Category: Gay rights

April 21, 2008

The White Night, Riots for Gay Rights.

Filed under: Gay rights - 21 Apr 2008

The White Night Riots were a series of violent events stemming from the sentencing of Dan White, which was deemed lenient by many, for the assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Harvey Milk, an openly gay City Supervisor …

April 18, 2008

Harvey Milk, the first gay hero

Filed under: Gay rights - 18 Apr 2008

Harvey Bernard Milk (22 May 1930 – 27 November 1978) was an American politician and gay rights activist, and the first openly gay city supervisor of San Francisco, California. He was, according to Time magazine, “the first openly gay man …

The first gay civil union in Uruguay

Filed under: Gay rights - 18 Apr 2008

Uruguayan Justice issued the first ruling of civil union (the equivalent of a marriage) of a homosexual couple, three months after the Uruguay became the first Latin American country to state the equality of the unions of equal or opposite …

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