June 27, 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of Atlanta’s first gay pri march. Here’s a look back at some key moments that shaped the cy’s LGBTQ mu
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The Stephen Spielberg-backed project tells the story of three drag queens — Noxeema, Chi-Chi and Vida, played by Wley Snip, John Leguizamo and Patrick Swayze rpectively — who take off on a cross-untry adventure to participate a huge drag pageant, stoppg a small homophobic town where they teach the lols about love and acceptance. 1973THE STRUGGLE GAINS SPEEDJune 23, 1973Homosexualy Not a Mental Illns One of the first major succs of the movement me when the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn removed Homosexualy om the DSM-ll, where had been listed as a mental illns alongsi pedophilia and zoophilia.
1979THE COUNTRY IS LISTENINGOctober 13, 1979The First Natnal MarchFollowg the 10-year anniversary of Stonewall and the assassatn of Harvey Milk, thoands took to the streets for the first Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights. June 4, 1981The AIDS Epimic Ravag Gay and Bisexual MenJune 5, 1981, saw the first reports of a rare pnmonia that was killg gay men, and soon other diseas began to attack their weakened immune systems, a ndn that would be known as "GRID" (gay related immune ficiency) until eventually beg known as AIDS (acquired immune ficiency syndrome) when beme clear that everyone was vulnerable to HIV, the vis intified 1984. Though the stggle for gay marriage rights ntued, steady and creasg progrs was beg 14, 2011New York Pass Same-Sex MarriageOn the eve of Pri weekend, state lawmakers voted to make New York the sixth state the natn, and the most populo th far, to legally regnize same-sex marriag.