Dick Michaels bought a local newsletter in 1967 and re-christened it The Los Angeles Advocate. Here's where it all began.

Though gay groups had been mobilizing for somie tme, the 1970s ushered in a new decade of activism and reform.

Gays and lesbians were becoming ever more powerful, rising to public office and remaking art and community.

AIDS took a terrible toll and at the same time, mobilized gays and lesbians for action.

Gay rights issues found themselves a new place in pop culture, lifting LGBT life into the national spotlight.

A brand-new era for gay rights, with hopes riding on a Democratic president and famous figures unafraid to come out of the closet.

Ellen came out but political setbacks and violent tragedies ensured that there was much more work to be done.

As the country entered a new epoch, LGBT topics became wedge issues like never before.

As the first decade of our new millennium ends, LGBT people look ahead to the future.