On October 11, 1987, between 200 and 750 thousand people march on Washington, D.C., demonstrating for gay and lesbian civil rights and in support of people with AIDS and AIDS research. The march is part of six days of action, including a mass wedding and organized protests.

The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, commemorating lives lost to AIDS, is exhibited on the National Mall.

On October 13, between 2000 to 4000 people gather outside the Supreme Court to protest a ruling upholding the criminalization of sodomy between two consenting men in the privacy of a home. Police arrest over 600 activists.

National Coming Out Day will be established a year later.

In 2003, the Supreme Court will rule that laws criminalizing sex between any consenting adults are unconstitutional. It's legal to be gay.