Prejudice against them has not been totally eradicated, yet their successes in battles to become first-class citizens have been truly remarkable.Ĭalifornia’s history of persecution of people who did not conform sexually or in terms of gender goes back long before statehood.
But in the 1970s, they began to understand themselves as an oppressed minority, and as a community they formed organizations to fight for their rights that fight has been on-going.
LGBTQ San Diegans had long been victims of widespread discrimination born of ignorance, and they suffered persecution under local and state laws.
