Gay Timeline of Events

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Timeline of Events

1978

11.27.1978

In San Francisco, California, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.

1988

2.29.1988

Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the Canadian House of Commons to come out as gay.

2009

2.1.2009

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is elected as the first female Prime Minister of Iceland, becoming the first openly gay head of state in the modern world.