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1978 in gay rights
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Events[edit]
Anti-Gay Briggs Initiative "Prop. 6" which would have forbidden gays to teach in schools, defeated in California. President Jimmy Carter announced his opposition to this measure at a rally in California, the first such mention by a US President.
June[edit]
- June - In Sydney Australia, a gay and lesbian protest march is held on International Gay Solidarity Day to commemorate the Stonewall Riots in the US. Although the organisers of the march obtain permission, it is revoked at short notice, and police break up the march. 53 of the marchers are arrested, though charges are eventually dropped.
- June 25 - Rainbow flag first used as a symbol of gay and lesbian pride. The original gay-pride flag first flew in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade on June 25, 1978.
November[edit]
- November 27 - San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk, and mayor George Moscone are assassinated in San Francisco City Hall by former supervisor Dan White.
Births[edit]
Deaths[edit]
- November 27 (San Francisco, California) - Harvey Milk, American politician and gay rights activist and the first openly gay city supervisor of San Francisco.
- November 27 (San Francisco, California) - George Moscone, Mayor of San Francisco from January 1976 until his assassination.
External links[edit]
- Web site for Advocate news magazine
- 365gay.com
- Google search for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news
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