1969 Stonewall uprising, established a tradition of LGBTQ pride marches that would continue uninterrupted for 50 years and spread around the world.The political and cultural changes that followed the first march a half-century ago — and the Stonewall rebellion against police harassment that preceded it — have changed the lives of millions of LGBTQ people.
Same-sex marriage has been legal across the United States since 2015, the country has a record number of LGBTQ elected officials, and, as confirmed by a Supreme Court ruling this month, federal civil rights law bans workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.And in many ways, social attitudes are ahead of the law.