Updated: June 25, 2018 at 9:59 AM
Moments from Pride (20 images)
Moments from Pride parades in New York City and St. Louis on Sunday. The first March was held in 1970 and has since become an annual civil rights demonstration.
The American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from the DSM-II, where it was classified as a mental disorder alongside pedophilia, in 1973. Photo by Jason Szenes/UPI
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The first official AIDS diagnosis was reported in 1982. The disease was called GRID, gay-related immune deficiency, or as "gay cancer" and would affect many in the community for years with no known cure. Photo by Jason Szenes/UPI
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In 2000, Vermont passed the first laws allowing for civil unions among LGBT couples. Photo by Jason Szenes/UPI
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In 2004, the first same-sex marriage laws were passed in Massachusetts. Photo by Jason Szenes/UPI
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