Malta became the first European country to ban gay conversion therapy.
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Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles, signed the first US gay rights bill.
Around 200,000 people marched through Washington, D.C. streets to fight for gay and lesbian civil rights.
The American Psychiatric Association officially declared that homosexuality is not a mental illness.
The Civil Marriage Act was introduced, making same-sex marriage legal in Canada.
The Anglican Church of America approved a gay bishop.
