Origally tend as a badge of shame, the pk triangle (often verted om s Nazi age) has been reclaimed as an ternatnal symbol of the gay rights movement. The Angels would roam the streets of predomately homosexual muni the middle of the night, reportg any crim, maly gay-bashg, to lol law enforcement. Acrdg to a Pew Rearch Center survey of nearly 1, 200 LGBT adults, bisexuals are much ls likely than gay men and lbians to say that their sexual orientatn is an important part of who they are and are much more likely than gay men or lbians to be married, most wh the oppose sex.
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. 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. 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.
The crease the number of visible gay and trans people is sometim treated as a cursy or a e for ncern by crics, but ’s not a surprise. It’s normal. * facts about lgbt *
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. 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.
The northern Italian cy of Padua has started removg the nam of non-blogil gay mothers om their children’s birth certifit unr new legislatn passed by the “tradnal fay-first” ernment of Prime Mister Grgia Meloni. * facts about lgbt *
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. Rchie Torr and Mondaire Jon, elected to serve New York’s 15th and 17th districts, will bee the first Black men elected to Congrs who intify as gay.
June 21, 2021 - Carl Nassib, a fensive leman wh the Las Vegas Rairs, be the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay.