A riot occurs after transgender woman has throws tea in the face of a police officer. The Compton Cafeteria Riots occur and the National Transsexual Counseling Unit is created in response.
President Dwight Eisenhower signed Executive Order 10450. This lists homosexuals as a security risk and bans them from working in the Federal Governmennt
The Daughters of Bilitis are created, the first Lesbian rights group.
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of One, Inc. who published a magazine for homosexuals. One, Inc. opposition believed that the magazine was obscene.
Illinois becomes the first state to legalize homosexuality.
Patrons of the Stonewall Riot Inn riot when it is raided by police. It lasted three days and was a spark for the LGBTQ+ movement.
Commemorating the first-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. It was the first Gay Pride Parade.
The APA no longer views homosexuality as a mental disorder.
Kathy Kozachenko is the first openly gay American be be voted into office.
Milk becomes the first openly-gay man to be voted into office in California. He leads many successful campaigns for LGBTQ+ rights.
Harvey Milk is shot to death in his office by Dan White, a fellow board supervisor. This was due to White's feelings of betrayal.
Dan White is Convicted of voluntary manslaughter with a maximum 8 year sentence. 5,000 protesters ransacked city hall because they believe the sentence to be to lenient.
10,000 people have a peaceful demonstration for Harvey Milk's 49th birthday.
The CDC changed GRID to AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
A new disease is revealed which the CDC called GRID, Gay Related Immune Deficiency Disorder.
ACT UP or The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power is created to help the Lesbian and Gay communities in New York devastated by the AIDS epidemic.
The DOD prohibits military service based on sexual orientation. This is the base for DADT.
The Clinton Administration gains a compromise for LGBTQ+ in the military. DADT allows homosexuals to serve as long as they do not reveal their sexual orientation.
Clinton signs the Defense of Marriage Act saying marriage is between a man and a woman. No state is required to recognized same-sex marriage.
Matthew Shepard was tortured and killed because of his sexual orientation.
Massachusetts becomes the first state to legalize gay marriage.
California approves proposition 8 making same-sex marriage illegal.
Matthew Shepard Act is passed expanding federal hate crimes to gender identity and sexual orientation
Proposition 8 is determined unconstitutional by federal judge Vaughn Walker in California.
Don't ask don't tell is repealed by the U.S Senate.
A gay couple is refused service at a bakery due to the baker's religious beliefs conflicting with homosexuality
Obergefell v. Hodges legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states in a 5-4 decision.
Trump bans transgender in the military and threatens to discharge 15,000 service members
President Trump approves moving forward with a ban on transgender in the military taking effect March 2018.
In a 7-2 decision the supreme court rules that the baker in Colorado had the right to refuse to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple due to religious beliefs.
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