3 7 19 y Maryland is the first state to define marriage as a union of one man and one woman. The APA removes homosexuality from its list of mental disorders.
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Gay activist Harvey Milk is elected to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors (and assassinated a year later).
Wisconsin is the first state to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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Gay teen Matthew Shepard is murdered in Wyoming.
Vermont becomes the first state to legalize same-sex civil unions.