1978 in gay rights
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See also: 1977 in gay rights, other events of 1978, 1979 in gay rights and the list of 'years in gay rights'
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Events
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.
- November 27 - San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk, and mayor George Moscone are assassinated in San Francisco City Hall by former supervisor Dan White.
Births
Deaths
- November 27 - Harvey Milk, 48, American politician
External links
- Web site for Advocate news magazine (http://www.advocate.com)
- 365gay.com (http://www.365gay.com)
- Google search for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news (http://news.google.com/news?as_q=&svnum=10&as_scoring=r&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=gay+lesbian+bisexual+transgender+homosexual&as_eq=&as_nsrc=&as_nloc=&as_occt=any&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_minm=1&as_mind=20&as_maxm=2&as_maxd=19)