People always discriminate gay people around the world they are treated as is they arent human at all.  Some gay people are able to take all the insults but others are not. This leads to suicides in most cases.  This has been going on since the 1900s.  In 1969 Police raided stonewall inn were gay men were and beat them down the people who were hurt gathered some friends and boycotted throughout the streets.  After this event the gay rights movement started and it became known as the Stonewall act.  These gay people stood by what they felt was right and worked hard enough to get what they wanted they are truly Activists