October 14

October 14, 1979 - The first March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights was held, attracting 50,000-100,000 participants.

October 14, 1982 - Scott Thorson filed a palimony suit against Liberace, requesting $113 million. He would later settle for $95,000 and a Rolls Royce.

October 14, 1987 - The US Congress voted in favor of banning federal funding for AIDS education organizations that “promote homosexuality.”

October 14, 1993 - Nikola Trumbo, daughter of writer Dalton Trumbo, came out.

October 14, 1999 - California state senator Pete Knight, who sponsored a ballot initiative banning same sex marriages in California, was criticized in the Los Angeles Times by his gay son. He questioned his father’s defense of family values because his father rejected him when he came out.