The Stonewall riots.  The assassination of Harvey Milk.  The unveiling of the AIDS Quilt. The murder of Matthew Shepard.  The Supreme Court striking down DOMA, and then three years later issuing a ruling declaring same-sex marriage bans unconstitutional.  All of these are examples of benchmarks in the history of the LGBT community; moments which symbolize the arduous fight of a group of people oppressed and discriminated against by the pious and holier than thou of society.