On September 22, 2010 the Third District Court of Appeals ruled Florida's gay adoption ban unconstitutional. Congratulations to the Gill family. Thank you for your courage.

Gay youths band together at the front of the National Equality March in Washington DC on October 11, 2009. Established LGBT leaders organized the March to draw in young activists to pick up where they might eventually leave off.

Cleve Jones is the creator of the Aids Memorial Quilt project and began his career as an activist in the 1970's alongside his close friend Harvey Milk.

Chloe Noble and Jill Hardman aka "Little Lion," walked across America to speak out for gay homeless youth who have been displaced by their families after coming out. They are pictured here in front of the US Capitol Building at a youth speakout they organized around the March for Equality.

David Mixner has been heavily involved in civil rights and anti-war activism since 1964. Mixner was the first openly gay person to become a public face of a presidential campaign for his friend Bill Clinton in 1991. When Clinton announced the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy on July 19, 1993, Mixner organized a march and was very publicly arrested at the White House.

Dan Choi is a former American infantry officer in the US Army who served in combat in the Iraq war during 2006-2007. He became an LGBT rights activist following his coming out on the The Rachel Maddow Show. He is pictured here rallying youths at the National Equality March in DC.

The day the California Supreme Court announced their decision upholding Proposition 8, a voter initiative that declared gay marriage illegal, a woman leads the call to protest in front of the San Francisco's City Hall.

In San Francisco, a protester stands in the Castro District amidst the chaos, questioning what happened to Barack Obama's promise of 'change'.

A young women is pictured here declaring a call to action after the California Supreme Court issued a verdict striking down Proposition 8 in California which allowed gay marriage.

Janice Langbehn, a Washington resident, was in Miami to take a cruise with her partner and their three adopted children, when her partner had an aneurism and died alone because the hospital wouldn’t grant her family visitation rights. She has since crusaded for LGBT hospital rights.

Martin Gill and his partner were sought out to foster two young brothers, but when the state threatened to take them away and separate them, Gill knew he had to do something. They are currently waiting on the result of their lawsuit which will hopefully strike down Florida’s gay adoption ban.

Elke Kennedy's son Sean, was brutally murdered, a victim of a gay hate crime. Elke took her grief and started Sean's Last Wish a week after his murder. She now speaks nationally against hate crimes.

At a youth speakout a young Mormon girl describes the loss of her friend, who was beaten to death for being gay, as well as her own pain from being thrown out of her mormon household for being a lesbian.

A protester at the rally in San Francisco after the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8.

At a rally for the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell aimed at getting President Obama's attention a young boy learns to express himself in front of the White House.

Jarrod Chlapowski is a veteran and activist fighting the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. He lectures with other veterans about how DADT has not only ended his career, but damaged the entire military.

Walker Burttschell, Jarrod Chlapowski, and Alexander Nicholson, all vicitim’s of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy, travel the US to educate college students by telling their personal stories.

Nicole Murray Ramirez, a San Diego Human Rights Commissioner, has served on the executive board of all five Gay Marches on Washington DC. He stands here speaking at the National Equality March with former petty officer Joseph Christopher Rocha who suffered repeated hazing while stationed in Bahrain and was eventually discharged under Don't ask, Don't tell.

Lt. Corporal Brett Edward Stout stands before the White House at a rally against Don't ask, Don't tell, and tells the crowd about his discharge and how the law told him he was inherently less than American because of who he loves.

Yaletza Morales left the Navy without benefits just before Don't Ask, Don't Tell became law in 1994. She is seen here after speaking at a rally at Versailles restaurant, a conservative Cuban establishment in Miami.

Six protesters handcuffed themselves to the White House in an attempt to get President Obama's attention after Secretary Gates issued a memo against repealing Dont' Ask Don't Tell. They are pictured here being arrested.

James Pietrangelo II was discharged from the army after he came out in 2004, and he attempted to take his case to the Supreme Court. His case was rejected at the behest of the Obama Administration.

Dan Choi, stands at a rally across the street from the White House. Choi twice handcuffed himself to the White House. After the second arrest he was issued a stay away order. He attended the rally but stayed across the street. Two months later Choi was officially discharged.