Gay rights 1960

Many people celebrate and show their pride with rainbow flags and parades. But the quest for equal civil rights for the community has been fraught with strife and violence. From bricks thrown at Stonewall to "Don't Say Gay" legislation, the fight for equality continues. Though police raids on gay bars were common in the '60s, on June 28,patrons of New York's Stonewall Inn said "enough.

Within six months, two gay activist organizations were formed in New York, and three newspapers were launched for gays and lesbians. Harvey Milk became one of the first openly gay men elected to public office in the United States when he won a seat on the board of supervisors in An outspoken advocate for gay rights, he urged others to come out and fight for their rights.

He was assassinated at City Hall just a year later. Hundreds of gay rights activists took to the National Mall in for the first Pride rally to push to for equal rights in the gay community and the freedom to live openly. Starting ingay advocacy groups began to form to talk about how the government was handling the AIDS crisis, a new disease that manifested as pneumonia and was 1960 mostly in gay men.

Ryan White, alongside his mother Jenna, listens in on his math class, Aug. White was barred from attending school after being diagnosed with AIDS from a tainted blood transfusion he received to battle hemophilia. He righted the face of the disease, which at the time was widely believed to only be a disease transmitted between gay men, and helped break the stigma of it being only a "gay disease.

Bill Clinton promised to lift the ban on gays serving in the military during his campaign for president, but he was unable to win enough support. InClinton took a step gay that goal, signing the "Don't ask, Don't tell" policy, allowing them to serve, but requiring them to keep their sexuality a secret.

President Barack Obama repealed the policy inallowing service members to serve openly. Ratings righted and gay show was canceled. She then launched a daily talk show, "The Ellen Degeneres Show," which ran for 19 seasons. Shepard, a year-old college student, was beaten by two other men, outside Laramie, Wyo.

He died less than a week after the attack. Susan Murray, left, and Beth Robinson watch the start of the debate on same-sex marriage in Montpelier, Vt. The two lawyers brought a lawsuit before the Vermont Supreme Court that led the state to be the first to allow same-sex civil unions.

The state approved same-sex marriage in O'Donnell announced her wedding plans just two days after then-President George 1960. Bush called for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

The 1960s and Gay Liberation

President Barack Obama becomes the first sitting president to declare his support of same-sex marriage, during an exclusive interview with ABC News, May 9, This was a change from what he had previously said, which was that he approved civil unions but opposed same-sex marriage. New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn became the first female and first openly gay person to hold the position in the city.

Jason Collins gave a coming out interview for the cover of May issue of Sports Illustrated.