The longest standing group for lesbian and gay Christians in the UK, founded in 1976, is the non-denominational Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement ; specifically aimed to meet the needs of lesbian and gay evangelicals, there is the Evangelical Fellowship for Lesbian and Gay Christians ; specifically working within the Church of England is Changing Attitude, which also takes an international focus in working for gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender affirmation within the Anglican Communion.

As with Gay Liberation, this understanding of the lesbian potential in all women was at odds with the minority-rights framework of the Gay Rights movement.

Many women of the Gay Liberation movement felt frustrated at the domination of the movement by men and formed separate organisations ; some who felt gender differences between men and women could not be resolved developed " lesbian separatism ", influenced by writings such as Jill Johnston's 1973 book Lesbian Nation.

* The lambda was selected as a symbol by the Gay Activists Alliance of New York in 1970, and declared the international symbol for gay and lesbian rights by the International Gay Rights Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1974.

* 1979 – The first Gay Rights March on Washington, D. C., the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, demands " an end to all social, economic, judicial, and legal oppression of lesbian and gay people ", and draws 200, 000 people.

Gay men and lesbians are also regularly ordained as ministers, and a number of gay and lesbian ministers have, themselves, now become legally married to their partners.

Gay men and lesbians are also regularly ordained as ministers, and a number of gay and lesbian ministers have, themselves, now become legally married to their partners.

Italian lesbian organisation Arcilesbica at the National Italian Gay Pride march in Grosseto, Italy, in 2004

Though the reality was that the Stonewall riots themselves, as well as the immediate and the ongoing political organizing that occurred following them, were events fully participated in by lesbian women, bisexual people and transgender people as well as by gay men of all races and backgrounds, historically these events were first named Gay, the word at that time being used in a more generic sense to cover the entire spectrum of what is now variously called the ' queer ' or LGBT community.

Gay and lesbian Scottish country dancing groups, first being organised in London and now in Manchester and Edinburgh aptly named The Gay Gordons offer same-sex Scottish country dancing, the London group has adopted the use of the terms " leader " and " follower " instead of " man " and " lady " ( terms borrowed from swing dance ).

'" In a 2006 study conducted by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, it was determined that nine of the 679 lead and supporting characters on scripted broadcast television were gay or lesbian, but Smithers was not included.

Parades such as Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and Manchester's Pride events attract significant investment and create tourist revenue, and cities are beginning to realize, firstly, that the acceptance of lesbian and gay culture is fast becoming a sign of urban " sophistication ", and secondly, that gay-oriented events, such as pride parades, the World Outgames and the Gay Games, are potentially lucrative events, attracting thousands of gay tourists and their dollars.

Though some gay and lesbian oriented establishments can be found outside of this area, the general boundaries of this village have been defined by the Gay Toronto Tourism Guild.

* GLBTQ — Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer encyclopedia

In 1971, gay rights activist Frank Kameny worked with the Gay Liberation Front collective to demonstrate against the APA's convention.

Chapman was a vocal spokesman for LGBT rights, and in 1972 he lent his support to the fledgling newspaper Gay News, which publicly acknowledged his financial and editorial support by listing him as one of its " special friends ".

Gay rights demonstration in New York City, 1976.

There is no one organization that represents all LGBT people and their interests, although there are two organizations that are inclusive of many of the LGBT community issues: InterPride by coordinating and networking gay pride events worldwide, and International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission ( IGLHRC ), which addresses human rights violations against LGBT and HIV-positive people and works with the United Nations.

From the anarchistic Gay Liberation Movement of the early 1970s arose a more reformist and single-issue " Gay Rights Movement ", which portrayed gays and lesbians as a minority group and used the language of civil rights — in many respects continuing the work of the homophile period.

Ayuquelén worked with the International Lesbian Information Service, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, and the Chilean gay rights group Movimiento de Integración y Liberación Homosexual ( Movement to Integrate and Liberate Homosexuals ) to remove the sodomy law still in force in Chile.

* 1996 – Gay rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.

* 1998 – Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.

Gay activists argued that the study would be used by conservatives to undermine gay rights.

* Gay rights became more widely accepted in the Western world.

* May 20 – Gay rights – Romer v. Evans: The Supreme Court of the United States rules against a law that prevents any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of homosexuals.

* December 15 – Gay rights: The American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its DSM-II.

" Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell called for any damages paid out from the libel case to be donated to gay charities, claiming Williams ' legal actions had created the impression that it is " bad to be gay.

According to the Grupo Gay da Bahia, Brazil's oldest gay rights NGO, the rate of murders of homosexuals in Brazil is particularly high, with a reported 3, 196 cases over the 30-year period of 1980 to 2009 ( or about 0. 7 cases per 100, 000 population per annum ).

Gay rights advocates have started the group Stop Murder Music to combat the promotion of hate and violence by artists.

" Back in December of 1974, the lambda was officially declared the international symbol for gay and lesbian rights by the International Gay Rights Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland.

" Gay consumers can be very loyal to specific brands, wishing to support companies that support the gay community and also provide equal rights for LGBT workers.

Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell claimed to have met Crisp in 1974 and alleged that he was not sympathetic to the Gay Liberation movement of the time.

Gay rights advocates criticized her for waiting until after the 2004 election to voice her disapproval of George W. Bush's positions on gay rights.

Gay rights advocates, brought the issues before the New Jersey Supreme Court in Lewis v. Harris in 2006.

Faisal Alam, founder of American Gay Muslim group Al-Fatiha, argued in the magazine Queer that Iran was condemned before the facts were certain, and in 2003 the United Nations Committee Against Torture noted that " from different and reliable sources that there currently is no active policy of prosecution of charges of homosexuality in Iran ".

Gay rights activist Troy Perry argued that Applewhite's repression, and society's rejection, of same-sex relationships ultimately led to his suicide.

Gotbaum created a toll-free Parks hotline and successfully argued for a change in city policy allowing the Gay Men's Health Crisis ( GMHC ) and other organizations to use Central Park for fundraising events.

As a pioneer of the local gay press movement, he was one of the founders and former president of both The National Gay Press Association and the National Gay Newspaper Guild.

In urging the repeal of the ordinance, Falwell told one crowd, " Gay folks would just as soon kill you as look at you.

Craig Rodwell and his partner Fred Sargeant took the opportunity the morning after the first riot to print and distribute 5, 000 leaflets, one of them reading: " Get the Mafia and the Cops out of Gay Bars ".

At first the crash seemed minor: the vehicles were hardly damaged, no one in the truck was hurt, and Gay and Woodring were uninjured.

Gay culture and American deaf culture, both of which experience the disadvantages of being minority cultures, bear resemblance to one another in that most members of these two minority groups do not share their minority identity with their parents and cannot develop it at home.

The Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, Gay Pride has been held since 1996 and can be seen as one of the most successful in acquiring social acceptance.

Sydney's pride parade, Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, is one of the world's largest and is held at night

The Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras is the largest Australian pride event and one of the largest in the world.

Montreal's Gay Village ( Le Village, in French ) is considered one of North America's largest in population, concentration and scope.

The day was founded in 1988, by Dr. Robert Eichberg, his partner William Gamble, and Jean O ' Leary to celebrate the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights one year earlier, in which 500, 000 people marched on Washington, DC, United States, for gay and lesbian equality.

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is regarded internationally as one of the world's biggest and best LGBTQI marches and festivals, and has been described as an " absolute once-in-a-lifetime must for every travelling gay man ".

Gay bullying involves intentional and unprovoked actions toward the victim, repeated negative actions by one or more people against another person, and an imbalance of physical or psychological power.

Bisbee is noted for its gay-friendliness, and its Gay Pride Days is considered one of the top 5 rural Gay Prides in the United States by the online site at gay. com.

On March 2, 2006, the Crystal Lake Park District voted to reject the Gay Games ' application to use the lake for their rowing events, after a meeting where over one hundred residents spoke before the board.

The City College of San Francisco claims to be the " First Queer Studies Department in the U. S .," with English instructor Dan Allen having developed one of the first gay literature courses in the country in Fall 1972, and the college establishing what it calls " the first Gay and Lesbian Studies Department in the United States " in 1989.

Terry Woods maintains that the members had agreed that if more than one person departed, the remaining members would select a new name, and he was upset that this did not happen when he and Gay Woods left the band.

The band rose to fame with anti-war song " Enola Gay " in 1980, which became their first UK Top 10 hit and reached number one in several European territories, and achieved worldwide popularity the following year with Architecture & Morality.

According to The New York Times: " Gay wrote the work more as an anti-opera than an opera, one of its attractions to its 18th-century London public being its lampooning of the Italian opera style and the English public's fascination with it.

Some of his noteworthy films include The Front Page ( 1931 ), Trouble in Paradise ( 1932 ), Alice in Wonderland ( 1933 ), The Gay Divorcee ( 1934 ), Top Hat ( 1935, one of several Astaire / Rogers films in which Horton appeared ), Danger-Love at Work ( 1937 ), Lost Horizon ( 1937 ), Holiday ( 1938 ), Here Comes Mr. Jordan ( 1941 ), Arsenic and Old Lace ( 1944 ), Pocketful of Miracles ( 1961 ), and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ( 1963 ).