HIGHLIGH
45 YEARS OF L
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FROM ACTIVISM TO POP CULTURE, the LGBT community has gotten a lot
if we can’t take you back down Memory Lane, old schoolers, or paint a historical
THE 1970S
As Stonewall happened in the summer of ’69, LGBT America rolled into the 1970s ready for a fight. Tired of being shamed by the media, legally oppressed by politicians, and ostracized from their own families, the community locked arms in solidarity and said, “Enough.” The fight for civil rights was on.
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The song of 1970 was Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel
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What later became Pride, the first Gay Liberation Day March is held in NYC and LA.
Average cost of a gallon of gas:
36¢
Colorado and Oregon repeal sodomy laws.
DR. FRANK KAMENY
In DC, Dr. Frank Kameny becomes the first openly gay candidate for Congress.
The US Libertarian Party denounces victimless crime laws, sodomy among them. The University of Michigan establishes the “Gay Advocates Office,” the first US collegiate office for the community.