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After the Supreme Court heard two arguments about the legaly of same-sex marriage the U.S., the outpourg of support om Amerins ma clear that gay marriage already won — though 's been a long road for supporters.

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A HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS THROUGH TIME COVERS

As the gay-rights movement fed ahead the U. Through the 1970s, there were still many qutns Amerins’ mds about homosexualy.

GAY HISTORY – APRIL 15, 1979: SAN FRANCIS’S SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE FOUND

TIME’s ver story, “How Gay Is Gay?

LA’S GAY PAST: THIS IS LGBT HISTORY, TOLD SIX LANDMARKS

” — published jt six months after the assassatn of Harvey Milk, the San Francis cy supervisor who helped enact sweepg gay-rights reforms — foced on gay populatns across the U.

The mal are also far more visible than the femal performg one of the most fascatg rol of the gay rights movement: fluencg straight culture. Male homosexuals have long been particularly active the world of the arts, where they often n work openly wh no fear of losg their livelihood if they have the talent; Novelist Tman Capote and Playwright Tennsee Williams are two notable exampl.

But the new fluence of homosexuals is somethg que different: their drs, tast and speech are beg adopted by many straights who would be stunned if they knew the origs of the latt fashns or fads.

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