2013 Event Russia's parliament passes bills banning homosexual 'propaganda'; police near the Duma take gays into custody after they anti-gay extremists hit them with eggs 2011 Event The first condemnation of discrimination against gays, lesbians and transgender people is issued by the United Nations Human Rights Council 1991 Event Irish Lesbians and Gays march in St. Patrick Day parade 1987 Event 200,000 gays march for civil rights in Washington 1981 Event Center of Disease Control reports of a pneumonia affecting gays, AIDS 1728 Event John Gays' "Beggar's Opera," premieres in London
