Same-sex marriage was legalized in Sweden.
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The UK's repealed anti-gay amendment, Section 28, came to a complete end in the UK.
The American Psychiatric Association officially declared that homosexuality is not a mental illness.
Around 200,000 people marched through Washington, D.C. streets to fight for gay and lesbian civil rights.
Thailand became the first Southeast Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage.
The Netherlands became the first country in the world to allow same-sex marriage.