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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.

The Early Gay Rights Movement In 1924, Henry Gerber, a German immigrant, found Chigo the Society for Human Rights, the first documented gay rights anizatn the Uned Stat.

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