Ellen Page received a standing ovation after her emotional coming out speech at the Human Rights Campaign “Time to Thrive.”
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A gay student, Matthew Shepard, was brutally beaten and left to die in Wyoming, US.
Around 200,000 people marched through Washington, D.C. streets to fight for gay and lesbian civil rights.
Same-sex marriage became legal in Austria.
The American Psychiatric Association officially declared that homosexuality is not a mental illness.
New York City Police raided Stonewall Inn gay bar and handled patrons and employees roughly.