2000
- Althea Garrison runs for Massachusetts House of Representatives.
- Sylvia Rivera attends World Pride in Italy.
- September 9: Dung Hà‘s new Saigon gang interrupts a rival gang’s business. Leaders of that gang take a hit out on her, and she is assassinated less than a month later.
2001
- Karl-Maria Kertbeny‘s grave is located by a sociologist. The Hungarian LGBTQ+ community has a new tombstone put in place.
- Althea Garrison runs for mayor of Boston.
- Sylvia Rivera attempts to revive STAR as a political organization.
2002
- February 19: Sylvia Rivera passes away.
- It becomes a tradition to place a wreath on Karl-Maria Kertbeny‘s grave during LGBT+ celebrations in Hungary.
- Sylvia Rivera is depicted in ICONS: The Lesbian & Gay History of the World Vol. 1
- Althea Garrison runs for the Massachusetts state Senate.
2003
- January 8: Dante Gill passes away.
- The city of New Orleans dedicates a plaque to memorialize the victims of the Upstairs Lounge fire.
- June 26: The Supreme Court of the U.S. announces its decision regarding Lawrence v. Texas — deciding that anti-sodomy laws are unconstitutional and officially decriminalizing homosexuality in the United States.
2004
- “See See Rider Blues”, by Ma Rainey, is inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and is added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.
- The case Fricke v. Lynch is cited in a court case against Murray High School.
- David Carter’s book Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution is released.
2005
- A historical marker is placed in Philadelphia at the site of the Annual Reminders.
- The Supreme Court of the U.S. rules against Louisiana’s legal definition of “crimes against nature” including “unnatural carnal copulation by a human being with another of the same sex”.
- Althea Garrison runs for Boston City Council.
2006
- Althea Garrison runs for Massachusetts House of Representatives.
- June 22: A historical marker is placed at the site of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot.
2007
- A play about Sylvia Rivera entitled Sylvia So Far debuts.
2008
- Dale Olson marries his partner of more than 30 years Eugene Harbin.
2009
- Althea Garrison runs for Boston City Council.
- October 28: The Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Jr Hate Crime Prevention Act is signed into law by President Barack Obama.
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