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The DSM once labeled homosexuality a mental disorder. In the 1960s, LGBTQ+ activists Barbara Gittings and Frank Kameny pushed to change that, helping to spur its removal from the DSM in 1973.
In 1959, Cooper Do-nuts set the stage for the trans rights movement.
From the underground activism of the 1920s to a landmark Supreme Court victory in 2015, explore five defining moments in LGBTQ+ history.
The 1969 Stonewall Inn Riots sparked the beginning of the gay rights movement in America. Learn how.
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