The Church of Scotland voted in favor of allowing openly gay men and women to be ministers.
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Same-sex marriage became legal in all 50 states.
The rainbow flag was flown for the first time at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
Carl Nassib became the first openly-gay NFL player to play a regular-season game.
Sixteen primary school children and one teacher were killed in a mass shooting in Dunblane, Scotland.
The Civil Marriage Act was introduced, making same-sex marriage legal in Canada.