; Whereas the Stonewall Inn Uprising and the Gene Compton’s Cafeteria Uprising have been followed by many historic milestones for the LGBTQIA+ community; Whereas, in December of 1973, the board of the American Psychiatric Association voted to remove homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses of the American Psychiatric Association; Whereas, in 1974, Elaine Noble became the first openly LGBTQIA+ candidate elected to a State legislature in the United States when she won a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives; Whereas, in 1975, the Civil Service Commission eliminated the ban on the employment of gay people in most Federal jobs; Whereas, on January 8, 1978, Harvey Milk made national news when he was sworn in as an openly gay member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; Whereas, on June 25 of 1978, gay artist Gilbert Baker debuted a rainbow flag at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day parade in response to calls by gay elected officials to designate a symbol for the community, and the flag was officially established as a symbol for LGBTQ pride in 1994; Whereas, in October of 1979, 75,000 people participated in the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights to demand equal civil rights for LGBTQIA+ people, which was inspired by the March on Washington in 1963 and the assassination of Harvey Milk in 1978; Whereas Democrats took a stance in support of gay rights at the Democratic National Convention in 1980; Whereas, in 1982, Wisconsin became the first State to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation; Whereas, in 1983, after initial refusal from lead organizers to allow an openly LGBTQIA+ person to speak, Audre Lorde was selected by Black LGBTQIA+ groups to speak at the 20th-anniversary commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s March on Washington in 1963; Whereas, in October of 1987, thousands of activists took part in the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights to demand that President Reagan address the AIDS crisis