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1962
Illinois becomes the first state in the U.S. to decriminalize homosexual acts between consenting adults in private. -
1969
The Stonewall riots transform the gay rights movement from one limited to a small number of activists into a widespread protest for equal rights -
1973
The American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its official list of mental disorders. -
1976
San Francisco Mayor George Moscone appoints Harvey Milk to the Board of Permit Appeals, making Milk the first openly gay city commissioner in the United States.
