There is still more to be done yet, but since then, the government has passed laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and the Supreme Court has legalized same-sex marriage. Abroad, Iceland and Ireland have both had openly gay former prime ministers. Currently, openly gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer candidates occupy political office, including in the U.S. In 1973, the American Psychological Association no longer considered being gay or lesbian a mental illness, and the first openly lesbian politicians were elected in the following year. Activists organized the first LGBTQ+ marches in the United States and around the world, giving rise to annual Pride parades. Johnson, who later founded Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR), an organization that provided resources for LGBTQ+ youth and sex workers.Īfter the events at Stonewall-which the NYPD eventually apologized for in 2019-more and more people pushed for LGBTQ+ equality. Among the crowd was transgender activist Marsha P. LGBTQ+ people and allies protested for days. The clientele pushed back, and 13 people were arrested. At the time, clubs with gay or lesbian patrons weren’t allowed to serve alcohol, but the Stonewall Inn still served booze to their customers, which gave police cause to raid the bar. PHOENIX (Stacker) - In the early hours of June 28, 1969, the New York Police Department unwittingly helped start the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
