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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10 GAY PRI HISTORY FACTS EVERYONE SHOULD HEAR ABOUT
* interesting facts about gay *
LGBTQ is an acronym meang lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer or qutng. It is the first documented gay rights anizatn. 1950 - The Mattache Society is formed by activist Harry Hay and is one of the first staed gay rights groups the Uned Stat.
The Society foc on social acceptance and other support for homosexuals. 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.
July 1961 - Illois be the first state to crimalize homosexualy by repealg their sodomy laws. September 11, 1961 - The first US-televised documentary about homosexualy airs on a lol statn California. Protts and monstratns beg, and later be known as the impet for the gay civil rights movement the Uned Stat.