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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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.
- June 25 - Rainbow flag first used as a symbol of gay and lesbian pride. The original gay-pride flag first flew in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade on June 25, 1978.
- June - In Sydney Australia, a gay and lesbian protest march is held on International Gay Solidarity Day to commemorate the Stonewall Riots in the US. Although the organisers of the march obtain permission, it is revoked at short notice, and police break up the march. 53 of the marchers are arrested, though charges are eventually dropped.
- November 27 - San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk, and mayor George Moscone are assassinated in San Francisco City Hall by former supervisor Dan White.
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- November 27 - Harvey Milk, 48, American politician
