History of the Gay Rights Movement - On This Day

Contents:

• TIMELE: KEY MOMENTS FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
• 10 BIGGT GAY EVENTS THE UNED STAT
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

TIMELE: KEY MOMENTS FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS

Supreme Court — and the urt led favor of gay rights for the first time, makg a major landmark se LGBTQ 21, 1966: The Mattache Society aniz a gay rights “Sip-In.

”Durg a time when most bars refed to serve gay people, the Mattache Society, one of the untry’s first gay rights anizatns, staged a “Sip-In, ” durg which activists entered a New York Cy bar, announced they were gay, orred drks, and waed to be Braerd/The Denver Post via GettyJune 28, 1969: The Stonewall rts spark the begng of the LGBT the early morng hours on June 28, 1969, police performed a raid of the Stonewall Inn, a New York Cy gay bar — and the ctomers and their supporters took a stand.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

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10 BIGGT GAY EVENTS THE UNED STAT

Armed, 2013: SCOTUS strik down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which beme a law 1996, clared that marriag between gay or lbian upl were not regnized by the feral ernment, meang those upl uld not receive legal benefs — like Social Secury and health surance — that straight married upl uld. Senators Jeff Merkley, Tammy Baldw, and Cory Booker, as well as Reprentative David Cicille formerly troduced The Equaly Act, which would make LGBTQ dividuals a protected class and grant them basic legal protectns areas of life cludg tn, hog, employment, cred, and, 2016: The Stonewall Inn will bee a natnal Obama admistratn announced that they are preparg to signate New York’s Stonewall Inn, the se of those historic rts 1969, the first-ever natnal monument dited to gay, 2016: The Obama admistratn publicly supports transgenr the midst of anti-transgenr movements throughout the untry, Print Obama and his admistratn issued a directive to all public schools that transgenr stunts should be allowed to e the rtrooms that reflect their genr inty.

Gilbert Baker, who scribed himself as the “gay Betsy Ross, ” created the first pri flag om strips of fabric dyed trash ns the attic of San Francis’s Gay Communy Center before the cy’s 1978 pri para.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Here is a look at some of the key moments LGBTQIA+ history and the fight for equal New York Daily NewsThough police raids on gay bars were mon the '60s, on June 28, 1969, patrons of New York's Stonewall Inn said "enough. Wh six months, two gay activist anizatns were formed New York, and three newspapers were lnched for gays and, FILEHarvey Milk beme one of the first openly gay men elected to public office the Uned Stat when he won a seat on the board of supervisors 1977.

He was assassated at Cy Hall jt a year Reste/Getty ImagHundreds of gay rights activists took to the Natnal Mall 1979 for the first Pri rally to ph to for equal rights the gay muny and the eedom to live Alpert/Getty Imag, FILEReverend John Kuiper, right, the first gay man Ameri to w the right to adopt a child, is shown wh his partner Roger Hooverman, durg a Gay Rights March, 1979, New Agosti/Liaison/Getty Imag, FILEStartg 1981, gay advocy groups began to form to talk about how the ernment was handlg the AIDS crisis, a new disease that manifted as pnmonia and was found mostly gay men. He beme the face of the disease, which at the time was wily believed to only be a disease transmted between gay men, and helped break the stigma of beg only a "gay disease. "Joyce Naltchayan/AFP/Getty Imag, FILEBill Clton promised to lift the ban on gays servg the ary durg his mpaign for print, but he was unable to w enough support.

She then lnched a daily talk show, "The Ellen Degener Show, " which ran for 19 Agosti/Getty Imag, FILEA ndlelight vigil is held for sla gay Wyomg stunt Matthew Shepard New York, Oct.

Bh lled for a nstutnal amendment banng gay NewsPrint Barack Obama be the first stg print to clare his support of same-sex marriage, durg an exclive terview wh ABC News, May 9, 2012. Colls would later sign wh the Brooklyn Nets and bee the first openly gay active player the Pl/Getty Imag, FILEIn the '90s, Congrs passed the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, fg marriage, for feral purpos, as a unn between one man and one woman, allowg stat to refe or not regnize same sex marriag.

Brandon Wa/AP, FILEMissouri senr fensive leman Michael Sam me out as gay after graduatg and beame the first openly gay player to be drafted to the NFL.

He and boyiend Vo Cammisano stirred media ntroversy after a kiss they shared durg the 2014 NFL Draft when Sam was drafted to the Rams was emed appropriate by anti-gay Antonov/AFP/Getty Imag, FILEPeople celebrate outsi the U. Supreme Court, June 26, 2015, after the high urt led that same-sex upl have the right to marry all 50 statAP, FILEOn June 12, 2016, 49 people were killed and 58 were wound when a gunman entered Pulse nightclub, a popular gay club Orlando, and opened fire the fal mut of "Lat Night. The global ftival, which chang ci yearly, was held NYC to honor the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall rts that sparked the gay rights Somovilla/Getty Imag, FILEThe U.