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Events in LGBT history.
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1998
1998-09-17 John Lawrence and Tyrone Garner Arrested in Houston
Police in Houston Texas arrest John Lawrence and Tyrone Garner on charges of having sex in violation of the state’s Homosexual Conduct law. The case eventually led in 2003 to a Supreme Court decision, Lawrence v.Texas, that declared all state sodomy laws unconstitutional. For the first time in U.S. history, there were no longer laws criminalizing consensual sex in private between two adults of the same sex.
1998-09-21 Will and Grace Premieres on NBC
The television series Will and Grace has its premiere on NBC. The highly popular series played for eight seasons and won many Emmy awards. Coming in the wake of the coming out of Ellen Degeneres on her show Ellen in the previous year, Will and Grace is seen by many as a key part of a breakthrough era for network television in its depiction of LGBT characters.