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December 15, A Senate report titled "Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government" is distributed to members of Congress after the federal government had covertly investigated employees' sexual orientation at the beginning of the Cold War. The report states since homosexuality is a mental illness, homosexuals "constitute security risks" to the nation because "those who engage in overt acts of perversion lack the emotional stability of normal persons.
Over the previous few years, more than 4, gay men and women had been discharged from the military and around fired from their jobs with the government. The purging will become known as the "lavender scare.
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Immediately following the manual's release, many professionals in medicine, mental health and social sciences criticize the categorization due to lack of empirical and scientific data. April 27, President Dwight Eisenhower signs Executive Order , banning homosexuals from working for the federal government or any of its private contractors.

The Order lists homosexuals as security risks, along with alcoholics and neurotics. The organization hosts social functions, providing alternatives to lesbian bars and clubs, which are frequently raided by police.
After administering psychological tests, such as the Rorschach, to groups of homosexual and heterosexual males, Hooker's research concludes homosexuality is not a clinical entity and that heterosexuals and homosexuals do not differ significantly. Hooker's experiment becomes very influential, changing clinical perceptions of homosexuality. January 13, In the landmark case One, Inc. Postal Service and FBI declared the magazine obscene material, and it marks the first time the United States Supreme Court rules in favor of homosexuals.
January 1, 2 Illinois repeals its sodomy laws, becoming the first U. The gatherings will continue annually for five years. April 21, Members of the Mattachine Society stage a "sip-in" at the Julius Bar in Greenwich Village, where the New York Liquor Authority prohibits serving gay patrons in bars on the basis that homosexuals are "disorderly. Although no laws are overturned, the New York City Commission on Human Rights declares that homosexuals have the right to be served.
August, After transgender customers become raucous in a hour San Francisco cafeteria, management calls police. When a police officer manhandles one of the patrons, she throws coffee in his face and a riot ensues, eventually spilling out onto the street, destroying police and public property.
Following the riot, activists established the National Transsexual Counseling Unit, the first peer-run support and advocacy organization in the world. Since its establishment in , the bar had been frequently raided by police officers trying to clean up the neighborhood of "sexual deviants. Angry gay youth clash with aggressive police officers in the streets, leading to a three-day riot during which thousands of protestors receive only minimal local news coverage.
Nonetheless, the event will be credited with reigniting the fire behind America's modern LGBT rights movement. June 28, Christopher St. Liberation Day commemorates the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall riots. In the coming decades, the annual gay pride parade will spread to dozens of countries around the world. December 15, The board of the American Psychiatric Association votes to remove homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.
January, Kathy Kozachenko becomes the first openly gay American elected to public office when she wins a seat on the Ann Arbor, Michigan City Council. Bryant faces severe backlash from gay rights supporters across the U. The gay rights ordinance will not be reinstated in Dade County until December 1, , more than 20 years later. November 8, Harvey Milk wins a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and is responsible for introducing a gay rights ordinance protecting gays and lesbians from being fired from their jobs.
Milk also leads a successful campaign against Proposition 6, an initiative forbidding homosexual teachers. A year later, on November 27, , former city supervisor Dan White assassinates Milk. White's actions are motivated by jealousy and depression, rather than homophobia.
May 21, Dan White is convicted of voluntary manslaughter and is sentenced to seven years in prison. Outraged by what they believed to be a lenient sentence, more than 5, protesters ransack San Francisco's City Hall, doing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property damage in the surrounding area. The following night, approximately 10, people gather on San Francisco's Castro and Market streets for a peaceful demonstration to commemorate what would have been Milk's 49th birthday.
LGBT people and straight allies demand equal civil rights and urge for the passage of protective civil rights legislature.
July 8, The Democratic Rules Committee states that it will not discriminate against homosexuals. At their National Convention on August , the Democrats become the first major political party to endorse a homosexual rights platform. July 3, The New York Times prints the first story of a rare pneumonia and skin cancer found in 41 gay men in New York and California. When the symptoms are found outside the gay community, Bruce Voeller, biologist and founder of the National Gay Task Force, successfully lobbies to change the name of the disease to AIDS.
March 2, Wisconsin becomes the first U. The group holds demonstrations against pharmaceutical companies profiteering from AIDS-related drugs as well as the lack of AIDS policies protecting patients from outrageous prescription prices. Although AIDS had been reported first in , it is not until the end of his presidency that Reagan speaks publicly about the epidemic. Why not place the blame where it belongs? The post listed reasons Keller thought the United States is grappling with mass shootings, including "the breakdown of the traditional American family," "homosexual marriage," "fatherlessness," "the ignoring of violent video games," "professional athletes who hate our flag and the National Anthem," "the relaxing of laws against criminals," "recreational marijuana," "Obama" and Democratic members of Congress, among others.
The blame belongs to the evil man who killed those people. The post ended by saying: "Did I forget anybody?
This list is long. And the fury will continue. Shame shame," Jones tweeted. If anything, she is more of the problem, not us, the LGBT community.
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