The U.S. Congress passes legislation to provide $1.1 billion for AIDS research and education.

Oct. 1, 1989: Eigil and Axel Axgil in Denmark become the first legally married same-sex couple in the world.

The Quilt returns to Washington, D.C. – now with more than 11,000 panels.

Sept. 29, 1989: Governor Pete Wilson goes back on his promise and vetoes gay-rights bill A.B. 101, sparking the subsequent “October Revolution” in cities up and down the state of California.

April 8, 1990: Ryan White, a 12-year-old who changed the face of AIDS, dies

ACT Up activists are arrested across the nation.

Nov. 7, 1991: Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers point guard, discloses his HIV-positive status.

May 19, 1992: Gay officers appear on “Nightline” during the height of military “gay witch hunt.”

April 25, 1993: 300,000 protestors march on Washington, D.C., for GLBT rights.

July 19, 1993: President Clinton announces his new policy on gays in the military called “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

Dec. 23, 1993: Philadelphia, starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington, premieres. The film goes on to be nominated for five academy awards. Tom Hanks wins for Best Actor and Bruce Springsteen for Best Song.

Dec. 31, 1993: Brandon Teena, transgender teen who was the subject of the movie Boys Don’t Cry, is raped and murdered.

Feb. 12, 1994: “The Real World: San Francisco” debuts. The season is noted for having a cast member, Pedro Zamora, who is gay and living with AIDS.

Aug. 28, 1994: Japan celebrates its very first gay Pride parade.

Nov. 11, 1994: Pedro Zamora dies of AIDS complications only hours after last episode of “The Real World” airs.

Feb. 24, 1995: Olympic gold-medal-winning diver Greg Louganis comes out as gay and HIV-positive during an interview with Barbara Walters.

Dec. 3, 1995: A Honolulu Circuit Court rules that the state cannot discriminate against same-sex couples in marriage.

Feb. 26, 1996: California Senator Pete Knight, R-Palmdale, introduces SB 911, the California Defense of Marriage Act.

Aug. 15, 1996: Lesbian mom Sharon Bottoms gives up trying to regain custody of her son after a fierce three-year battle with the boy’s maternal grandmother.

Nov. 1997: The introduction of protease inhibitors changes the face of the AIDS epidemic.

April 30, 1997: Ellen DeGeneres’ character comes out in her sitcom, “Ellen,” to an audience of 42 million.

July 15, 1997: Fashion designer Gianni Versace is shot to death in Florida by Andrew Cunanan, who was known locally in the Hillcrest GLBT community.

May 28, 1998: President Clinton signs an executive order banning discrimination based on sexual orientation in the federal civilian workplace.

Sept. 21, 1998: “Will & Grace” premieres on NBC.

Oct. 11, 1998: Matthew Shepard, a 22-year-old gay University of Wyoming student, is brutally murdered.

Nov. 4, 1998: Democrat Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin becomes the first openly gay or lesbian non-incumbent elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Feb. 10, 1999: Jerry Falwell’s ultraconservative “National Liberty Journal” believes Tinky Winky, the purple Teletubby, is gay.

July 5, 1999: Army PFC Barry Winchell is fatally attacked with a baseball bat by his roommate in his Ft. Campbell, Ky., barracks.

Sept. 22, 1999: California’s first domestic partnership law is passed.

Dec. 20, 1999: Vermont’s Superior Court rules that the state must provide same-sex couples with same benefits as straight married couples.

March 7, 2000: California voters overwhelmingly pass Proposition 22, outlawing same-sex marriage.

Hilary Swank wins her first Best Actress Oscar for Boys Don’t Cry.

June 28, 2000: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Boy Scouts of America has the right to ban gays from its ranks.

April 1, 2001: The Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. It’s not an April Fool’s joke.

Jan. 2002: Nearly 140 gay and lesbian couples in California register as domestic partners when a new law takes effect that gives registered same-sex couples many of the same benefits as married couples.

March 2002: Pope John Paul II’s spokesperson Joaquin Navarro-Valls tells The New York Times that “people with [homosexual] inclinations just cannot be ordained” as priests.

March 2002: The Kansas supreme court rules that only marriages between “two parties who are of the opposite sex” are recognized by the state legislature. The case involves J’Noel Gardiner, a transgender woman who was seeking access to part of her late husband's estate. The court says Gardiner is not legally a woman and therefore cannot be married to a man.

Aug. 2002: AIDS Ride organizer Pallotta TeamWorks shuts its doors, laying off more than 250 employees.

Jan. 30, 2003: Belgium becomes second nation to legalize same-sex marriage.

June 26, 2003: U.S. Supreme Court overturns all state sodomy laws in Lawrence v. Texas.

Sept. 19, 2003: California’s domestic partnership law is expanded.

Feb. 14, 2004: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom orders city officials to grant same-sex couples marriage licenses.

May 17, 2004: First couples get married in Massachusetts.

July 3, 2005: Spain legalizes same-sex marriage despite intense pressure from the Vatican.

July 20, 2005: Same-sex marriage is legalized in all Canadian provinces.

Nov. 30, 2006: South Africa legalizes same-sex marriage.

Feb. 2007: Former NBA player John Amaechi publicly comes out. He is the first NBA player to publicly disclose he is gay.

Feb. 2007: New York City launches an official city condom with a subway theme. Health officials hope to reduce rates of STD transmission.