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The Democratic Party nominated President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale for reelection.

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First state anti-discrimination based on sexual orientation laws

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First state anti-discrimination based on sexual orientation laws

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Wisconsin became the first state to ban both public and private sector employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in 1982. Minnesota was the first state to ban employment discrimination based on both sexual orientation and gender identity in 1993.

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In 1986, this case was when the United States Supreme Court decided that the constitutionality of a Georgia sodomy law criminalizing oral and anal sex in private between consenting adults, in this case with respect to homosexual sodomy, though the law did not differentiate between homosexual sodomy and heterosexual sodomy. This was overturned in 2003.

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The official United States policy on military service by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians, institutes in 1994.

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Governor of Colorado, Roy Romer vs. Richard G. Evans was when an amendment to the Colorado Constitution that prevented protected status under the law for homosexuals of bisexuals was struck down because it was not rationally related to a legitimate state interest.

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An United States federal law that prior to being ruled unconstitutional, defined marriage for federal purposed as the union of one man and one woman, and allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states.

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In 2000, Vermont became the third state to offer legal status to same-sex couples, and the first state to offer a civil union status encompassing the same legal rights and responsibilities as marriage.

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A landmark civil rights case by the United States Supreme Court where the Court struck down the sodomy law in Texas and by extension, invalidated sodomy laws in 13 other states, making same-sex sexual activity legal in every U.S state and territory.

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Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage in 2003.

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Prop 8 was a California ballot proposition and a state constitutional amendment created by the opponents of same-sex marriages.

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In 2009, this act of Congress was passed and it expands the 1969 United States federal hate-crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.

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A series of United States federal court cases that legalized same-sex marriages in California.

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Repealed in 2010, this was a landmark United States federal statute enacted that allowed gay, lesbian, and bisexual people to serve openly in the United States.

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A landmark civil rights case in which the United States Supreme Court held that restricting U.S federal interpretation of "marriage" and "spouse" to apply only to opposite-sex unions is unconstitutional.

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A landmark civil rights case where the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause.

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First openly gay elected official in the history of California. He was assassinated.

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The only attributions of psychological health were found to differ as a function of sexual orientation of client and sex of therapist. No significant difference was found between male and female homosexual clients.

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In 1971, Richard John Baker vs. Gerald R. Nelson was a case where the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a state law limiting marriage to persons of the opposite sex did not violate the U.S Constitution.

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The East Coast Homophile Organization created a march in 1965 to commemorate the anniversary of the stonewall riots. Later in 1970, it was held in New York and named the Christopher Street Liberation Day March.

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A series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid in 1969.

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Illinois became the first state in the U.S to get rid of the sodomy law in 1961.

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In 1958, the One, Inc. vs. Olesen was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision for LGBT rights in the United States, the decision was upheld unanimously in 1957

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Signed in 1953, it authorized broad categories of American citizens identified as threats to nation security, including those with criminal records, alcoholics, and "sex perverts" to be excluded or terminated from federal employment.

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There were studies on many people and first they were surveyed on their sexuality and if they were lesbian, gay, or bisexual, they were at elevated risk for mental health and substance use disorders, and it was thought to be because of the anti-gay stigma.

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Established in 1924 and it was the first recognized gay rights organization in the United States. It had received a charter from Illinois and produced the first American publication for homosexuals, friendship, and freedom.