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• • Students enrolled in the course during 2016 created pages on the following topics: In 1952, Christine Jorgensen became famous for having had sex reassignment surgery.

  • In 1979, 75,000 people participated in a National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

  • In 1980, the Democratic Party platform signified the first major political party in the U.S. to endorse a gay rights plank.

  • That same year, Steve Endean founded the Human Rights Campaign Fund.

  • In 1997, Ellen Degeneres came out; she was the main character on the television situation comedy, "Ellen."

  • In the case Lawrence v. Texas (2003), the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated some state sodomy laws.

  • In 1993, the “Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell” policy related to gays in the military was adopted.

  • On September 21, 1996, President Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act into law.

Photo of rainbow flag and U.S. Supreme Court building used with permisson and attributed to Ted Eytan