When was gay acceptance first happening

Homosexual prisoners at the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, Germany, wearing pink triangles on their uniforms on December 19, For example, English poet and author Radclyffe Hall stirred up controversy in when she published her lesbian-themed novel, The Well of Loneliness.

Gay Rights

Many of the countries surveyed in and have seen a double-digit increase in acceptance of homosexuality. This includes a point increase since in South Africa and a point increase in South Korea over the same time period. India also saw a point increase since , the first time the question was asked of a nationally representative sample there.

The Global Divide on Homosexuality Persists

Gay men are more likely than lesbians to have lived in an LGBT neighborhood at some point in their life. Among gay men and lesbians, the more important they say their sexual orientation is to their overall identity, the more likely they are to have lived in an LGBT neighborhood.

LGBTQ Rights Timeline in American History

DOMA soon become powerless, when in the Supreme Court ruled that states cannot ban same-sex marriage, making gay marriage legal throughout the country. One day after that landmark ruling, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban against openly gay leaders and employees. In , the U.