Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles, signed the first US gay rights bill.
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A gay student, Matthew Shepard, was brutally beaten and left to die in Wyoming, US.
Massachusetts became the first US state to legalize same-sex marriage.
Same-sex marriage was legalized in Sweden.
Russia passed a stricter ban on 'LGBT propaganda.'
Good Vibes Festival was canceled after The 1975's lead singer kissed his bandmate on stage in protest of Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.