1979 In Gay Rights

May 21 - White Night Riots occur in San Francisco after Dan White uses the Twinkie Defense to get a conviction of Voluntary Manslaughter instead of Murder in the assassination of Harvey Milk and George Moscone .

October 14 - Washington, DC - The first Gay Rights march was held in the United States ' capital with about 100,000 people in attendance.

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